{"id":424639,"date":"2026-01-20T03:43:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T03:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/424639\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T03:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T03:43:15","slug":"live-updates-indiana-vs-miami-in-the-college-football-playoff-national-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/424639\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Indiana vs. Miami in the College Football Playoff national championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2257141895.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1280,c_fill\/f_avif\" alt=\"Riley Nowakowski dives into the end zone to score Indiana's first touchdown of the game.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2848\" width=\"4272\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmklx127a0018356p44bcmfc7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Indiana picked up another easy first down to get the drive started with a 12-yard pass to Elijah Sarratt.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmklxk7j9001n356pqdnijfg8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A few plays later, the Hurricanes looked to have Indiana stopped, but OJ Frederique Jr. was flagged for interference and the Hoosiers got a fresh set of downs.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmklxnwad001q356piqhwulta@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Canes\u2019 defensive front is really stepping up and quickly forced the Hoosiers into a third-and-13. An offsides penalty against Miami gave Indiana five yards and then the Hoosiers caught Miami off-guard with a designed run play, and Kaelon Black ran between the tackles for a 20-yard pick-up.\n    <\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2257141408.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1280,c_fill\/f_avif\" alt=\"Indiana running back Kaelon Black carries the ball in the second quarter.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"3540\" width=\"5311\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmklxlgy2001p356ptofr9k4r@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Two plays later, the Hoosiers appeared to have the game\u2019s first touchdown, but replay showed that wide receiver Charlier Becker barely stepped out of bounds at the six-yard line before diving to the pylon.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmklxvraq001s356prn1o3oez@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Miami forced Indiana into a third-and-goal at the one-yard line, and in an old-fashioned I-formation, Mendoza handed off to tight end\/fullback Riley Nowakowski, who pounded it in for the game\u2019s first touchdown to cap the 14-play drive.\n    <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HOOSIERS FIND THE ENDZONE 1ST \u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfaESPN <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mHKxKYSShi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/mHKxKYSShi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 College Football Playoff (@CFBPlayoff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFBPlayoff\/status\/2013432095452827854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">January 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmklx6k2y001f356pap48zxz7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Score: Hoosiers 10, Hurricanes 0\n    <\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indiana picked up another easy first down to get the drive started with a 12-yard pass to Elijah&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-424639","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}