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CFB Week 4 · 2026

College football · Week 13 2026 · Saturday, November 28

Purdue vs Indiana prediction and pick

Our Purdue Boilermakers at Indiana Hoosiers pick: Indiana by 32.7, 97% to win. The forecast rates every team against the opponents it has played, this season and last, and adds home field. No betting information goes in.

An early look, 9 weeks ahead: it sharpens as the game comes up. Updated every day until kickoff, then frozen and scored. After the game this page shows who deserved to win.

Why the curves are so wide: luck. Even with both teams’ strength known exactly, one game’s bounces, kicks, calls and sequencing move the final margin by about ±12.1 points (one standard deviation, measured from every play since 2019). These forecasts carry ±17.1, so about 50% of the width is that luck; the rest is what nobody knows yet about the teams. That is why a 7-point favorite still loses about 3 times in 10.

Purdue at Indiana

Sat, Nov 28, time to be announced · Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)

Indiana by 32.7 · 97% to win

Show as a table
OutcomeChance
Purdue win2.7%
Indiana win97.3%
Middle 50%: Indiana by 21 to Indiana by 4550%
Middle 90%: Indiana by 4 to Indiana by 6090%
Middle 95%: Purdue by 2 to Indiana by 6695%
Exactly Indiana by 569.3%
Exactly Indiana by 284.2%
Exactly Indiana by 423.8%
Exactly Indiana by 353.8%
Exactly Indiana by 313.3%
P50
Half of games like this end between Indiana by 21 and Indiana by 45.
P90
9 in 10 between Indiana by 4 and Indiana by 60.
P95
19 in 20 between Purdue by 2 and Indiana by 66.
Where the forecast comes from
This season, against its opponentsIndiana+15.6
Last seasonIndiana+14.0
Home fieldIndiana+3.1

The season so far

TeamRecordCoin-flip winsLuck in wins
Purdue 1–3 1.9 −0.6
Indiana 4–0 4.0 +0.2

Coin-flip wins: the wins each team’s games were worth with only the kicks, bounces, drops and calls re-rolled, the record adjusted for luck. Luck in wins: actual wins minus what the play was worth.

Purdue vs Indiana: questions and answers

Who will win Purdue vs Indiana?

Our forecast picks Indiana, with 97% to win; Purdue win 3% of the time.

What’s the spread for Purdue vs Indiana?

Our spread: Indiana −32.7. The betting line isn’t out yet. Ours uses no betting information, so where the two differ is where our read of the teams differs from the market’s.

When is Purdue vs Indiana?

Saturday, November 28, 2026 (kickoff time to be announced), at Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN).