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WEEK 4 BIG TEN CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Fernando Mendoza, Indiana, QB - Jr. - Miami, Fla. - Christopher Columbus,...Completed 21-of-23 passes for 267 yards and tied a career-high five passing touchdowns in a victory over No. 9/8 Illinois...Posted back-to-back games with five passing touchdowns to move his Big Ten-leading total to 14...Of his 21 completions, 14 went for either a first down or touchdown and finished the game with 15-straight completions...His .910 (21-for-23) completion percentage put him at No. 3 on the game completion percentage charts just a week after setting the program's record of .950 (19-for-20) in Week 3 against Indiana State (9/12)...Last Indiana Offensive Player of the Week: Omar Cooper Jr. (Sept. 15, 2025). - Big Ten Football

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09/22/25 - Fernando Mendoza, rJr/2026, Indiana, 6-5, 225 (DS#1 QB) + More +

WEEK 4 AP NATIONAL FBS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Fernando Mendoza, Indiana,...The California transfer threw five touchdown passes for the second straight week and completed his final 17 throws in a 63-10 beat-down of Illinois. Mendoza connected on better than 90% of his passes for a second game in a row, going 21 of 23 for 267 yards. He was 19 of 20 against Indiana State in his previous game. His 76.8% accuracy rate through four games is second nationally, and his 14 TD passes lead the country. He has thrown no interceptions. Mendoza led the Hoosiers to touchdowns on six straight possessions against the Illini before he turned things over to his younger brother, backup Alberto Mendoza, in the fourth quarter. - AP College Football

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QB Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
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09/21/25 - Fernando Mendoza, rJr/2026, Indiana, 6-5, 225 (DS#1 QB) + More +

In a battle between No. 17 Indiana and No. 8 Illinois, it was the Hoosiers who showed the nation who the better team was. Indiana dominated the game from start to finish, scoring the most points any Big Ten team has ever scored against a top 10 opponent, routing the Illini 63-10. The victory moved the Hoosiers up five spots to No. 12 in this week's US LBM Coaches Poll, while Illinois dropped to No. 23. The top five remain the same with Ohio State, Penn State, Georgia, LSU and Oregon. Miami (Fla.) and Texas stay at the sixth and seventh spots, with Florida State, Texas A&M and Oklahoma rising a couple of spots, thanks to Illinois' loss, to round out the top 10. - American Football Coaches Association

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QB Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
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09/20/25 - Fernando Mendoza, rJr/2026, Indiana, 6-5, 225 (DS#1 QB) + More +

Fernando Mendoza threw five touchdown passes and D'Angelo Ponds scooped up the punt he blocked and returned it 11 yards for a score Saturday night, leading No. 19 Indiana past No. 9 Illinois 63-10 for its first win over a top 10 foe in five years - and easily the most lopsided. Indiana's previous best was a 31-10 victory at then No. 9 Ohio State in 1987. It marked the first time since 1950 the Hoosiers and Fighting Illini squared off with each ranked. Ponds' blocked punt return opened the scoring, and Mendoza went 21 of 23 with 267 yards to become the first Hoosiers player with multiple games of five or more TD passes in three quarters. He also completed his final 17 passes as Indiana (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) extended its school record home winning streak to 12, all coming under second-year coach Curt Cignetti. "We'll get people's attention with this one," Cignetti said. "The team really laid it on the line tonight. There's nothing better than being the Grinch in the second half with a big lead. I love that feeling." Elijah Sarratt caught nine passes for 92 yards and two scores while Omar Cooper Jr. had six receptions for 78 yards and one TD.

Khobe Martin rushed for 107 yards and two TDs and Kaelon Black added 89 yards rushing and one TD. The Fighting Illini offense struggled as quarterback Luke Altmeyer was under pressure all night. Illinois (3-1, 0-1) allowed five sacks and rushed for only 3 yards in the first half, falling into an insurmountable 35-10 deficit. Indiana sealed the win with TD drives on each of its first two second-half possessions. It was the worst loss of coach Bret Bielema's tenure at Illinois. "We didn't respoind to any adversity. It started with the blocked punt and never really got anything on offense or defense," Bielema said. "Embarrassing and at a loss for words." Altmeyer was 14 of 22 with 146 yards and one interception while being sacked seven times. Receiver Hank Beatty was limited to two catches for 13 yards and Illinois' only meaningful scores came on a 59-yard TD pass from Altmeyer to Collin Dixon in the first quarter and a 46-yard field goal to close the half. - Indiana/AP College Football

