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Tom Brew
Feb 3, 2026
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Indiana's shocking undefeated championship run lands eight players on ESPN's final top-100 list, matching Ohio State's dominance.

Now that one of the most amazing college football seasons in history has come to an end, ESPN released its final list of the top-100 college football players for the 2025 season.

It's no real surprise that Ohio State, who was No. 1 for most of the season, had eight players on the list. What was a surprise, though, was that Indiana also had eight players on the list. The Hoosiers won the national championship by going 16-0, and they did it despite being ranked No. 20 in the nation to start the season.

Here's the list of top players, in order of schools with the most selections. Indiana was led by Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza, who also won every national quarterback honor.

ESPN Top-100 players

Indiana (8): Fernando Mendoza, D’Angelo Ponds, Carter Smith, Aiden Fisher, Omar Cooper Jr., Pat Coogan, Elijah Sarratt, Stephen Daley.

Ohio State (8): Sonny Styles, Carnell Tate, Caden Curry, Julian Sayin, Arvell Reese, Kayden McDonald, Jeremiah Smith, Caleb Downs.

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Miami (7): Mark Fletcher, Carson Beck, Keionte Scott, Akheem Mesidor, Malachi Toney, Francis Mauigoa, Rueben Bain Jr.

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Oregon (5): Dillon Thieneman, A’Mauri Washington, Kenyon Sadiq, Emmanuel Pregnon, Dante Moore. 

Texas Tech (5): Romello Height, Brice Pollock, Lee Hunter, Jacob Rodriguez, David Bailey.

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Georgia (4): Daylon Everette, Gunner Stockton, Zachariah Branch, CJ Allen. 

Ole Miss (4): Suntarine Perkins, Will Echoles, Kewan Lacy, Trinidad Chambliss.

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North Texas (3): Wyatt Young, Caleb Hawkins, Drew Mestemaker.

Notre Dame (3): CJ Carr, Leonard Moore, Jeremiyah Love.

Texas A&M (3): Mario Craver, KC Concepcion, Cassius Howell.

USC (3): Jayden Maiava, Bishop Fitzgerald, Makai Lemon. 

Utah (3): Devon Dampier, John Henry Daley, Spencer Fano.

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Alabama (2): Bray Hubbard, Ty Simpson

Arizona (2): Dalton Johnson, Noah Fifita.

Duke (2): Brian Parker, Darian Mensah

Iowa (2): Beau Stephens, Logan Jones

Georgia Tech (2): Keylan Rutledge, Haynes King

Missouri (2): Keagen Trost, Ahmed Hardy

LSU (2): A.J. Haulcy, Mansoor Delane 

San Diego State (2): Danny Scudero, Chris Johnson

Texas (2): Arch Manning, Colin Simmons

Vanderbilt (2): Eli Stowers, Diego Pavia

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Bowling Green (1): Gideon Lampron

Buffalo (1):Red Murdock

BYU (1): LJ Martin

California (1): Hezekiah Masses

Clemson (1): Sammy Brown

Connecticut (1): Skyler Bell

Florida (1): Jake Slaughter

Houston (1): Tanner Kozoil

Illinois (1): J.C Davis

Jacksonville State (1): Cam Cook

James Madison (1): Wayne Knight

Louisiana Tech (1): Jakari Foster

Minnesota (1): Anthony Smith

Navy (1): Landon Robinson

Nebraska (1): Emmett Johnson

Northwestern (1): Caleb Tiernan

Pittsburgh (1): Rasheem Biles

Penn State (1): Olaivavega Ioane

Rutgers (1): KJ Duff

South Florida (1): Byrum Brown

TCU (1): Eric McAlister

Tulsa (1): Elijah Green

Virginia (1): J’Mari Taylor

Western Michigan (1):: Nadame Tucker