Fernando Mendoza threw five touchdown passes in leading No. 1-ranked Indiana to a 56-22 rout of Oregon in Friday.

The Miami Hurricanes are considered the frontrunner to nab a 5-star transfer portal QB who's also desperately wanted by LSU.

No. 1 Indiana faces No. 10 Miami — which will be playing a home game at Hard Rock Stadium — in the national championship game on Jan. 19. Mendoza also went to the same high school — Christopher Columbus, an all-boys Catholic school in Miami — that Miami head coach Mario Cristobal attended.

Lane Kiffin left Ole Miss for LSU, but the Rebels former coach was tuned in and rooting for his former team in the Fiesta Bowl against Miami.

An ESPN report says former Arizona State football quarterback Sam Leavitt is visiting Miami, which is off to the College Football Playoff title game.

Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza is excited to make what he described as his "homecoming" by playing Miami for the College Football Playoff national championship on Jan. 19 at Hard Rock Stadium.

Fernando Mendoza isn't hunting legacy. He's holding onto the moment that carried Indiana here. As the Hoosiers step into the Peach Bowl with a place in the College Football Playoff National Championship at stake,