May 11: Sen. Jim Banks celebrates with IU football national champions at White House - The Post & Mail

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., May 11 joined the Indiana University football team at the White House to celebrate the Hoosiers’ historic College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship. IU secured the title on Jan. 19, with a 27–21 victory over the University of Miami, capping off a perfect 16–0 season. With the win, Indiana University became the first program in the modern lpayoff era to finish a season undefeated at 16–0. Banks said in an announcement, “Indiana University’s championship season showed the whole country what Hoosier grit is all about. These student-athletes carried themselves with real class all season and made Indiana proud. I was honored to join them and President Trump at the White House to celebrate this historic accomplishment for IU and our state.” In video of the celebration posted on Banks’ X account, Trump acknowledged Banks and said, “My friend for a long time.” Tags Indiana Hoosiers Football Indiana University Bloomington Ncaa Football Championships Ncaa Division I Fbs Football Teams Indiana Big Ten Conference Teams Ncaa Football Sports Big Ten Conference Indiana Hoosiers American Football Ncaa Division I Fbs Football Ncaa Division I Indiana University Indiana University Campuses Bloomington, Indiana Big Ten Conference Football College Football Playoff College Football Championships College Football Competitions Ncaa Division I Conferences Recommended for you × Post a comment as anonymous Emoticons [smile] [beam] [wink] [sad] [cool] [innocent] [rolleyes] [whistling] [lol] [huh] [tongue] [love] [sleeping] [yawn] [unsure] [angry] [blink] [crying] [ohmy] [scared] [sleep] [sneaky] [tongue_smile] [thumbdown] [thumbup] [censored] [happybirthday] [ban] [spam] [offtopic] [batman] [ninja] [pirate] [alien] Comment Text Cancel Post comment × Report Cancel Report Abuse × Watch this discussion. Stop watching this discussion. Watch this discussion Get an email notification whenever someone contributes to the discussion Notifications from this discussion will be disabled. Cancel Start watching Stop watching (0) comments Welcome to the discussion. Log In Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated. Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything. Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism that is degrading to another person. Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts. Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article. Post a comment Watch this discussion. Stop watching this discussion. Today's e-Edition The Post & Mail E-edition The Post & Mail Oct 3, 2026 Popular Content Articles Images Videos Commented Articles Indiana signs BEAD contracts, deploying $400 million in statewide broadband Whitley County Jail Bookings Miner named queen at Whitko homecoming Great Lakes Restoration bill passes Senate Indiana Michigan Power to build 765 kilovolt line through region Church Bulletin Delta Theta Tau selling nuts, cheeseballs Banks calls for Indiana's Grissom to be new U.S. Space Academy home Sen. Banks recommends Atterbury, Muscatatuck for test ranges Free mammograms offered in Whitley County Images Videos Sorry, there are no recent results for popular videos. Commented Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles. Multimedia +9 Multimedia Whitley County welcomes 3-J Rodeo to fairgrounds +7 Multimedia Whitley County 4-H Tough Truck Contest +14 Multimedia Snapshots from the 4-H Fair +3 News Churubusco FFA competes at state convention +14 Multimedia Columbia City show choirs close season with Fantacular performance