The 1945 Indiana Hoosiers football team, under head coach Bo McMillin, compiled the only undefeated record and won the first Big Ten championship in the program's history.
End Bob Ravensberg was a consensus first-team pick on the 1945 College Football All-America Team.
Center Harold Watts won the team's most valuable player award.
Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1945 season[1] AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1945 season[1] PPG = Average of points scored per game[1] PAG = Average of points allowed per game[1] MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy[2] During the 1945 season, the Big Ten maintained its long-standing ban on postseason games.
[3][4] At the end of the 1945 season, Big Ten players secured three of the consensus first-team picks for the 1945 College Football All-America Team.