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QB Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
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09/15/25 - Omar Cooper Jr., rJr/2026, Indiana, 6-0, 204 (DS#8 WR) + More +

WEEK 3 BIG TEN OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Omar Cooper Jr., Indiana, WR - Jr. - Indianapolis, Ind. - Lawrence North,...Set career highs for yards receiving (207), receptions (10) and receiving touchdowns (4) in the Hoosiers 73-0 victory against Indiana State...His first career multi-touchdown game tied the school-record for most receiving scores in a single game with James Hardy...His 10-catch effort is the first double-digit catch game since Jaylin Lucas (10) in 2023 versus Louisville...Last Indiana Offensive Player of the Week: Kurtis Rourke (Dec. 2, 2024). - Big Ten Football

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WR Omar Cooper Jr., Indiana
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09/15/25 - Lee Beebe Jr., rJr/2027, Indiana, 5-10, 218 (DS#999 RB) + More +

No. 19 Indiana has lost running back Lee Beebe Jr. to a season-ending knee injury, coach Curt Cignetti told reporters Monday. Beebe suffered a noncontact injury during Friday night's 73-0 rout of Indiana State. The transfer from UAB was leading the team in yards per carry at 7.7 through three games and was second in yards rushing with 209 on 27 carries. He also ran for one score and had one reception for 7 yards. Losing Beebe likely means Roman Hemby, the transfer from Maryland, and Kaelon Black will carry a heavier workload starting this week when the Hoosiers (3-0) face their toughest test yet when they host No. 9 Illinois (3-0) in the Big Ten Conference opener for both teams. Indiana is 11-0 at home in Cignetti's two seasons. - AP College Football

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RB Lee Beebe Jr., Indiana
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09/14/25 - Josh Hoover, rJr/2027, Indiana, 6-1, 200 (DS#3 QB) + More +

Josh Hoover threw for 337 yards and four touchdowns, two to freshman Ed Small, and TCU beat Football Championship Subdivision member Abilene Christian 42-21 on Saturday night. Joseph Manjack IV had 114 yards receiving for the Horned Frogs (2-0), who played their home opener two weeks after a 48-14 romp at North Carolina in coach Bill Belichick's ballyhooed debut with the Tar Heels. It was TCU coach Sonny Dykes' 100th career win.

Stone Earle threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns for the Wildcats (1-2), who had a much better offensive showing in their second meeting with an FBS opponent this season. ACU fell to 1-19 against FBS teams. Small's first career TD was a one-armed grab near the back of the end zone for a 14-0 lead, and he finished off the first-half scoring with a 15-yard catch for a 28-0 lead. Small had six catches for 45 yards. Hoover was 21 of 27 without an interception, and his other scoring tosses were 11 yards to Chase Curtis and 21 yards to Jordan Dwyer, who had five catches for 89 yards. - TCU/AP College Football

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QB Josh Hoover, Indiana
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09/12/25 - Fernando Mendoza, rJr/2026, Indiana, 6-5, 225 (DS#1 QB) + More +

Fernando Mendoza threw five first-half touchdown passes, Omar Cooper Jr. tied an Indiana record with four TD receptions and the No. 22 Hoosiers routed Indiana State 73-0 on Friday night. Indiana (3-0) allowed only 77 yards in its largest shutout victory since a 78-0 romp over Franklin on Oct. 19, 1901. "Our team took another step, especially our offense," Mendoza said. "It was touchdowns galore." The Hoosiers jumped out with three first-quarter scores against their outmanned Football Championship Subdivision foes, with Mendoza scoring on a 7-yard run and throwing two 13-yard TD passes to Cooper. Mendoza then connected with Holden Staes from 18 yards out, hit Jonathan Brady on a 4-yarder and added a 31-yarder to Cooper in the second quarter.

