If you’re a Cal fan who saw Fernando Mendoza’s postgame TV interview after Indiana’s victory Ohio State on Saturday, your mind had to be on déjà vu overdrive. I

No. 1 Indiana is headed to its first Rose Bowl in 58 years to face Oklahoma or Alabama. The Hoosiers made a storybook transformation into a college football powerhouse over the past two years, and now they’re headed to the most fabled arena in the sport.

There some history in the US LBM Coaches Poll ahead of the start of the College Football Playoff. Indiana is No. 1 in the rankings for the first time.

Indiana won the Big Ten title game and earned a bid to the Rose Bowl, where it will face the winner of the Oklahoma versus Alabama CFP quarterfinal.

Indiana hadn’t beaten Ohio State since 1988 — a span of 32 straight games without a win (one game was a tie) — and then did so with everything on the line: an unbeaten regular season, the conference championship, the No. 1 seed in the CFP, and the Heisman Trophy.

Indiana’s climb to No. 1 has spotlighted a familiar Clemson connection, with a former Tiger wideout delivering a long-awaited resurgence in 2025.

For the first time in program history, Indiana is the Big Ten champion and No. 1 team in college football following Saturday night's 13-10 triumph over Ohio State. The win catapults the Hoosiers to the top spot in Sunday's updated AP Top 25 rankings.