Indiana’s first national championship was not built on five-star recruits or tradition, but belief, balance and nerve. From 100-1 outsiders to a 16–0 season, Curt Cignetti’s Hoosiers completed one of college football’s most remarkable turnarounds with a gritty College Football Playoff final win over Miami.

"Are Indiana unstoppable?" was the unexpected Whatsapp message I received from my father-in-law the morning after the Hoosiers' stunning 56-22 thrashing of No.5 Oregon in the College Football Playoff semifinals.

College football is changing by the week. Welcome to a new order. The semi-finals of the College Football Playoff, in just its second season of an expansion to 12 teams, will feature two teams in the first game, Indiana and Oregon, who have never won a national championship.