Overview
- Fernando Mendoza went 14-of-16 for roughly 192 yards and three touchdowns as top-seeded Indiana advanced to the Peach Bowl semifinal against Oregon on Jan. 9.
- Alabama mustered just 193 total yards, including 23 rushing, and settled for a single field goal after Ty Simpson left with an injury and was replaced by Austin Mack.
- Kalen DeBoer’s early fourth-and-1 gamble at his own 34 failed and set up a short-field touchdown; he later called it the wrong decision.
- Broadcasters Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit labeled the performance embarrassing, and Paul Finebaum called it a historically humiliating outcome for the Crimson Tide.
- With the transfer portal window opening Friday through Jan. 16, Alabama faces immediate roster decisions, with players such as Cam Calhoun and Roq Montgomery expected to enter.