Overview
- Mendoza went 22-for-24 for 299 yards with four touchdowns in a 31-7 win over Wisconsin in Week 12.
- He completed his final 12 throws and posted his third game this season with at least 90% completions on 20-plus attempts, the most in FBS since at least 1995 per Stathead.
- His fourth touchdown set Indiana’s single-season passing TD mark, giving him 30 touchdowns against five interceptions.
- Indiana improved to 11-0 for the first time in program history, strengthening the team’s national profile with Mendoza at the center.
- The former 2-star recruit who transferred from Cal is widely viewed as the Heisman frontrunner after a signature game-winning drive at Penn State and multiple first-round 2026 NFL draft projections.