Why is Notre Dame not in a conference for college football? Here's what to know as the Irish are set to compete in the CFP championship game on Monday:

The assistant head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is Deland ... had no problem with it": Stephen A. Smith backs James Franklin's comment for Marcus Freeman to join conference ...

Notre Dame bolsters its 2025 recruiting class with a key addition—landing a 4-star offensive lineman to strengthen the Fighting Irish front.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day spent the weekend celebrating the program's ninth national championship, a crowning achievement for a group that had operated like one of the best teams in the country all year and then played some of its best football in the biggest moments with a challenging run through the College Football Playoff.

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The Ohio State Buckeyes are college football national champions for the first time since the 2014-15 season after defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 34-23 in Atlanta, Georgia on Monday night. The Buckeyes survived a 4th quarter comeback attempt by the Irish late in the fourth quarter to claim the second consecutive national championship for the Big Ten Conference in as many seasons.

Merrill is one of the top offensive linemen in the 2026 class. He ranks as the No. 57 overall player in the country according to ESPN, he ranks No. 73 overall by On3 and he ranks No. 84 overall by Rivals. Merrill is now the highest ranked player in the Notre Dame 2026 class with all three of those recruiting services.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are fresh off the program's third season under head coach Marcus Freeman.  Freeman and the Fighting Irish finished the season as the national championship runner-ups, falling to the Ohio State Buckeyes in the final game of the College Football Playoff.

Joel Klatt had a very egregious ranking for Penn State ahead of the 2025 college football season: No. 1 overall.

Ohio State took down Notre Dame to win the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff and claim the school’s first national championship since 2014, but now it’

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