With a new coach and new players, including quarterback Fernando Mendoza, who just won a Heisman Trophy last night, the Indiana University Hoosiers are in contention for a national championship title.

A year after winning the award for the first time, Cignetti delivered an encore after leading the Hoosiers to the greatest season in program history.

Meet Manette Lawer, the supportive and private wife of Indiana coach Curt Cignetti, and learn how she influences his life and career.

Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti called Fernando Mendoza into his office in late October to discuss Heisman Trophy buzz. Here's what the message contained.

Ben DiNucci joins CBS Sports HQ to talk his former head coach Curt Cignetti and how he turned Indiana into a No. 1 seed. Ben also runs through his entire College Football Playoff predictions and crowns Indiana as his National Champion.

Curt Cignetti has already earned five bonuses with up to $1.4 million on the line for the Indiana football coach

It was a big win and secured Indiana the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff, meaning the Hoosiers get a first-round bye. Indiana will take on the winner between the No. 8 Oklahoma Sooners and the No. 9 Alabama Crimson Tide in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1.

Jon Sumrall has been a head coach for just four seasons, and in each one, his team has played for a conference championship. He won back-to-back Sun Belt titles at Troy and maintained that success at Tulane, capturing another conference title this season. In total, Sumrall is 43-11 overall and 28-4 in conference play over four years.

Curt Cignetti waited a long time to smile. He made good on his famed speech at Assembly Hall before delivering another.

The Hoosiers are No. 1 and Curt Cignetti was named the first back-to-back Walter Camp award winner. Here are his contract details should he leave.