SOUTH BEND, IN - OCTOBER 10: Notre Dame Fighting Irish CB Jayden Sanders (12) and Notre Dame Fighting Irish LB Jaylen Sneed (3) during a college football game between the Stanford Cardinal and Notre Dame Fighting Irish on October 10, 2026 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, IN. (Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
SOUTH BEND, IN - OCTOBER 10: Notre Dame Fighting Irish CB Jayden Sanders (12) and Notre Dame Fighting Irish LB Jaylen Sneed (3) during a college football game between the Stanford Cardinal and Notre Dame Fighting Irish on October 10, 2026 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, IN. (Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images · Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

How many times can we rinse and repeat just how big Notre Dame VS Miami is for the Irish and for the college football season as a whole? Thankfully we won’t have to do it much longer because it’s finally Friday and the two rivals will go at it inside Notre Dame Stadium tomorrow night.

The college football short story is this… Notre Dame HAS to win and Miami doesn’t. The long story for both programs, however, is a little bit different and a lot more complicated. Notre Dame, for example, will have gone two years without making the college football playoff after its National Championship game appearance in 2024. Where is the program going?

Anyway… this is a big game.

Besides Notre Dame VS Miami, we have our eyes on these other big games this week:

Texas Longhorns VS Missouri Tigers
UCLA Bruins VS Minnesota Golden Gophers
BYU Cougars VS Utah Utes
Alabama Crimson Tide VS LSU Tigers
Kentucky Wildcats VS Tennessee Volunteers
Georgia Bulldogs VS Ole Miss Rebels

Just as we have in the past, we will be using Tallysight to keep track of our Notre Dame and college football picks this season. I highly encourage all of you to join in on the fun in the comment section below.

Source: Yahoo Sports