Cooper had 58-yard TD catch from Mendoza's brother, Alberto, in the third quarter to finish with 10 catches for 207 yards. He tied James Hardy's 2006 record for TD catches in a game. Mendoza, a California transfer, completed his first 14 passes. He finished 19 of 20 for 270 yards, and did not play in the second half. "We did tonight what we wanted to do," Indiana coach Curt Cignetti said. "I was pleased about that. I didn't see anybody relaxing at any point in the game, coaches or players." The Sycamores (2-1) had just five first downs. Indiana State's Keegan Patterson completed 8 of 16 passes for 13 yards before being replaced late in the third quarter. He was sacked four times. "We couldn't get anything going," Indiana State coach Curt Mallory said. "We couldn't stop them on drives. They converted early and we couldn't stop ‘em after that." - Indiana/AP College Football

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QB Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
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09/06/25 - Fernando Mendoza, rJr/2026, Indiana, 6-5, 225 (DS#1 QB) + More +

Fernando Mendoza threw for four touchdowns to lead No. 23 Indiana to a 56-9 rout of Kennesaw State on Saturday. Mendoza, a transfer from University of California, completed 18 of 25 passes for 245 yards. He threw scoring passes of 3, 9 and 20 yards to Elijah Sarratt and an 8-yard strike to E.J. Williams early in the fourth quarter. The Hoosiers held the Owls to two field goals in the first half and led 21-6 at the break. Kennesaw State's Daniel Kinney finished with field goals of 28, 29 and 50 yards. Indiana scored on a 1-yard run by Riley Nowakowski and an 11-yard run by Lee Beebe Jr. in the first half to go with the first of Sarratt's TD catches. Beebe finished with a team-best 90 rushing yards on 11 carries. - Indiana/AP College Football

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QB Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
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09/01/25 - Josh Hoover, rJr/2027, Indiana, 6-1, 200 (DS#3 QB) + More +

Bud Clark had a first-half pick-six and Kevorian Barnes had a 75-yard touchdown run on the first second-half snap to help TCU spoil Bill Belichick's college coaching debut by rolling past North Carolina 48-14 on Monday night. The 73-year-old Belichick had won six Super Bowl titles in a 24-year run as head coach of the NFL's New England Patriots. His Tar Heels (0-1) scored on the game's first possession, but the Horned Frogs steadily took control to drive a full-house hostile crowd to the exits well before the fourth quarter.

Clark's 25-yard return late in the second was the first of two defensive touchdowns for the Horned Frogs (1-0), the other being Devean Deal's 37-yard scoop-and-score in the third. TCU's Josh Hoover threw for two scores while Jordan Dwyer finished with nine catches for 136 yards and a 27-yard first-quarter TD. Trent Battle added his own score by running untouched around the left side for 28 yards as TCU built a 41-7 lead. Caleb Hood ran for a score for the Tar Heels' first touchdown under Belichick. South Alabama transfer quarterback Gio Lopez completed 4 of 10 passes for 69 yards before exiting the game after halftime with a back injury. TCU outgained UNC 542-222 in total offense. - TCU/AP College Football

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09/01/25 - Preston Zachman, rSr/2027, Indiana, 6-1, 212 (DS#15 SS) + More +

WEEK 1 BIG TEN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Preston Zachman, Wisconsin, S - Gr. - Elysburg, Pa. - Southern Columbia,...Grabbed a pair of interceptions in Wisconsin's 17-0 win over Miami (OH)...Also recorded a pair of solo tackles in the win...Zachman's first INT set up a Badger score inside the 5-yard line to put Wisconsin up 17-0, while his second sealed the victory in the game's final minutes...Helped the Badger defense hold Miami (OH) to only 117 total yards and an 0-for-9 clip on 3rd down, marking the Badgers' first shutout since the 2022 opener, and the performance marked the first time since 2017 that the Badgers held an opponent under 150 total yards and without a successful third down conversion...Last Wisconsin Defensive Player of the Week honoree: Hunter Wohler (Sept. 18, 2023) - Big Ten Football

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SS Preston Zachman, Indiana
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09/01/25 - Bryson Bonds, rSr/2026, Indiana, 6-0, 202 (DS#999 SS) + More +

