This season's USC-Notre Dame battle is the last one on the schools' current contract, and the Trojans are reportedly reluctant to commit to a long-term extension. Sports Illustrated reported that USC is uncertain about the series' impact on its College Football Playoff hopes, considering the demands that come with playing a Big Ten schedule.

The biggest gainer: No. 14 Oklahoma, up from No. 25. The Sooners recently added RB Jaydn Ott (Cal) and OG Jake Maikkula (Cal’s ACC archrival, Stanford) to their totally overhauled offense. Also making a big jump is No. 19 Texas Tech, which has probably signed like 38 more players since I started writing this newsletter.

Notre Dame is ranked No. 6 in the Athlon Sports projected Top 25 ranking. Steve Lassan from Athlon Sports put the ranking together and here is what he said about Notre Dame: "The

As it stands, this will be the third different playoff system for college football in the span of three years. For the 10 years leading into last season’s inaugural 12-team playoff, the CFP was a four-team affair. The seeding change was first reported by ESPN, which last year signed a six-year, $7.8 billion deal to televise the expanded playoff.

Notre Dame football made multiple offers to different classes on Wednesday. Find out all the information about the new scholarship here.

Irish Breakdown answers subscriber-submitted questions about Notre Dame football and more on today's show. Some of today's topics include: * College football will somehow learn to incentivize playing good teams over winning against a bunch of subpar teams (making USC looking to drop the ND rivalry look absolutely insane). We In or We Out?

After a loss in the CFP National Championship, we break down the 2025 Notre Dame Football schedule and give a prediction for their season.

Josh Pate says the mentality of wanting to avoid scheduling Notre Dame to protect USC's CFP hopes is 'pathetic.'