It's a good thing hosting No. 9 Notre Dame didn't mean anything to No. 22 Pittsburgh head coach Pat Narduzzi on Saturday, because his team was outclassed from jumpstreet in a game the Fighting Irish entirely dominated for 60 minutes.
The Hannah Hidalgo Show rolls into Detroit on Saturday afternoon (4 p.m. ET, NBC), when the stat-stuffing phenom and No. 18 Notre Dame meet No. 14 Michigan.
Notre Dame and Pittsburgh reunite in one of four ranked matchups this weekend, and a game loaded with College Football Playoff implications for both teams.
The entire college football world is awaiting this Saturday's battle between Notre Dame and Pitt. With ESPN gameday on the scene, a midday battle between playoff hopefuls will take place with major implications.
As the 2025 college football regular season begins to wind down, each game remaining carries extra weight for teams that are in the CFP hunt. This notion most definitely applies to both Notre Dame and Pitt.
Wide receiver Jaden Greathouse broke out during the College Football Playoff last season, making him a key piece of Notre Dame's offense in 2025. But he's played just two games due to injury, and Notre Dame will be without him again for Saturday's crucial game at No.
Normally, whenever Notre Dame travels to play a game in the noon window, I have concerns about a sluggish start for the Irish as they adjust to the early kick on the road, but not this time.
This is it. This is the last barrier between Notre Dame, and a spot in the College Football Playoff … Maybe. Even at 10-2, there’s still the question of who else will be available.
Notre Dame seems in line for a place in the College Football Playoff this week, sitting inside the top-ten of the second CFP rankings, but with basically no margin for error with two losses already.
Although the 2025 college football season is far from over, Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman has been mentioned in a few rumors this week. Freeman is currently in his fourth year as the coach of the Fighting Irish.
It is a top-25 matchup and the site of College Game Day as Notre Dame visits Pittsburgh. Notre Dame currently has a spot in the College Football Playoff, sitting ninth in the second set of rankings.
Notre Dame and Pittsburgh are set to square off in one of four ranked-on-ranked matchups between teams in the College Football Playoff rankings this weekend.
As head coach Marcus Freeman has more and more success with the Notre Dame football team, other programs are going to try and pursue him heavily. At only 39 years old, Freeman is a young and vibrant head coach who continues to get better with more experience.
It has been a frustrating 2025 season so far for Notre Dame wide receiver Jaden Greathouse. After his incredible finish to last season against Penn State and Ohio State, which included 13 receptions for 233 yards and three touchdowns, most expected the junior pass catcher to continue ascending on the national landscape.
Marcus Freeman has found his name at the center of the head coach rumor mill with more than one prominent job recently opening up, but he has reportedly made his stance on leaving Notre Dame clear.