Associated Press

Fernando Mendoza bulldozed his way into the end zone and Indiana bullied its way into the history books Monday night, toppling Miami 27-21 to put the finishing touch on a rags-to-riches story, an undefeated season and the national title.

Indiana University Hoosiers will try to win their first College Football Playoff National Championship against the University of Miami Hurricanes Monday.

Tickets for the Indiana-Miami College Football Playoff national championship game are available, but they come with a hefty price tag.

Undefeated Indiana Hoosiers overwhelmed No. 5 Oregon Ducks 56-22 in the Peach Bowl semifinal. No. 1 Indiana will face No. 10 Miami on January 19 in the national championship game at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.

The top-seeded Hoosiers roared into the College Football Playoff semifinals with a 38-3 victory in the 112th Rose Bowl.

Philip Rivers knows he may have made the last start of his improbable comeback. Rivers ended a five-year retirement to rejoin the quarterback-needy Indianapolis Colts at age 44. But he couldn't stop the Colts' losing streak.

GiveDirectly got $50 gift cards out to SNAP recipients during last month’s shutdown through a new approach to cash assistance.

Fernando Mendoza, the enthusiastic quarterback of No. 1 Indiana, won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night.

Indiana University beats Ohio State 13-10 for their first Big Ten championship since 1967 while likely locking up the top seed in the College Football Playoff.

The body of Maria Florinda Rios Perez de Velasquez, a Guatemalan woman killed in Indiana, has been returned to her native country. Ríos Perez, a mother of four, was shot on Nov. 5 while mistakenly trying to clean the wrong house in Whitestown.