Indiana's secondary depth took two hits in Saturday's season-opening 27-14 victory over Old Dominion, coach Curt Cignetti confirmed Monday. Cignetti said defensive back Bryson Bonds suffered a season-ending right knee injury and defensive back Byron Baldwin Jr. also got hurt though his undisclosed injury is "more day to day." Bonds did not win a starting job in his sixth college season but was expected to play a key role again this season for No. 20 Indiana. He had appeared in 37 of 38 games since returning from another season-ending injury early in the 2021 season. He played high school football in Fort Worth, Texas. Bonds was injured late in the first half of Indiana's ninth straight home win, 27-14, under Cignetti. Bonds stayed down after the play as trainers examined his right leg and eventually was taken straight to the locker room. - AP College Football

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SS Bryson Bonds, Indiana
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08/30/25 - Fernando Mendoza, rJr/2026, Indiana, 6-5, 225 (DS#1 QB) + More +

Fernando Mendoza scored on a 5-yard run in his debut as Indiana's quarterback, Jonathan Brady returned a punt 91 yards for a score, and the 20th-ranked Hoosiers wore down Old Dominion in a season-opening 27-14 victory on Saturday. Mendoza, the starter at California last season, finished 18 of 31 for 193 yards and ran six times for 34 yards. His TD run late in the first half gave the Hoosiers a 17-7 lead. Indiana's 309-yard rushing attack was led by Maryland transfer Roman Hemby, who had 23 carries for 110 yards. Kaelon Black added 92 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries.

Indiana won its ninth straight home game to improve to 9-0 at Memorial Stadium under second-year coach Curt Cignetti - but not without some stress. Old Dominion started fast, with quarterback Colton Joseph faking out the Hoosiers' defense on the first offensive play of the game and sprinting 75 yards for a TD, and the Monarchs controlled most of the first quarter. Brady's punt return tied the game with 9 seconds left in the period. Joseph added a 78-yard TD run midway through the fourth quarter that got ODU within 27-14. He finished with a career-high 179 yards rushing on 10 carries and went 11 of 22 through the air for 96 yards and three interceptions. But the Monarchs couldn't get the late stop they needed to make it a one-possession game. Indiana scored just 20 points - two touchdowns and two field goals - on six trips inside the Old Dominion 10-yard line. The Hoosiers turned it over on downs the other two times. - Indiana/AP College Football

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QB Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
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08/28/25 - Preston Zachman, rSr/2027, Indiana, 6-1, 212 (DS#15 SS) + More +

Preston Zachman intercepted two passes to lead Wisconsin's dominant defensive effort as the Badgers withstood an injury to quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. and opened their season by beating Miami (Ohio) 17-0 on Thursday. Wisconsin's first shutout since a 38-0 victory over Western Illinois in 2022 enabled the Badgers to turn the page after a disappointing finish to their 2024 season. The Badgers lost their last five games a year ago to finish 5-7, ending a string of 22 straight winning seasons and bowl appearances.

Now the Badgers await word on Edwards, who suffered a lower-body injury in the second quarter. Edwards limped after making a handoff, headed to the injury tent and eventually went into the locker room. He wore sweats as he watched the second half from the sideline. Edwards was making his Wisconsin debut after throwing for 2,881 yards and 15 touchdowns for Maryland last season. Wisconsin led 3-0 at the time of his exit. Danny O'Neil, who started 11 games for San Diego State as a freshman last season, took over for Edwards and went 12 of 19 for 120 yards with a 3-yard touchdown pass to Vinny Anthony as well as an interception. O'Neil also scored on a 1-yard run. - Wisconsin/AP College Football

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SS Preston Zachman, Indiana
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09/10/24 - Nick Marsh, So/2028, Indiana, 6-3, 203 (DS#7 WR) + More +

WEEK 2 BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Nick Marsh, Michigan State, WR - Detroit, Mich. - River Rouge,...Snared eight catches for 194 yards, including a 77-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, to help Michigan State beat Maryland on the road in its Big Ten opener...His 194 receiving yards was the best MSU single-game receiving total against Maryland and only the second 100-yard receiving outing against the Terps, topping the previous mark set in 2021...It was the 10th-most receiving yards in a single game by a Spartan and the second-most by a true freshman...Last Michigan State Freshman of the Week: Katin Houser (Nov. 20, 2023). - Big Ten Football

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WR Nick Marsh, Indiana
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