The 2025 Big Ten Football Championship Game (officially known as the 2025 Discover Big Ten Football Championship Game for sponsorship reasons) was a college football game played on December 6, 2025, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the 15th edition of the Big Ten Football Championship Game and determined the champion of the conference for the 2025 season, as well as earning the winner an automatic bid to the 2025 College Football Playoff. The game began at 8:00 p.m. EST on Fox.[4] The Hoosiers upset the Buckeyes to win their first outright Big Ten championship since 1945 and first Big Ten championship overall since 1967.
The Big Ten eliminated divisions for the 2024 season and featured the two teams with the best overall conference record, matching Indiana and Ohio State. This was the first Big Ten title game appearance for Indiana.
The Buckeyes entered the Big Ten Championship Game undefeated and top-ranked, never having trailed in the second half during the regular season. They clinched a berth following their defeat of rivalMichigan on November29.[7] This was Ohio State's first Big Ten Championship appearance since 2020, when they defeated Northwestern 22–10.
This season included numerous firsts for IU: they defeated a top-5 ranked opponent away for the first time (Week7 at Oregon); received their highest AP poll, Coaches Poll, and College Football Playoff rankings in program history (all at No.2); achieved a victory at Penn State in Week11, marking their first ever win in Happy Valley; and finished the regular season with a perfect 12–0 record for the first time, exceeding their previous program record of 11wins from the 2024 season. Indiana clinched a spot in the game following its defeat of rivalPurdue on November28.[8] This was IU's first Big Ten Championship game appearance, in which it sought to claim its first conference title since 1967.
↑Norton, L.C. (December 6, 2025). "Big Ten Football Championship game thread: Indiana vs Ohio State". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved December 6, 2025. No. 2 Indiana is set for a game of the century matchup against No. 1 Ohio State in the Big Ten Football Championship game this evening at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.
↑"Big Ten championship game final score predictions". USA Today. December 5, 2025. Retrieved December 6, 2025. No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana square off in Indianapolis on Saturday night in the first "Game of the Century" Big Ten title game between the top-two teams in the nation. Ohio State and Indiana each arrive in Indy with an unblemished regular-season record, so somebody is guaranteed to be suffering a loss for the first time this season.
