Irish Breakdown talks Notre Dame football in the run up to the Irish facing Indiana in the College Football Playoff

The bigness of Notre Dame's home College Football Playoff game against Indiana can't be understated. The seventh-seeded Fighting Irish host the 10th-seeded Hoosiers in the first-ever College Football Playoff game to be played on a college campus.

“College GameDay” last came to South Bend a season ago. That was before the Irish infamously had only 10 men on the field on the play that caused them to lose in gut-wrenching fashion to Ohio State. Hopefully, the Irish fans who gather on the Library Lawn this time around will be a lot happier after this upcoming appearance.

Notre Dame needed to claim a No. 8 seed or higher to host a first-round game at Notre Dame Stadium, where they are 14-4 in the past three seasons under Freeman. Those losses have come by a combined 12 points, but they include stumbles against heavy underdogs Marshall, Stanford and NIU.

The Irish have looked like one of the two or three best teams in the country for 11 of their 12 games this season. They stomped t

The Battle of Indiana is a hot ticket to kick off the first ever 12-team College Football Playoff, as the 10th-ranked Indiana Hoosiers visit the No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish in South Bend.

Indiana received the 10 seed in the College Football Playoff and will take on No. 7 Notre Dame in the first round. Get to know the Fighting Irish.

If you didn’t know much about Notre Dame football’s opponent Indiana Hoosiers head coach Curt Cignetti, in the first-round of the College Football Playoff, is that he isn’t afraid the tell everyone what he thinks.

Nov 30, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish running back Jadarian Price (24) celebrates with tight end Mitchell Evans (88) after scoring on a 36-yard touchdown run against the Southern California Trojans in the second half at United Airlines Field at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Face value tickets through Notre Dame sold out earlier this week. According to StubHub, the cheapest pair of tickets for sale Wednesday was $665 each. Tickets in the lower bowl were going for close to $3,000 before fees.

Drama was non-existent for Notre Dame as the College Football Playoff selection pairings were revealed, and that's just fine for these Irish this season