Indiana backup quarterback Alberto Mendoza, brother of star QB Fernando Mendoza, entered the NCAA transfer portal just hours after the Hoosiers won the national championship.

The Kansas football program has the tools and resources to make a run at the national championship one day like the Indiana Hoosiers did this year.

Indiana’s national championship is a sign of the changes that have happened to college football in recent years. However, it’s still Ohio State ahead of other big-name program

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With the Hoosiers going from the bottom of the barrel to the top of the heap, the two-season arc was downright cinematic — ESPN commentator Kirk Herbstreit called it “a movie” — an idea Cuban seconds.

Indiana has achieved the dream, knocking off Miami 27-21 to win the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.

Miami had an unbelievable season after making the CFP as the No. 10 seed. Miami knocked off Texas A&M in the first round before beating the defending national champions, Ohio State, in the quarterfinals. Miami then won a back-and-forth game against Ole Miss in the semifinals before coming up just short on Monday night.

Chizik's 2010 title remains the most-recent national title Auburn has won, and it was almost as unlikely as Indiana's this season. Ranked No. 20 in the preseason poll, the Hoosiers are the lowest-ranked preseason team to win the national championship since the 2010 Tigers, which was ranked No. 22 in the preseason AP Poll.