The first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff will begin with the highly anticipated Battle of Indiana, which will take place Friday night in South Bend when the 10th-ranked Indiana Hoosiers play the No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Tickets are still available to see the live first-round match, which is scheduled for December 20 at 8 p.m. ET.
How to purchase tickets for Notre Dame vs. Indiana:There are still seats available on secondary sites for the College Football Playoffs first-round matchup.Viagogo, SeatGeek, StubbHub, and Vivid Seats.
The beginning seat prices as of December 11 were as follows:
#7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-1) vs. #10 Indiana Hoosiers (11-1)
A quick look at the College Football Playoff game
When: 8 p.m. ET on Friday, December 20
Where: South Bend, Indiana’s Notre Dame Stadium.
In the 2025 College Football Playoff, Notre Dame is a 7.5-point favorite to defeat Indiana and advance to the quarterfinals, where they will face the second-ranked Georgia Bulldogs. After defeating then-No. 20 Texas A&M (23–13) in their season opener and losing a home game as a heavy favorite to Northern Illinois (16–14) before winning ten straight games, the Fighting Irish collapsed in Week 2. Notre Dame’s offense flourished during that winning run, scoring 49 points or more in six of the ten games, including back-to-back victories over Army (49-14) and USC (49-35).
Under the direction of first-year coach Curt Cignetti, Indiana is among the NCAA football season’s greatest tales. After winning their first ten games, the Hoosiers lost to then-No. 2 Ohio State (38-15) on the road in Week 13. However, they bounced back with a 66-0 shutout of Purdue in their last game. In an attempt to upset a top-10 team, Indiana will try to accomplish what it was unable to do against the Buckeyes and put its best offensive on the field.
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