www.espn.com - NCF Way-Too-Early Top 25: Sizing up the top contenders for next season Who will raise the national championship trophy this time next year? We break down the teams to watch. Final SP+ rankings for all 136 FBS teams The final SP+ rankings, plus strength of schedule and résumé SP+, for the 2025 season. Duke sues QB Mensah, tries to prevent transfer Duke sued QB Darian Mensah on Tuesday, and a judge denied a request for a temporary restraining order that would have prevented him from entering the transfer portal. Mendoza's brother leaves IU to join Georgia Tech Indiana transfer quarterback Alberto Mendoza has signed with Georgia Tech, he announced Tuesday. Hoosiers receive heroes' welcome in Bloomington The Indiana Hoosiers were ready to party Tuesday night, and hundreds of loyal fans joined them when they arrived back on campus in Bloomington. Sources: Big 12 title game moving to Fri. night The Big 12 Conference football championship game, which has been played on Saturday at noon ET in recent years, will be played on Friday, Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. in the 2026 season, sources told ESPN. Cignetti: IU's crown result of shift to 'new world' Curt Cignetti said Indiana's national title is a "paradigm shift," one that opens the door to any program willing to invest to climb to the top of the sport. Indiana leads Big Ten trio at top of final AP poll The national champion Indiana Hoosiers are No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 college football poll. Hoosiers, Buckeyes co-faves to win next CFP title 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. 👀 Transfer portal trends: Rising costs, more The transfer portal closed Friday for most players. Here are five things to know after two wild weeks. CFP takeaways: Even as a favored Goliath, Indiana's win stands alone in sports history Put it next to the Miracle on Ice or NC State and Villanova. In a wild title game, here's how Indiana beat Miami. Indiana -- yes, Indiana! -- is the national champ! How Curt Cignetti and the Hoosiers did it The program that was once the least successful in all of FBS is now the national champion. Indiana fans erase forgettable history with unforgettable title Indiana had the most losses, a long Big Ten title drought, no Heismans and no national titles. No more. Wetzel: Hoosiers delivered a national title for the everyman Curt Cignetti's relentless group of discards and misfits showed what the transfer portal made possible. Cignetti's daughter revisits viral 2019 post after father's national title win 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. Ranking the best players in the college football transfer portal The transfer portal officially opened Jan. 2 and closed Jan. 16. We ranked the best of the best to enter. Indiana went 16-0 with a title game win -- but it isn't the first. Meet 1894 Yale 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. Yates' debut rankings for the 2026 NFL draft: Ranking the top 25 prospects, plus scouting reports Who are the best players in this year's NFL draft class? Which receivers have first-round talent? Field Yates stacks his top 25 board. 2026 draft: Which underclassmen have declared? Here is the list of every player who will enter the draft, listed below in alphabetical order. ESPN's 2025 All-America team: The top players at every position From Fernando Mendoza and Jeremiyah Love to Jacob Rodriguez and Rueben Bain Jr., here are the best of the best.