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So where does Indiana rank on the most unlikeliest champions in history???

Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:28 pm
Posted by cubsfan5150
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Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:28 pm
1. IU Football
2. Fresno St Baseball
3. 84-85 Villanova Basketball
4. Buster Douglas
5. ???
This post was edited on 1/19/26 at 10:29 pm
Posted by DBG
vermont
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Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:28 pm to
Fresno State was a 4 seed in a regional
Posted by TheDeathValley
Louisiana
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Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:28 pm to
USA Hockey
Leicester
Indiana
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:29 pm to
Winning a national championship with Indiana would be something you’d choose to try to do in NCAA dynasty mode.
Posted by NawlinsTiger9
Where the mongooses roam
Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:29 pm to
Behind Leicester and North Carolina State

Ahead of damn near everybody else
Posted by Adam Banks
District 5
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Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:30 pm to
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Winning a national championship with Indiana would be something you’d choose to try to do in NCAA dynasty mode.



And then quit a season or two in because “it’s impossible”
Posted by dhuck20
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Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:31 pm to
If they hadn’t have just went 11-2 and made the CFP in 2024 it would have been more of a complete shock.

Wasn’t there an English soccer (I know) that won after being a doormat every year in their history?
Posted by PrimeTime Money
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Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:31 pm to
Leicester takes the top spot in my opinion. Indiana has got to be top 5.
Posted by cubsfan5150
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Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:31 pm to
quote:

Winning a national championship with Indiana would be something you’d choose to try to do in NCAA dynasty mode.


Not only that, but as opposed to in years past, you now have to win a 12 team tournament to win a championship as opposed to just making a high level bowl with a great record.
Posted by nvasil1
Hellinois
Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:34 pm to
quote:

If they hadn’t have just went 11-2 and made the CFP in 2024 it would have been more of a complete shock.

Agreed.

That's why I think Leicester City takes this crown. They were the betting favorite to get relegated, but instead won the whole damn thing over 38 games.
Posted by Joev1
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:34 pm to
The Big Green is top 3
Posted by lsupride87
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Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:35 pm to
In the last 75 years before cignetti Indiana had 14 wining seasons


It’s the most unlikely I can think of
This post was edited on 1/19/26 at 10:35 pm
Posted by FairhopeTider
Fairhope, Alabama
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:37 pm to
They have 800,000 living alumni that’s serious about other sports. Kind of amazing that they were so bad for so long.
Posted by cattus
Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:37 pm to
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Leicester takes the top spot in my opinion.
Can you imagine them firing Curt like they did Claudio not long after?
Posted by PrimeTime Money
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Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:37 pm to
quote:

Wasn’t there an English soccer (I know) that won after being a doormat every year in their history?
Leicester had been relegated and out of the Premier League for a decade. A year after they got promoted back to the Premier League, they won the league.

In the European soccer leagues, the giants of the sport win almost every year. A team that was just recently promoted winning the league is virtually unheard of.
This post was edited on 1/19/26 at 10:39 pm
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
109997 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:38 pm to
If relegation existed Indiana would have been done decades ago

This is the first time in college football history since integration a team like this has won. It’s not close either for this sport
This post was edited on 1/19/26 at 10:40 pm
Posted by tress4pres
Columbus, OH
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:39 pm to
1983 NC State b-ball
Posted by cubsfan5150
NWA
Member since Nov 2007
18217 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:39 pm to
quote:

In the last 75 years before cignetti Indiana had 14 wining seasons It’s the most unlikely I can think of


I don’t think some of these guys understand just how unlikely this was.

We’re not talking one season, we’re talking about a perennial doormat to the extreme, who just went 16-0 with wins over Ohio State, Alabama and Miami.

IU winning is more like if Butler had won against Duke.
Posted by NawlinsTiger9
Where the mongooses roam
Member since Jan 2009
39274 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:40 pm to
Right

Indiana (even a year removed from making the playoffs) was 100 to 1

Leicester was 5,000 to 1
Posted by olemc999
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Member since Oct 2010
15178 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 10:40 pm to
This doesn’t feel real. It’s feels like I just finished a season of dynasty on NCAA26.
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