How to Watch Indiana Football Week 1 vs. Old Dominion

Everything from television and radio information to weather forecasts before Indiana's season opener at 2:30 p.m. Saturday against Old Dominion.

Indiana's Carter Smith (65) at Indiana University football practice on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. | Rich Janzaruk/Herald-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana football begins the 2025 season with a 2:30 p.m. kickoff Saturday against Old Dominion at Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium.

The 20th-ranked Hoosiers are looking to build on an 11-2 season headlined by a College Football Playoff appearance in coach Curt Cignetti's first year. Old Dominion, meanwhile, is hoping to rebound from a 5-7 campaign in which it lost six games by one possession.

Here's everything to know before Indiana faces Old Dominion on Saturday afternoon ...

How to watch Indiana vs. Old Dominion

Who: Indiana Hoosiers vs. Old Dominion Monarchs

What: Indiana's season opener

When: Saturday, Aug. 30, at 2:30 ET

Where: Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind.

TV: Fox Sports 1

Announcers: Noah Reed (play-by-play), Robert Smith (analyst)

Radio: Indiana Hoosiers Sports Network, Sirius/Online: XM (113 or 197)

Radio Announcers: Don Fischer (play-by-play), Buck Suhr (analyst), John Herrick

Point spread: Indiana is a 24.5-point favorite, and the over/under is set at 53.5 points, according to Draft Kings Sportsbook.

Last season's records: Indiana went 11-2 overall and 8-1 in Big Ten play. Old Dominion went 4-8 overall.

Series history: Saturday marks the first meeting between Indiana and Old Dominion. However, while he was the coach at James Madison, Cignetti faced the Monarchs in 2022 and 2023. James Madison won both games, cruising to a 37-3 victory in 2022 and escaping with a 30-27 triumph in 2023.

Weather: According to The Weather Channel, kickoff conditions will be 76 degrees and sunny with a 0% chance of rain.

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