It’s Indiana and Miami in a College Football Playoff final that once seemed impossible.
The game is set for 7:30 p.m. EST at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, a long-ago-chosen venue that happens to be the home of the Hurricanes.
It’ll be a homecoming for Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, the Heisman Trophy winner, who’s playing for the title against a school that was less than a mile away from where he grew up in Miami.
Miami coach Mario Cristobal is a local, too, who came back home four years ago to lead his alma mater to a place it hasn’t been in decades.
The winner claims the national championship in the second year of the expanded 12-team CFP — a title that would be the first for Indiana and the sixth for Miami.
We’re taking you live to the stadium as it all goes down. Send AP’s sports reporters your thoughts and questions.
Here’s what to know:
How to watch: Watch on ESPN or stream with a free trial of FuboTV. How we got here: The Hoosiers (15-0), the top-seeded favorite on a historic run for the program, stomped Oregon 56-22 on Jan. 9 to reach the final. The Hurricanes (13-2), a former powerhouse seeded 10th and the last at-large team to make the field, beat Mississippi 31-27 the night before.The odds: Indiana by 8.5, according to BetMGM Sportsbook.