It's not quite as big a deal now in a College Football Playoff era, but the preseason AP top 25 poll is still the unofficial annual marking point when the sports world really starts to care again about college football.
Notre Dame plays just two teams that finished last year in the final Top 25, Florida State and Louisville, but the schedule is still loaded with individual stars and future NFL Draft picks.
Notre Dame fans beware, Deuce Knight is the real deal. The No. 8 rated quarterback in the class of 2025, Knight had his shot to go just about anywhere but became one of the - potentially - signature signings in the Marcus Freeman era.
As of this writing Notre Dame has the second highest rated recruiting class behind only Notre Dame, and they're still rising. Marcus Freeman has been on a roll this past year with recruiting, but it hasn't just been on him and the staff.
One of the most highly coveted recruits in the country may be accelerating his recruitment decision. Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng has been a key target for over 40 FBS college football programs for multiple years now, but according to his latest comments this weekend he may be very near a decision.
I’m going to keep preaching this until everyone hears it. This new expanded College Football Playoff will be fantastic. Oh, don’t get me wrong, they’ll totally mess it all up - greed, expanding, more tweaking, accommodating the Big Ten and SEC to assure them each 13 schools into a 12-team tournament - but yeah, the CFP people got this one right.
A look back at the data from Tyrone Willingham’s 3rd season as head coach of Notre Dame football. Sometimes things just don’t go as planned. My personal example was third year of Russian language at Notre Dame.
Has the college football bowl season all seemed a little - let's just say - lacking lately? Oh sure, we all watch - what, we're supposed to actually talk to other people at holiday parties?
The NCAA's Academic Progress Rate has always been an interesting measure. In a world that really only cares about success on the field, this is the check and balance by the NCAA to make sure the schools are doing what they can to keep their student-athletes on track to graduate.
Of course all Notre Dame fans want a top ten ranking on the football field, and the academic side of college athletics is but a quaint distant memory now, but the Academic Progress Rate still matters.
On Oct. 4, 2025, the Boise State Broncos will travel to face the Notre Dame Irish at Notre Dame Stadium for the first time, making for a historic matchup.
Well how do you do Broncos? On Tuesday, Notre Dame announced that in 2025, the Irish will host the Boise State Broncos inside Notre Dame Stadium on the 4th of October.
Two of the greatest to ever wear a golden helmet On Tuesday, Notre Dame announced that two all-time Irish great have earned a spot on the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame ballot.
Deuce Knight has been committed to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish since September of 2023.
Finding opportunities elsewhere Notre Dame Football’s 2025 recruiting class has been on fire for over a year now as the Irish have stacked commitment upon commitment to climb to the #1 spot in the 247 Team Composite rankings.
On Sunday, Notre Dame is set to welcome a very impressive list of recruits to campus as a part of their annual Irish Invasion event. That includes several top 2027 quarterbacks, most of which will be getting their first look at everything the Irish program has to offer.
The former Notre Dame quarterback is returning to the Fighting Irish, but in a very different role.
NBC Sports on May 29 announced the television schedule and kickoff times for Notre Dame’s 2024 home games. Following a strong 10-3 season and a 40-8 victory over Oregon State in the 2023 Sun Bowl, Notre Dame’s NBC schedule is headlined by primetime games against Florida State (Nov.
The summer college football recruiting cycle is here in all of its chaotic glory. Top tier recruits are making their most critical official visits all throughout the months of May and June, knowing their final decisions are just around the corner.
Notre Dame will kick off the 2024 season in prime time against Texas A&M, it was announced on Tuesday, May 14. The highly anticipated Aug. 31 lid lifter on the road at Kyle Field in College Station is set for 7:30 p.m.
Not only did Hartman find a home, but he landed with a team that believes in him.
Meeting the boss can be uncomfortable, especially when your boss is Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh, the most awkward man in professional sports.
The Chargers were one of the few teams with an early first-round pick that didn’t need a QB, leading to plenty of speculation about how they’d proceed.
Notre Dame has set its sights on securing a top-tier cornerback class for the 2025 cycle, focusing on a select group of standout players at the position.
In February, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish made a crucial stop in Charlotte (N.C.) Independence to evaluate the talents of Nicholas Reddish, a promising safety in the class of 2026.
He might be off the board once the team selects at seventh overall.
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