David Pollack and Brent Rollins discussed some Big Ten Conference teams that are a lock for the College Football Playoff.

By far college football's most powerful independent program, Notre Dame has taken a side in the playoff debate.

Former Notre Dame offensive lineman Rocco Spindler started 23 games for the Fighting Irish and is getting preseason praise at ...

Notre Dame first applied for the Big Ten in 1899 alongside Indiana and Iowa. When the charter members gathered at the Chicago Beach Hotel on Dec. 1 1899, delegates from Indiana and Iowa were present.

Notre Dame president Fr. Edward “Monk” Malloy summed up the argument against Big Ten membership succinctly, saying “Just as the Universities of Michigan or Wisconsin or Illinois have core ...

If Notre Dame rebuffs the Big Ten and elects to stay independent in football and play other sports in the Atlantic Coast Conference, it’s possible the Big Ten takes a pause and continues to ...

The Big 12 or ACC could be wild card spoilers to the SEC's five-qualifier quest. The first 12-team College Football Playoff projects to be an SEC party – so long as Notre Dame and the Big Ten ...

Then, in the 1990s, the Big Ten’s pursuit of Notre Dame resulted in the university publicly acknowledging that the price of football independence could not be measured in dollars, and through ...

Notre Dame already has natural rivalries in football (USC) and basketball (UCLA) with the Big Ten’s two newcomers, so that adds to the appeal. And keep an eye on Stanford, Notre Dame’s ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Big Ten now stretches from ocean to ocean. It has torn the heart out of its old bedfellow, the Pac-12, and knocked down the last remaining obstacles to the dramatic ...

He said a TV partner after 2025 that would continue to broadcast all of Notre Dame’s home games, which NBC has done, and which NBC or somebody else will do in the neighborhood of that Big Ten TV ...