A 12th regular-season opponent has yet to be announced for 2025, but AD Pete Bevacqua expressed confidence that puzzle would be resolved to Notre Dame’s satisfaction.
As the first 12-team College Football Playoff ends, leaders are discussing what to change in the future. Here are the main topics.
Any adjustments to the College Football Playoff for next season, including a potential tweak in the way byes are awarded, would have to take place later this year, probably in the spring, the leaders of the playoff said.
The College Football Playoff board of managers met Sunday to discuss potential changes to the 12-team tournament’s format. According to Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger, the meeting ended without any decision being reached.
The ACC is expected to consider changing the format of its football championship as it weighs how to protect its regular-season champion before the College Football Playoff, commissioner Jim Phillips said Sunday.
Any adjustments to the College Football Playoff for next season, including a potential tweak to byes, would have to take place later this year.
As Notre Dame prepares to compete for the national title in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff ... good spot now," athletic director Pete Bevacqua told ESPN on Friday.
The first 12-team College Football Playoff was a success, but power school athletic directors are mulling format tweaks.
I bet when Notre Dame first agreed to play at Clemson in 1977, Irish fans never thought that meeting, which was an instant classic by the way, would lead to the beginning of a pretty darn good
With Notre Dame and Ohio State advancing to play in the 2025 College Football Playoff championship game on Monday night, could the two traditional powers have benefitted from a very untraditional bye?
No. 7 Notre Dame has the longest active winning streak in college football, having not lost since way back in Week 2 to Northern Illinois. The Irish have beaten Indiana, Georgia and Penn State to get to this point.