What Curt Cignetti has done with his Hoosiers has changed the conversation for many college football programs, and for the Big Ten vs SEC power balance.

Indiana is a story unlike any other in recent college football history. The Hoosiers are the longshot of longshots.

If the Hoosiers beat the Hurricanes in Miami, there will be an entire offseason for deliberating their place in history.

Indiana president Pamela Whitten told ESPN that the Hoosiers' quick rise to the top of college football was expected when they hired Curt Cignetti.

FOX Sports' Michael Cohen explains how basketball might define Indiana's past, but that sport is no longer the gateway to the school's future.

If Indiana had an average roster age of 23, that would make the Hoosiers only two years younger than the Packers, who reached the playoffs this season. More likely, Indiana's average age among starters is closer to 22, which still leaves a comfortable gap with the Packers even if Cignetti's team does rely heavily on experience.

In 2019, undefeated LSU was averaging 47.8 points per game entering the then-four-team CFP. The Tigers outscored their playoff opponents (No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 3 Clemson) 105-53 behind the talents of eventual NFL stars like quarterback Joe Burrow, running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire and wideouts Ja'Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson.