Notre Dame has been an independent in college football for decades, earning $14 million for reaching the semifinals of the College Football Playoff and $12 million starting in 2026, despite the increasing trend of mega-conferences.

Urban Meyer, the third-winningest coach in Division I history who led Ohio State to a national championship, three Big Ten Conference titles and seven wins over Michigan during a seven-year tenure as head coach,

For the first time in 17 years, Notre Dame and Penn State are set to face off on a football field. This time, there's a lot on the line, as the 7-seed Fighting Irish will play the 6-seed Nittany Lions in the Orange Bowl,

Ex-Ohio State coach Urban Meyer, who won three national titles, including one for the Buckeyes, has been voted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Five Notre Dame coaches have led their squads to national championship wins, including Knute Rockne (1924, ’29, ’30), Frank Leahy (’43, ’46, ’47, ’49), Ara Parseghian (’66 and ’73), Dan Devine (’77) and Lou Holtz (’88).

(AP) — It was some combination of religion, a grudge involving Knute Rockne and maybe the ... 27-24 on Thursday night to reach the College Football Playoff championship game?

The path to Monday’s college football championship game has not been an easy one for either Notre Dame or Ohio State. For the Fighting Irish, troubles began on Sept. 7, when they suffered a 16-14 loss to Northern Illinois.

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A GRIP ON SPORTS • A winter’s day. In a deep and dark January. The walls built against the freshly fallen shroud of snow will break down a little tonight. Thanks to the joyful melody of a college football playoff game feature two programs that have sunk like rocks in big games the past decade or so.

O n Thursday, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish play the Penn State Nittany Lions in the Orange Bowl, which doubles as one of the college football playoff semifinals. The game marks the latest of Notre Dame’s many successes on the gridiron.

Quarterback Riley Leonard and the Notre Dame offense have faced a fierce gauntlet of defenses in their path to the College Football Playoff title game.