Sep 21, 2024; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish defenisve lineman Boubacar Traore (5) pressures Miami Redhawks quarterback Brett Gabbert (5) in the second quarter at Notre Dame Stadium. / Matt Cashore-Imagn Images

While you may have been expecting the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team to just have its focus on this weekends game against the Stanford Cardinal, it is the wrong assessment. During head coach Marcus Freeman’s Monday press conference,

With that the Irish released their depth chart as they begin preparations to take on the Cardinals. Offensively, there aren’t really any major changes from when Notre Dame last took the field, with the good news that it looks like wide receiver Jordan Faison wasn’t injured again against Louisville.

The Notre Dame Leprechaun leads the team onto the field before a NCAA college football game between Notre Dame and Louisville at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in South Bend. / MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Notre Dame and Stanford met for the first time when Knute Rockne and the famed Four Horsemen traveled West to take on Pop Warner ’s Stanford Cardinal in the 1925 Rose Bowl. After only playing a few times over the next six decades, the series resumed in 1988 and since then, Notre Dame and Stanford have played each year except 1995, 1996, and 2020.

This is significant, as Notre Dame, even without playing this weekend, came out a winner. Not on all ends, but the majority of them. Check out below my five thoughts on the Irish following Week 6 of college football.

Former Notre Dame defensive coordinator Clark Lea left the Fighting Irish to take the head coaching job at his alma mater Vanderbilt following the 2020 season. On Saturday, Lea led Vanderbilt to perhaps its biggest victory in program history as the Commodores shocked No.

Andy Staples of On3 had a very interesting College Football Playoff projection. He to has Notre Dame in his latest playoff projection. Staples has Notre Dame as the 10 seed, and they are slated to play 7 seed Miami. That game would be played at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.

Looking at Saturday’s Stanford at Notre Dame college football odds, lines and trends. Here’s what you need to know.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is 4-1, ranked #11 in the country, and coming fresh off of a bye week. This week the Golden Domers welcome those crazy kids from Stanford to South Bend for an ACC battle.

College football returns to action this weekend as No. 11 Notre Dame hosts Stanford on Saturday. Let’s check in with the oddsmakers’ early predictions for the game. Notre Dame is 4-1 after winning 3 straight games since the NIU upset,