
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.
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