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BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football fans eager to watch and see if their Hoosiers can pull off the program’s first win against a top-10 team at home in front of fans in 38 years will need to check their streaming subscriptions.
Because after a nearly two-hour weather delay in South Bend as No. 24 Notre Dame takes on Purdue in a state of Indiana college football showdown, No. 17 IU’s home primetime game against No. 8 Illinois originally slated for 7:30 p.m. on NBC has been shifted over to the network’s live-streaming service, Peacock. The kickoff at Memorial Stadium, too, has been delayed 20 minutes to 7:50 p.m.
With just over 90 seconds left in the first half and Notre Dame leading Purdue 28-13, the pair’s game was put under a minimum 30-minute weather stoppage due to lightning that lasted until 7 p.m. The teams traded scores several times in the closing 91 seconds, leaving the Fighting Irish up 35-23 headed into halftime.
Notre Dame kicked off the third quarter with another touchdown to take a 42-23 lead, but it’s unclear whether or not NBC officials might prematurely switch over to the matchup featuring a pair of top-20 ranked teams over what very well may turn into a blowout home win for Notre Dame before the final whistle for NBC’s network airwaves.
How to watch, stream the Indiana football vs Illinois game today, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025? Streaming IU vs Illinois at Memorial Stadium
Catch all the action between Indiana football and Illinois from Bloomington on NBC (Fubo offers a free trial).
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