For the 27th time in the College Football Playoff era, we have a regular season top-five matchup. But when Ohio State visits Texas on Saturday, it will be just the seventh nonconference top-five matchup during the CFP era, which dates back to 2014. Where does OSU-Texas rank among the top-five nonconference regular season games in the CFP era? Let’s jump into the college football time machine and rank them all. All rankings are based on the AP Poll or CFP rankings 7 — No. 5 Notre Dame vs. No. 2...
Jadarian Price has kicked off plenty of chatter about himself after his debut game against the Patriots. The running back was stunning in his very first appearance in an NFL game, which essentially sealed the win for the Seahawks. Price managed a total of ten carries for 52 yards, along with a pair of catches […]
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The college football excitement continues on NBC and Peacock with two matchups. First, at 3:30 PM ET, it’s Rice vs No. 3 Notre Dame in the Fighting Irish’s 2026 home opener. Then, at 7:30 PM, it’s Iowa State vs No. 21 Iowa. See below to find out how to watch both games, as well as additional information on how to watch college football on Peacock. Sign up for Peacock here! The Rice Owls defeated the Houston Christian Huskies 31-3 at home last Saturday, marking the first time that the Owls have...
Notre Dame’s 41-13 win over Wisconsin at Lambeau Field averaged 8.1 million viewers across NBC and Peacock on Sunday night, according to NBC Sports. Only two Notre Dame games on NBC have drawn more since the 2005 “Bush Push” game against USC. The two games ahead of it were both far closer. Ohio State’s 2023 visit to Notre Dame Stadium averaged 10.6 million viewers, and the double-overtime game against No. 1 Clemson in 2020 drew 10.4 million. Sunday’s game offered nothing like that. According t...
After a close first half Notre Dame pulled away in the 2nd and won the season opener 41-13. We hear from some of the players and check out some highlights from the game. WMTV 15 Sports Director Mike Jacques takes us to Green Bay to experience the game at Lambeau Field with Badger fans. And Matt Lepay sat down with CB Javan Robinson and Head Coach Luke Fickell We also take a look at a couple Volleyball highlights as the Badgers won their first two games of the season at the Field House after op...
Notre Dame has started the 2026 college football season, and fans are expecting the program to be one of the leading contenders to win the national championship. Lambeau Field witnessed one of the biggest games of the season on Sunday, as Notre Dame defeated Wisconsin 41–13, but its performance was not up to the mark. […]
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The 2026 college football season continues to pick up steam as Week 2 looms. Wisconsin became the second team in the Big Ten to lose a game after being blown out by No. 3 Notre Dame, while Michigan State, Washington and Michigan eked out gritty wins. As conference play approaches and key non-conference games appear […]
Notre Dame released its week 2 depth chart Tuesday, ahead of Saturday’s 3:30 home opener against Rice. Injuries suffered during the Wisconsin game to a pair of defensive starters led to a few changes from last week’s. Jason Onye and Tae Johnson both started against Wisconsin. Neither finished the game and both are listed out this week. Onye with a left ankle and Johnson with a left foot. Freeman said on Tuesday that both will be out a couple of weeks, but both are expected back this season. Ti...
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In the wake of the loss to Notre Dame, Zach and Jesse tackle a ton of listener questions. They include whether the defensive game plan was too conservative, what surprised the guys, whether the offense can find its footing and whether this could be the best Luke Fickell team. The Camp is presented by Brennan’s Market, your home for the best Wisconsin cheese, fresh produce, and a curated selection of specialty foods, wine, craft beer & spirits. Experience Taste Everyday https://brennansmarket.c...
Colin Cowherd is joined by Nick Wright to debate the biggest topics heading into the NFL season. They debate whether the Kansas City Chiefs or the Denver Broncos will win the AFC West, whether Sam Darnold and the Seattle Seahawks are overlooked, and the Los Angeles Rams facing the San Francisco 49ers in Australia in Week 1. Then Colin discusses Lane Kiffin and LSU’s dominant win over Dabo Swinney and Clemson. Next, he argues that Notre Dame is the best college football team in the country and ...
