Indiana Hoosiers are the biggest national champions since 2001, at least 100-1 - Yahoo

The Indiana Hoosiers had a preseason record of 100-1 and won the College Football Playoff.

The Indiana Hoosiers are the longest reigning national champions since at least 2001 at 100-1.

On Monday night, the Indiana Hoosiers completed one of the best runs in college football history, defeating the Miami Hurricanes 27-21 to win the national championship.

Indiana quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza didn't have his biggest game (186 passing yards, one rushing touchdown), but it was enough to get the Hoosiers across the finish line and complete a perfect 16-0 season.

Oddsmakers and punters didn't have high expectations for the Hoosiers before the season.

At BetMGM, Indiana opened at 100-1 odds to win the CFP in January and had 100-1 odds heading into a scoreless week in August;+22 teams had odds to win the title, led by the favorite Texas Longhorns at odds of 450. 0.8% of total bets and 0.5% of total dollars were on the Hoosiers, so they were far from the typical team.|

That 100-1 odds is the longest for any national champion since 2001, according to the Odds History database.The previous champion with the longest preseason odds was the 2010 Auburn Tigers at 50-1.

The Hoosiers weren't close to being favored to win the Big Ten at 35-1, tied for a six-game sweep to win the conference and trailing favorites Ohio State (+190), Penn State (+240) and Oregon (+350).Indiana defeated Oregon and Penn State en route to a 12-0 regular season before defeating Ohio State 13-10 in the Big Ten championship game.Ten.

The Hoosiers won and swept their first two CFP games with ease before defeating Miami 27-21;The Hurricanes didn't have enough to cover a spread of 7.5 points.