The Notre Dame Fighting Irish were snubbed on Sunday when the College Football Playoff committee revealed their final rankings. Miami leaped ND despite both teams being inactive. The simple answer for ...

Each year, one of the biggest conversations that takes place in college football — especially as it relates to national championship contention — is Notre Dame football's status as an independent.

For decades — as the five- and six- and seven-win seasons became the norm — Notre Dame was told that it would never be a national contender again unless it joined a conference, preferably, it seemed, ...

Notre Dame is one of the anomalies of college football. Over the last few years, everyone has been scrambling to jump to a bigger conference. Most recently, Northern Illinois leap-frogged its way to ...

The No. 9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7-2) are in an interesting spot when it comes to College Football Playoff seeding. In the middle of November, they are in good standing to have a seat in the ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame will host a first-round game in the College Football Playoff. CFP selection committee chair Warde Manuel didn’t say those words exactly on Tuesday night during the ...

When the airing of grievances finally concludes, Notre Dame will do what it always does. The Irish will stay independent. Never mind the speculative tweets or the podcast debates, you can't seriously ...

There's still talk among some analysts that Notre Dame should join a football conference, but on the cusp of a national championship, the school likes things as they are. On the cusp of playing for a ...