Defensive linemen Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt are not expected to be declared eligible ahead of No. 4 Indiana's game against Western Kentucky on Saturday as they await a judge's injunction ruling.
Both players had been eligible for the Hoosiers' first two games of the season based on a temporary restarting order that expired Monday, when a hearing in the case was held. Monroe Circuit Court Judge Kara Krothe has indicated that her ruling on the injunction will not come until next week.
Daley has six tackles this season, while Wyatt did not play in the Hoosiers' first two games.
The TRO had enjoined the NCAA and its conferences from prohibiting any of the case's plaintiffs from competing in Division I athletics during the 2026-27 season on the basis that they have already competed in four seasons or didn't enter the transfer portal.
Daley and Wyatt returned to the Hoosiers in early August, but their status with the defending national champions has been in limbo after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit on Aug. 21 granted the NCAA's motion to overturn a lower court's ruling that permitted another season of eligibility to all Class of 2022 athletes who had been excluded from the new five-for-five rule.
Daley, a fifth-year senior from Winchester, Virginia, was third in the FBS with 19 tackles for loss last season. He also had 5.5 sacks, 35 tackles and two forced fumbles. Daley suffered a knee injury during the celebration following the Hoosiers' 13-10 victory against Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game and missed three College Football Playoff games.
Wyatt, a senior from Glen Burnie, Maryland, had 28 tackles, eight tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks in 2025, starting seven games before sustaining a knee injury in a 38-13 victory against Michigan State. He has started 35 games in his career.
ESPN's Pete Thamel contributed to this report.
