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The Old Oaken Bucket, a staple of the Indiana-Purdue football rivalry since its introduction in 1925, revisited its original home Wednesday in Kent. The bucket is pictured sitting atop its original well on the old Bruner farmstead. Tori Ziege | Indiana University

Throughout this season, after nearly every game, Indiana defenders check the rankings.

The preseason goal was to finish the year as a top 25 defense, and after 11 games, the Hoosiers are on course to accomplish that mission.

There’s still at least one more game to go, of course, an Old Oaken Bucket showdown with Purdue on Saturday at noon.