CFP takeaways: Indiana has arrived as national power with dismantling of Oregon in Peach Bowl

When the 2025 NCAA soccer season, started the Indiana Hoosiers have been the losing-est program in school soccer historical past. When the 2025 season concludes, they could be Nationwide Champions and top-of-the-line single-season groups of the trendy period. Possibly of all time. 

They took one other step towards that championship on Friday evening with a completely dominant 56-22 win over Oregon within the Peach Bowl, punching their ticket to the Nationwide Championship Recreation.

They may play the Miami Hurricanes for the prospect to win their first nationwide title in program historical past. Listed here are some key takeaways from Friday’s win.

Indiana made its assertion from the very starting

There shouldn’t have been any doubt about Indiana’s potential coming into this recreation. The Hoosiers have been already 14-0 on the season, the one undefeated staff within the nation and have been coming off an emphatic dismantling of Alabama within the Rose Bowl. That win got here after beating beforehand No. 1-ranked Ohio State within the Massive Ten championship recreation. 

This, nonetheless, may need been their most spectacular assertion of all of them.

Indiana followers flooded Mercedes-Benz Stadium and turned it into a house recreation, after which on the primary play from scrimmage, D’Angelo Ponds picked off a Dante Moore go and returned it 25 yards for a landing.