For the first time in program history, Indiana is the Big Ten champion and No. 1 team in college football following Saturday night's 13-10 triumph over Ohio State . The win catapults the Hoosiers to the top spot in Sunday's updated AP Top 25 rankings. Behind Heisman frontrunner Fernando Mendoza at quarterback and a Herculean defensive effort, the Hoosiers were elite in the red zone, highlighted by a fourth-and-1 stop at their own 5 late in the third quarter.

Indiana will enter the College Football Playoff as the top seed and will play in the Rose Bowl against the winner of the 8-9 game. Ohio State previously held 61 of a possible 66 first-place votes entering the Big Ten Championship Game with the Hoosiers getting the other five before the Buckeyes' 16-game winning streak dati

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