Ohio State vs. Indiana live updates: No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown headlines 2025 Big Ten Championship Game

Live updates, highlights and analysis as the Buckeyes and Hoosiers meet on Saturday for the Big Ten championship

No. 1 meets No. 2 in one of the biggest games of the decade in college football when Ohio State takes on Indiana on Saturday night in Indianapolis. 

The Buckeyes have cruised through the regular season with only one game decided by fewer than 14 points, while the Hoosiers have rarely been challenged themselves. The winner of the game will be almost garunteed the No. 1 overall seed in the College Football Playoff and their quarterback -- whether Ohio State's Julian Sayin or Indiana's Fernando Mendoza -- could have the inside track to the Heisman Trophy. 

Keep it locked here as CBS Sports provides you with live updates, highlights and analysis as Ohio State clashes with Indiana in the 2025 Big Ten Championship Game. 

[Dec 6, 2025 at 6:41 pm ET · John Talty]

The game of the year -- so far at least -- arrives on Saturday night in Indianapolis as undefeated No. 1 Ohio State and undefeated No. 2 Indiana go toe-to-toe with the Big Ten Championship and the College Football Playoff's No. 1 seed on the line.

There may not be quite the playoff stakes of the Big 12 or SEC championship games as both Ohio State and Indiana are firmly in the projected bracket and currently expected to receive first-round byes. But there is still plenty at stake, including possibly the Heisman Trophy race, as college football's two best teams finally face off this season. 

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[Dec 6, 2025 at 8:37 pm ET · John Talty]

First quarter: Indiana 3, Ohio State 0

After getting great field position following a Louis Moore interception, Indiana gets on the board first with a successful 29-yard field goal. It's slightly disappointing for the Hoosiers that they couldn't do more after getting set up at Ohio State's 23-yard line, but in a battle of the nation's top two defenses, all points will be important. Both offenses are a little slow to get going so far. 

[Dec 6, 2025 at 8:33 pm ET · John Talty]

Indiana's defense has a tough test tonight but so far it has been more than up for it. Louis Moore intercepted Julian Sayin on a third down throw to set the Hoosiers up at OSU's 23-yard line. 

[Dec 6, 2025 at 8:28 pm ET · John Talty]

First quarter: Ohio State 0, Indiana 0

Indiana got a major scare on its first play of the game when Fernando Mendoza took a huge hit. Mendoza was down for quite some time before eventually being helped off. It looked bad and you could feel the fans inside Lucas Oil Stadium holding their breath. Fernando's brother, Albert, came in for a play before his older brother Fernando came back in to a huge roar from the crowd. 

Mendoza made a couple nice plays -- and just missed on a big throw that could have resulted in a touchdown -- before Indiana ultimately had to punt. Buckeyes will start at their own 12-yard line. 

[Dec 6, 2025 at 8:22 pm ET · John Talty]

Indiana star QB Fernando Mendoza took a huge hit on the first play, had to miss a play and then came back after one play. A huge sigh of relief for Indiana fans everywhere that Mendoza wasn't badly hurt. 

[Dec 6, 2025 at 8:17 pm ET · John Talty]

The high-powered Indiana offense will start things here in Indianapolis. Ohio State won the toss and deferred to the second half, setting the stage for Fernando Mendoza and Co. to get first swing in the Big Ten Championship. 

[Dec 6, 2025 at 7:45 pm ET · Will Backus]

College football's championship weekend always delivers plenty of excitement. Over two days, 18 teams will battle for league glory -- and more beyond that.

In the 12-team College Football Playoff era, five spots are automatically reserved for the highest-ranked conference champions. Several of those contenders are also jockeying for a first-round bye as one of the top four seeds.

That adds another layer of importance to an already momentous slate of title games. A lot is on the line for a lot of teams in Week 15.

We here at CBS Sports have been overreacting to every college football weekend for a while now. For a change, let's try to manifest a few things ahead of a packed championship weekend.

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[Dec 6, 2025 at 7:15 pm ET · Tom Fornelli]

The matchup between No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes and No. 2 Indiana Hoosiers in the Big Ten Championship is a fitting snapshot of modern college football.

On one side is defending national champion Ohio State, a program that has long been one of the Big Ten's most dominant forces through all its eras, alignments and memberships. It's the team that's supposed to be here, even if this is its first appearance in six years. And, ironically enough, it wouldn't have been there in 2020 if not for the Big Ten changing its rules during the COVID season and placing the Buckeyes in the game despite not meeting the qualification threshold.

The team it replaced that year? Indiana. The team that wasn't supposed to be there, and is never supposed to be there. In 2020, the Hoosiers rode the wave of a fluky season flipped upside down by a virus that led to cancellations, opt-outs and cardboard cutouts standing in for fans. Now it's 2025, and Indiana is the clearest example that "not supposed to be here" no longer applies in college football -- at least not in the way we've always understood it.

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[Dec 6, 2025 at 7:00 pm ET · Cody Nagel]

Two undefeated quarterbacks. Two programs on the brink of history. On Saturday, Ohio State Buckeyes Julian Sayin and Indiana Hoosiers Fernando Mendoza square off in a No. 1 vs. No. 2 Big Ten title game that could reverberate far beyond the conference. 

Both are among the betting favorites to win the Heisman Trophy -- FanDuel Sportsbook lists Mendoza at +160, with Sayin not far behind at +220. The stakes couldn't be much higher, and both quarterbacks are ready to prove why they belong in college football's elite fraternity.

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