By Matt AudiletShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberTop teams around the country are gearing up for the College Football Playoff as they close out their regular-season schedules this weekend.
Popular college football analysts — including legendary ESPN "College GameDay" personality Lee Corso — are starting to make their picks for this year's CFP national championship game.
On Monday night, Corso and fellow College Football Hall of Famer Lou Holtz took the stage for an Orlando Touchdown Club event.
Corso is going with Curt Cignetti and the Indiana Hoosiers to claim this year's CFP national title.
Corso spent the majority of his head coaching career in Bloomington, leading the Indiana football program from 1973-82.
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The Hoosiers are in the midst of yet another stellar campaign following last year's trip to the College Football Playoff. The team remains one of the only programs in the nation with an undefeated resume, taking an 11-0 record into Saturday's regular-season finale against the Purdue Boilermakers.
Indiana holds No. 2 position in the College Football Playoff rankings, trailing only the reigning national champion Ohio State Buckeyes.
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While Corso is already looking ahead toward the Hoosiers' national championship aspirations, Cignetti is fully focused on the task at hand against Purdue this weekend.
“We’ve got 100% focus,” Cignetti told reporters on Monday. “All eyes on Purdue.”
“If you don't respect your opponent, then you're starting in a bad spot,” he continued. “I respect what I see on tape. They're playing hard. They're making plays. They're in games. They're doing a good job up there coaching, and we have to go up there prepared, and we’ve got to play well.”
After starting the 2025 college football season with a 2-0 record, Purdue has since lost each of its last nine games. Understandably, the Hoosiers are heavy favorites to finish their regular season with an undefeated record.
Saturday's Indiana-Purdue matchup will kickoff at 7:30 p.m. ET.
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