Friday against the Ducks, Mendoza finished 17 of 20 for 177 yards with five touchdowns and no turnovers, and against Alabama on New Year's Day, he was 14 of 16 for 192 yards and three touchdowns. That's three more touchdown passes than incompletions through two playoff games.

While a scoring drive response to make it 21-14 might’ve righted the ship, they went five plays and punted, which led to a not even two-minute IU scoring drive to make it 28-7 before another Oregon fumble made the halftime score 35-7. The Hoosiers won the whole game before halftime, because the Ducks pretty much handed 21 points to them.

Postseason rematches almost exclusively favor the team that lost in the regular season. Indiana will look to reverse that history in the Peach Bowl.

A faltering, floundering effort by Oregon led to low grades all around after being blown out in the CFP Semifinals by Indiana.

The 2025-26 College Football Playoff has seen its fair share of entertaining games. In fact, the most recent installment between No. 6 Ole Miss and No. 10 Miami in the Fiesta Bowl will go down as one of the best postseason games ever.

All four remaining CFP teams are led by former Nick Saban assistants at Alabama. They all learned how to run a program under the coaching legend.

Undefeated Indiana did more than just justify its place as the top seed in the College Football Playoff with its lopsided 56-22 rout of Oregon in the Peach Bowl semifinal. The Hoosiers also made a statement about their bid to be considered as one of the top teams in college football history if they can complete their perfect season

A trip to the national championship is on the line tonight when Oregon and Indiana meet in the CFP semifinal. With sky-high stakes in this game, our Oregon vs. Indiana expert predictions call for a tight matchup at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.