Overview
- No. 1 Indiana beat No. 9 Alabama 38-3 in the Rose Bowl quarterfinal and will face No. 5 Oregon in the Peach Bowl on Jan. 9.
- Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza went 14-of-16 for roughly 192 yards and three touchdowns as the Hoosiers controlled the game.
- Alabama managed 193 total yards and 23 rushing yards, with Ty Simpson leaving after a second-quarter hit and being benched in the third for Austin Mack, who led the lone field-goal drive.
- Kalen DeBoer acknowledged the failed fourth-and-1 call at the Alabama 34 as "the wrong decision" and said the gap to the top is a "fine line."
- Pundits including Paul Finebaum and Kirk Herbstreit blasted the showing as humiliating, with Alabama closing a second straight four-loss season as transfer-portal and NFL decisions approach a Jan. 16 deadline.