Getty Images The industry consensus heading into the 2026 season was that there were seven teams in contention to win the national title. The best reflection of this belief was in the preseason AP Top 25. Not only did five different teams (Ohio State, Oregon, Indiana, Notre Dame and Miami) receive first-place votes, but when all the votes were tallied, No. 1 Ohio State was separated from No. 7 Miami by only 293 points. The gap between No. 7 Miami and No. 8 Texas A&M was 248 points. It turns ou...
Does anybody really care? Well since you asked, YES! Most college football fans do want to know what time it is. The real college football season has arrived and right off the bat, controversy. Michigan does the time warp. Notre Dame also got a helping hand from the referees. The SEC went 16-0. Even with […]
Irish Breakdown has taken a dive into the film of the Notre Dame win over Wisconsin and is ready to take a deeper look into the performance. In this Upon Further Review analysis we’ll recap the win, hand out game balls, talk turning points, key takeaways and revisit the keys to victory. Join the Irish Breakdown premium message board: https://boards.irishbreakdown.com Subscribe to the Irish Breakdown podcast on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/irish-breakdown/id1485286986 Like and ...
Despite the loss, these three Wisconsin players still made a positive impact in the opening night loss to Notre Dame
One week of college football was enough for Joel Klatt to switch things around in his rankings. After his preseason No. 1 team, Oregon, was taken down to the wire against Boise State, Klatt has a new team at No. 1 in his top 10. And many teams made strong cases to be considered as the best program in the nation this weekend, with Ohio State, Texas, Georgia, LSU and Miami (Fla.) all making big statements in their season-opening wins. So, as we now have one week of college football in the books,...
With the Notre Dame football program earning a win in Week 1 against the Wisconsin Badgers on Sunday night, 41-13, there was some criticism about the team’s performance at halftime. As many people think the Notre Dame football team should’ve steamrolled Wisconsin throughout the game, head coach Marcus Freeman would give insight into the halftime […]
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College football is weirder than ever. It’s always been the weirdest sport in the country, and it’s why there are so many crazies out there that worship the game. Now with the transfer portal, it really does make these early season games tougher to predict. Notre Dame was a 20.5 point favorite going into the […]
Notre Dame got the benefit of a replay review to take over with a short field against Wisconsin late in the first quarter on Sunday night.
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FRISCO, Texas — Mel Kiper Jr. picked the Cincinnati Bengals to beat the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl LXI. The pick came at the end of a 10-prediction ESPN column on the 2027 NFL draft published Friday, paired with his choice of Oregon to beat Notre Dame for the College Football Playoff title. Dallas went […]
The Wisconsin Badgers will have a lot of eyeballs on them in Week 1, as they’re taking on each other in primetime on Sunday evening, with kickoff set for 6:30 p.m. at Lambeau Field on NBC. Now, the Badgers aren’t a part of the closest matchup on the slate. They’re currently 20.5-point underdogs against the […]
BATON ROUGE, La. — Desmond Howard picked Texas to win the national championship Saturday on ESPN’s College GameDay. The former Michigan receiver and 1991 Heisman Trophy winner made the pick during the show’s season-opening broadcast from the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, La., when the desk was asked which two teams would play for the […]
The college football season starts this week, and national title talk is already turning heads. Brian Kelly is making those calls not from a sideline but from the studio now. His first big pick skipped both schools he used to coach. Kelly joined CBS Sports as a studio analyst after LSU fired him in October […]
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After winning three national titles in a row, the Big Ten is loaded and looking for a fourth.
Last year, Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi famously talked about how their game against Notre Dame didn’t really mean anything because it wasn’t an ACC conference game. Never mind the fact that Pitt was ranked and in the hunt for a college football playoff spot — Narduzzi put up the front that the game didn’t […]