Overview
- The Hoosiers improved to 13-0, locked the top overall College Football Playoff seed with a first-round bye, and dropped Ohio State to 12-1.
- Fernando Mendoza went 15-of-23 for 222 yards with one touchdown and one interception, bolstering his Heisman case as betting odds swung sharply in his favor.
- Charlie Becker delivered a 51-yard reception to set up the go-ahead 17-yard touchdown to Elijah Sarratt and later hauled in a 33-yard third-and-6 to help close out the game.
- Ohio State’s Julian Sayin was sacked five times, had a fourth-and-one quarterback sneak at the Indiana 6 overturned on review, and saw Jayden Fielding miss a 27-yard try with 2:48 left.
- Indiana captured its first Big Ten title since 1967 and its first win over Ohio State since 1988, snapping a decades-long skid behind a disruptive pass rush and timely stops.