www.espn.com - NCFWe're nine months from the 2026 season starting, but we're looking at every power team's QB situation.Duke QB Darian Mensah is permitted to enter the transfer portal, but can't enroll at another school or play football for another college team before a North Carolina judge rules on Duke's request for an injunction that would prevent him from leaving.USC is targeting former TCU coach Gary Patterson to be the school's next defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Wednesday.The 2026 Big 12 Conference football schedule released Wednesday includes all 16 programs playing nine conference games apiece, with a collective 13 nonconference games against Power Four opponents and Notre Dame.Indiana transfer quarterback Alberto Mendoza has signed with Georgia Tech, he announced Tuesday.The Indiana Hoosiers were ready to party Tuesday night, and hundreds of loyal fans joined them when they arrived back on campus in Bloomington.The national champion Indiana Hoosiers are No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 college football poll.Indiana and Ohio State are 7-1 co-favorites to win the 2026 College Football Playoff, according to DraftKings Sportsbook, followed by Texas and Notre Dame.The transfer portal closed Friday for most players. Here are five things to know after two wild weeks.Who will raise the national championship trophy this time next year? We break down the teams to watch.The final SP+ rankings, plus strength of schedule and résumé SP+, for the 2025 season.Put it next to the Miracle on Ice or NC State and Villanova. In a wild title game, here's how Indiana beat Miami.The program that was once the least successful in all of FBS is now the national champion.The transfer portal officially opened Jan. 2 and closed Jan. 16. We ranked the best of the best to enter.Where will national title game standouts Fernando Mendoza and Akheem Mesidor land in Round 1? And could we really see six WRs in the opening 32 picks?We're three months away from the 2026 NFL draft. What's the latest on each team picking in the top 10?Indiana had the most losses, a long Big Ten title drought, no Heismans and no national titles. No more.Curt Cignetti's relentless group of discards and misfits showed what the transfer portal made possible.After Cignetti's first Division I playoff win in 2019, Natalie asked her father if he was happy. He was not. Now, his answer to the same question is different.Indiana completed a 16-0 season with a national championship win over Miami on Monday night. But it wasn't the first team to accomplish the feat.From Fernando Mendoza and Jeremiyah Love to Jacob Rodriguez and Rueben Bain Jr., here are the best of the best.
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