By the time you're reading this, Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza will have been named the 2025 College Football season's Heisman Trophy winner. Mendoza faces competition in Ohio State Buckeyes QB Julian Sayin, Notre Dame Fighting Irish RB Jeremiyah Love, and Vanderbilt Commodores QB Diego Pavia. It's not competition that had the Heisman odds even close in the final days before the ceremony at the Jazz at Lincoln Center's Appel Room in the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
The award was a foregone conclusion after Indiana upset Ohio State 13-10 in the Big Ten Championship Game last Saturday in Indianapolis.