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Indiana coach Curt Cignetti becomes unstoppable thanks to latest development on recruiting trail Joel Klatt revealed his way-too-early top 10 for 2026.
He explained why the Indiana Hoosiers landed on this list, and why they will be on the top end of college football again after winning the national championship with Curt Cignetti at the helm.
Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti has accomplished pretty much everything you could ever imagine while in Bloomington.
The man has been to the College Football Playoff, won a Big Ten title, captured a national championship and guided the Indiana freaking Hoosiers to an undefeated 16-0 season.
If the plans for a statue haven't already been drawn up, start sharpening those pencils.
CURT CIGNETTI REVEALS HOW WORKING FOR NICK SABAN CHANGED EVERYTHING: 'EVERY DAY WAS 4TH-AND-1' Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti speaks to the media during the Big Ten NCAA college football media days at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
July 22, 2025.
(Lucas Peltier/Imagn Images) I say "pretty much everything," though, because for all of his otherworldly accomplishments in just two short seasons, there is one, relatively arbitrary thing missing from coach Cig's resume.
I don't want what I'm about to say to seem like an insult, because Lord knows I worship the ground this man walks on, but there's always been a catch with Cignetti's success at Indiana.
He hasn't exactly been able to amass blue-chip talent, at least in the traditional sense, and while it almost adds to his mythos and abilities as a head coach, it has been perplexing not to see more high-level four-stars and five-stars busting down the doors of Cig's office.
DON'T BURY TEXAS TECH JUST YET: RED RAIDERS SHOULD STILL BE CFP CONTENDERS, EVEN WITHOUT BRENDAN SORSBY That is, until Friday evening, when Indiana landed a commitment from.