Quarterback Josh Hoover came to Indiana knowing that in coach Curt Cignetti’s program, toughness isn’t optional.

Josh Hoover threw for 231 yards and four touchdowns, including a 15-yard score on his first pass with No. 6 Indiana, and Turbo Richard rushed for two more scores to help the defending national champs rout North Texas 52-16 in the season opener.

Texas led all teams with four players named to the preseason Associated Press All-America team and the Southeastern Conference had 14 of the 27 first-team selections.

Defending national champion Indiana has three of the 12 players selected for preseason honors to lead all teams.

Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza spent the College Football Playoff showing the nation just why he earned the Heisman Trophy.

Fernando Mendoza's historic season has ended with a national title.

The very first snap of the Peach Bowl pretty much summed up what kind of night it would be for Oregon.

From the moment Curt Cignetti took Indiana’s head coaching job, he made it clear this would be a different program.

Fernando Mendoza’s 17-yard touchdown pass to Elijah Sarratt gave No. 2 Indiana the lead midway through the third quarter and the Hoosiers' stingy defense pitched a shutout the rest of the way to beat No. 1 Ohio State 13-10 for their first Big Ten championship since 1967 while likely locking up the top seed in the College Football Playoff.

Omar Cooper Jr. jumped to catch a pass from Fernando Mendoza in the back of the endzone, sweeping his inside foot within the field of play to save No. 2 Indiana from its first loss of the season against a downtrodden Penn State team that almost denied the Hoosiers their first Happy Valley win in school history.