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AP Top 25: Indiana Stays At No. 9 In Latest Poll
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – There was a time when the Associated Press poll (and the coaches poll) meant everything to the college football postseason.
The polls once determined the national champion in college football, but with the College Football Playoff, those days are long gone.
The College Football Playoff released its rankings that determined the College Football Playoff bracket on Sunday. Meanwhile, the last AP poll of the regular season was also released.
Indiana stayed in the No. 9 spot. Boise State, champions of the Mountain West Conference jumped above the Hoosiers, but SMU, who lost on a last-second field goal against Clemson in the ACC championship game, dropped below Indiana.
According to collegepolltracker.com, Indiana appeared on all of the 62 ballots this week. Indiana’s range was from No. 6 to No. 13. Andy Yamashita of the Seattle Times had the Hoosiers highest in that sixth spot. The vast majority of the pollsters had Indiana at either No. 8 or No. 9.
Indiana would have to make a long College Football Playoff run to match or best its record finish in the poll. The Hoosiers were No. 4 in the final poll in 1945 and 1967.
Indiana was also ranked ninth in the USA Today coaches poll.
The AP poll began in 1936 and is one of the longest traditions in college football.
Here’s the full AP Top 25.
1. Oregon, 13-0 (62), 1,550 points
2. Georgia, 11-2, 1,474
3. Notre Dame, 11-1, 1,398
4. Texas, 11-2, 1,346
5. Penn State, 11-2, 1,258
6. Ohio State, 10-2, 1,233
7. Tennessee, 10-2, 1,224
8. Boise State, 12-1, 1,108
9. Indiana, 11-1, 1,052
10. Arizona State, 11-2, 1,001
11. Alabama, 9-3, 838
12. SMU, 11-2, 837
13. Clemson, 10-3, 827
14. South Carolina, 9-3, 770
15. Miami (Fla.), 10-2, 697
16. Ole Miss, 9-3, 680
17. BYU, 10-2, 531
18. Iowa State, 10-3, 401
19. Army, 11-1, 363
20. Colorado, 9-3, 329
21. Illinois, 9-3, 317
22. Syracuse, 9-3, 234
23. Missouri, 9-3, 228
24. UNLV, 10-3, 144
25. Memphis, 10-2, 132
Other receiving votes (numbers listed are points assigned for votes, not the vote total): Texas A&M 75, Louisville 37, Duke 29, Kansas State 9, Marshall 8, LSU 8, Florida 5, Ohio 2, Tulane 2, Baylor 2, Louisiana 1.
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BLOOMINGTON — Whatever he can.
That’s the answer. The question — one prompted by an urgency to add strength to his game — is what Vaughn Karvala, Indiana basketball’s athletic freshman wing, is doing to add weight. IU’s highest-ranked signee in the 2026 class, it’s not hard to envision a role for Karvala in Darian DeVries’ second season in Bloomington. The player himself knows that starts with meeting the physical demands of the college game.
Which starts with building onto to his 6-foot-7, 190-pound frame.
“The biggest thing for me is just putting on weight,” Karvala told reporters after practice Thursday. “That’s my biggest thing, getting stronger, trying to play with these guys that are three, four years older than me. I have to get stronger, I have to get faster, everything.”
A three-year letter winner at Oregon (Wisconsin) High School, Karvala spent his senior season at Bella Vista Prep in Arizona, bolstering a profile that saw him ranked No. 62 nationally per the 247Sports Composite.
Karvala averaged 26.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game in his final season with Oregon, shooting close to 42% from behind the 3-point line. He averaged another 14.7 points per game with Team Herro on the EYBL circuit.
He handed DeVries a major recruiting win last fall, when Karvala picked the Hoosiers over Xavier and Cal. Now, both at the rim and behind the arc, Karvala looks like a player who can contribute meaningfully in his first year in college.
“I know my athleticism catches the eye, but I can still shoot it,” Karvala said. “But another thing is just working on rebounding, trying to get extra possessions for us.”
Whether on the glass or elsewhere, embracing the physical challenge of college basketball has been an emphasis for Karvala since he arrived in Bloomington earlier this summer.
That manifests itself offensively, when he tries to push the ball downhill and leverage that athleticism to attack the rim. It shows up defensively, where Karvala said he’s comfortable guarding the two, the three and, matchup depending, the four.
It even plays out on the glass, battling bigs up to including 7-2 teammate Samet Yigitoglu, who Karvala described with a smile as “the biggest guy I’ve ever seen.”
“Physicality, 100%,” Karvala said, when asked where he’s challenging himself. “Just playing with all these guys that have 20, 30, 40 pounds on me.”
Which starts with the physical demand of more weight. Karvala said he’ll eat chicken, steak or “whatever we have in the locker room” that can help him in that effort. His focus, he said, is simply to “eat a lot, and work out every day.”
As that weight and strength begin to build, Karvala knows the next step — to mentally prepare for the rough-and-tumble nature of life on the floor in the Big Ten — is just as important. Preparing his body comes first. Challenging himself to toughen up once it’s required follows quickly after.
“Just getting fully there, mentally,” he said. “You’re going to have to push your body to get through this.”
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KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — It’s fair season and a new law uncorks adult beverage sales!
The new Indiana law will go into effect July 1st, making it legal to sell alcohol at county fairs.
The Kosciusko County Fair is set to kick off in just a few weeks and Indiana is officially allowing alcohol to be sold.
The law is bringing back something that’s not necessarily new to this fair.
Here’s what you need to know
The new law will go into effect on July 1st. It officially allows county fairs to apply for fee-free permits to sell alcohol.
Officials with the Kosciusko County Fair say they are participating this year. They are implementing the same guidelines they used when they sold alcohol just at grandstand events.
The difference now is, you can walk around the grounds with your drink. But strict guidelines will be in place for purchasing a drink.
“Actually, we’ve never had any issues. Because we card everybody, so we take that seriously. We also got the ID guides so we can identify the different types of IDs,” said Sheal Dirck, Treasurer of Kosciusko County Fair.
The Kosciusko County Fair already have guidelines in place, so this was an easy transition for the fair.
They will be the only vendors selling alcohol, which will make it easier to control distribution.
The sales will also bring in more revenue.
“Hopefully it allows to keep our ticket prices where they are because right now, insurance, utilities and everything else is going sky high and it’s hard to make ends meet,” said Dirck.
However, some fairs cannot participate because of the July 1st start date, like the Pulaski County Fair, which is going on right now. Pulaski County officials said it is on the agenda for next year. Whereas other fairs are choosing to sit this year out.
“We wanted not spend some time to, to see what that really means for us. It was not a decision we wanted to rush into. But we are happy for the option of it,” said Shelly Steury, GM of Elkhart County 4H Fairgrounds.
Leaders at the St. Joseph County and Elkhart County Fairs said neither of them are selling alcohol.
The Kosciusko County Fair is the only fair that will sell alcohol in our area this year.
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