There are big games and then there are absolutely massive games and when No. 4 Notre Dame plays host to No. 1 Miami on Saturday night, it'll be the biggest the Fighting Irish have hosted in over 20 years.
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Former Notre Dame Fighting Irish running back Audric Estimé was released by the Cleveland Browns on Monday, ending a short stay on the active roster that began with a mid-October signing and included one memorable touchdown.
Notre Dame captain and starting linebacker Drayk Bowen will miss Saturday's big showdown against top-ranked Miami with a right ankle injury.
It's very rare in a football season to have multiple chances to impress in the national spotlight game of the week with everything to gain, everything to lose, and everyone watching.
Head coach Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame football are hosting a long list of impressive recruits against Miami. Who will be on campus? Marcus Freeman has an opportunity to make the November 7 matchup with Miami about much more than the result on the field.
Notre Dame and Miami will restore their historic rivalry on Saturday in South Bend. There is a lot on the line for head coach Marcus Freeman. There are plenty of great rivalries in college football, but few carry the history, bitterness, and national championship implications of Notre Dame and Miami.
Finally, the game everyone has had circled for an entire calendar year is upon us. This Saturday in South Bend, with ESPN GameDay present, the country will witness a top-five matchup between Notre Dame and Miami.
Saturday night's showdown between Notre Dame and Miami is one of the most anticipated games on the college football schedule this entire year. It's two powerhouse programs with rich histories that are battling for College Football Playoff positioning as the regular season enters its final month.
Notre Dame is 7-1 and ranked No. 4, but Paul Finebaum isn’t buying it. On Sunday’s The Matt Barrie Show, the ESPN and SEC Network host said the Fighting Irish have “no business” in the College Football Playoff unless they win at least one important game, namely, the Saturday night game in South Bend when No.
Since the moment it was announced last December that Miami passed Notre Dame in the final College Football Playoff rankings and that the Fighting Irish were being left out of the CFP, November 7, 2026, has been circled by anyone with a connection to Notre Dame football.
Notre Dame just gave college basketball fans an early reminder that this team isn’t going to go down without a fight. The Fighting Irish opened their 2026-27 season in spectacular fashion Sunday, rallying from a second-half deficit to defeat Villanova 74-72 at the Eternal City Tip-Off in Rome.
In a clash of Catholic Universities, it was No. 13 Notre Dame who got the best of Villanova, 99-75, from Italy on Sunday morning. This game was competitive through one quarter of play, but ND pulled away in the second quarter and never looked back.
The biggest week of the regular season is officially here for Notre Dame as the Fighting Irish get set to host Miami this Saturday. It's the biggest home game for the Fighting Irish since at least 2005, and a win would be the biggest by the program at Notre Dame Stadium since perhaps 1993.
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College football never stays predictable for long, and that's part of what makes every Saturday so much fun.
Saturday was a story of two halves as Notre Dame had all of the issues that make playing Navy difficult until Nolan James, Jr. changed everything just before intermission in Foxborough.
Notre Dame finds itself in a very complicated and tricky timing dynamic in the midst of the most important stretch of the 2026 season. First, the Irish lost to BYU.
Wisconsin has two losses this year, dropping the games against current No. 6 Notre Dame and unbeaten No. 7 UCLA. It just dominated USC last night; they have the same 6-2 record, and … USC is 25, Wisconsin 27.
This weekend marks college football's Week 7 matchups, and it brings all the excitement you'd expect from a slate of games as we head into the latter part of the season.
Notre Dame isn't just visiting an undefeated No. 8-ranked BYU Cougars team; it's walking into a proving ground.
Have you heard that Saturday's showdown between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the BYU Cougars is a big deal?
The No. 2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish have a massive game coming up in Week 7 against the No. 8-ranked BYU Cougars.
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