LOS ANGELES – No. 1 Indiana football travels to Pasadena for a New Year’s Day matinee with No. 9 Alabama in the Rose Bowl in the quarterfinal of the College Football Playoff.
The Hoosiers enter the week fresh off a three-week break after earning the top seed in the second 12-team CFP. The Crimson Tide earned a come-from-behind victory on the road against No. 8 Oklahoma, 34-24.
Indiana makes its second-ever appearance in the Rose Bowl game and its first since the 1967-68 season. The Hoosiers lost to O.J. Simpson and USC, 14-3, on January 1, 1968.