Indiana University was dwelling to among the most profitable athletic applications within the nation final yr. The soccer workforce is the reigning national champion, whereas many different applications made appearances in their respective NCAA Tournaments in 2025-26.
While college students have to pay for soccer and males’s basketball tickets, all different sporting occasions are free for college students with their Crimson Card, making it an inexpensive and accessible approach to get out of the dorms, meet new individuals and expertise among the tradition at IU.
Here are some occasions price attending within the fall:
The first athletic occasion I attended as a pupil at IU was a males’s soccer recreation, and I ended up going to so many extra throughout my freshman yr. It’s an effective way to get out of the dorms and spend time exterior with your pals — or by your self.
The males’s soccer workforce has made 39 straight NCAA Tournament appearances, however after receiving the No. 6 seed and a first-round bye in 2025, its season ended within the second spherical. It marked the primary time since 2014 that this system didn’t advance to the third spherical of the match.
Head coach Todd Yeagley and the Hoosiers introduced in 13 new gamers — five freshmen and eight transfers — to fill the gaps after others departed this system. Graduate pupil midfielder Alex Matthews, who transferred from Missouri State University, will add expertise to the Hoosiers’ roster, as he performed in three NCAA Tournaments throughout his time with the Bears. Junior defender Nick McHenry will be a part of Indiana from Ohio State University and assist bolster the Hoosiers’ protection. Indiana is aiming for its ninth nationwide championship this season and first since 2012.
If you need to attend an occasion indoors, then volleyball is the way in which to go. Indiana volleyball reached the NCAA Tournament regional semifinals in 2025, which marked the farthest this system has superior in its historical past.
While two of essentially the most impactful players in program historical past — exterior hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles and reverse hitter Avry Tatum — performed their closing video games final December, the Hoosiers are returning a core group of younger gamers who helped the workforce attain a program-high 25 wins.
The pupil part, positioned on the east finish of Wilkinson Hall, enhances the setting. The college students are only a few ft away from the court docket, and the IU Student Athletic Board members gown up in costumes.
Less attended fall sports like girls’s soccer and subject hockey are nonetheless nice alternatives to attend as a approach to hang around with a buddy or simply take a break from finding out.
Cross nation and the lads’s and ladies’s tennis and golf groups compete within the fall, however few of their fall occasions are at an IU athletic complicated.