The score may suggest so, but Notre Dame's 70-7 win Saturday over Syracuse wasn't all positive. The Fighting Irish lost Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa, one of the team's most valuable players, to a season-ending left knee injury.
Last year, most of America figured the Irish season was over after an inexplicable week two home loss to Northern Illinois. Notre Dame was written off and was out of sight, out of mind for much of the early and middle part of the season.
As the 2025 college football regular season winds down, the CFP Selection Committee is gearing up for one burning debate this time around: Notre Dame vs.
Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love played what was likely his final game at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday, doing so in grand fashion. He rushed for 171 yards on just eight carries, finding the end zone three times in the process.
Ninth-ranked Notre Dame delivered an emphatic message to the College Football Playoff committee on Saturday, crushing Syracuse 70-7 in a performance that left little doubt about the Irish’s dominance.
Facing off against a Syracuse team that was 3-7, Notre Dame made the most of its opportunity to shine against a "lesser" opponent in a magnificent 70-7 win over the Orange.
Notre Dame dismantled Syracuse on Saturday, earning its ninth-straight victory and getting one step closer to a return trip to the College Football Playoff.
Notre Dame looks like a dangerous College Football Playoff (CFP) team. There are some, even in the Notre Dame fan base, that aren't overly impressed with the Irish's 70-7 dominating victory over Syracuse in South Bend on Saturday.
Head coach Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame football have been recruiting on an extremely high level over the last few cycles. While the Fighting Irish are recruiting some very highly ranked players during his tenure, this staff has also made it a habit of trusting their evaluation of some under-recruited talent.
Things have been heating up quickly between Notre Dame football and 2026 McDonald (Pa.) Fort Cherry four-star safety target Matt Sieg. While Sieg is still technically committed to the Penn State Nittany Lions, that feels like a formality at this point.
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When we talk about recruiting during the college football season, typically the conversations center around top targets visiting campus. In the case of Notre Dame football, they may have just made a massive impression during their game against the Pitt Panthers, and they weren’t even hosting any recruits in South Bend.
There are still plenty of crazy twists and turns sure to come over the last few weeks of the college football season. There will be upsets, and there will be shockers, or the shocker could be that there won't be any shockers.
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.
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.