Watch Indiana Hoosiers vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights live on BTN or stream the game on FOX One from SHI Stadium in Piscataway, NJ on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT during CFB Week 5 of the 2026 college football season. The series is level at 5-5, but Rutgers has won the last three, and Indiana arrives as the defending national champion.

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You can stream Indiana vs Rutgers live on FOX One. Indiana was 4-0 and ranked in the top five through Week 3 while Rutgers was 0-3 for the first time since 2008, having lost to UMass, Boston College and No. 12 USC. FOX One brings together live FOX College Football games, highlights, expert coverage, and live and on-demand FOX programming, all in one place. Start your 3-day free trial and stream on supported devices.

FOX College Football Schedule 2026 - Week 5

Friday, Oct. 2, 2026
Week 5 — Watch Penn State vs Northwestern — 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT

Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026
Week 5 — Watch Michigan vs Minnesota — 12:00 p.m. ET / 9:00 a.m. PT
Week 5 — Watch Michigan State vs Wisconsin — 12:00 p.m. ET / 9:00 a.m. PT
Week 5 — Watch Maryland vs Nebraska — 4:00 p.m. ET / 1:00 p.m. PT
Week 5 — Watch Purdue vs Illinois — 4:15 p.m. ET / 1:15 p.m. PT
Week 5 — Watch Texas Tech vs Colorado — 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT
Week 5 — Watch Indiana vs Rutgers — 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT
Week 5 — Watch Cincinnati vs Arizona — 11:00 p.m. ET / 8:00 p.m. PT

Indiana and Rutgers are level at 5-5 across 10 meetings, all of them since 2014 — the two had no shared history before Rutgers joined the Big Ten. Every meeting has been a conference game, and the split by venue is unusual: Indiana is 2-3 at home and 3-2 on the road.

Rutgers has won the last three, and the most recent, on Oct. 21, 2023, was a 31-14 Rutgers win in which Indiana was held scoreless in the second half after leading 14-7 at the break. The widest margin either way is Indiana's 41-0 win on Nov. 18, 2017; the narrowest is a 33-27 Indiana win on Nov. 5, 2016. Across the series Indiana has scored 279 points, an average of 28 a game.