Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza made all the big plays Saturday night. Then his Hoosiers teammates and their fans celebrated like it was 1967. Mendoza’s neatly tucked 17-yard pass to Elijah Sarratt gave the No.

Ohio State and Indiana remain top two in the latest College Football Playoff rankings as both teams prepare for Saturday's Big Ten championship game showdown.

Fernando Mendoza passed for 222 yards and a touchdown and the Indiana defense came up with two late stands as the No. 2 Hoosiers defeated No. 1 Ohio State 13-10 in the Big Ten championship game on Saturday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State fell to No. 3 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll on Sunday after losing to Indiana in the Big Ten title game. They received the No. 2 seed in the College Football Playoffs, giving them a first-round bye.

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Purdue, which has won two of the past three Big Ten regular-season championships, is second in the Top 25 And 1 with a 7-0 record featuring an 86-56 win over Texas Tech in the title game of the Baha Mar Championship.

The Hoosiers knocked off top-ranked Ohio State for the Big Ten title, and Duke’s ACC championship game win over Virginia probably delivered James Madison a playoff berth.

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 shut down No. 1 Ohio State the rest of the way in a 13-10 victory on Saturday night for their first Big Ten championship since 1967.