Story byMike MoraitisSat, January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM UTC·2 min readMind-blowing Fernando Mendoza stat is further proof Indiana QB is special originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. If there were any Fernando Mendoza doubters left, they are now vanquished after the Indiana quarterback posted a performance for the ages on Friday night. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn the Peach Bowl, Mendoza dominated Oregon en route to a 56-22 victory, which puts Indiana in the College Football Playoff National Championship. Mendoza, who showed he can make all the throws, also cemented himself as the top quarterback in the 2026 NFL draft class (assuming he declares) by outperforming Dante Moore. Mendoza finished the game completing 17-of-20 passes for 177 yards and five scores to zero interceptions. We'd like to point out that the Indiana signal-caller threw more touchdowns than incompletions in this contest. While that's rare for any quarterback to do, Mendoza has made it a regular occurrence in 2025, and he has done so at a historic rate. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAccording to Dave Revsine of the Big Ten Network, Mendoza has thrown for more touchdowns than incompletions in a game a whopping five times this season. No other quarterback this century has done that more than twice, which just further cements Mendoza as a special talent at the quarterback position."This is Fernando Mendoza’s 5th game this year with more TD’s than incompletions," Revsine wrote.