The seventh-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the tenth-seeded Indiana Hoosiers square battle in the opening round of the 2024–25 College Football Playoff on Friday night in South Bend. ABC and ESPN will provide television coverage of the game, which is set to begin at 8 p.m. ET.
#10 Indiana Hoosiers vs. #7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-1)
First round of the College Football Playoffs
When: 8 p.m. ET on Friday, December 20
Where: South Bend, Indiana’s Notre Dame Stadium.
TV networks: ESPN and ABC
Live feeds include DirecTV Stream (free trial), SlingTV (cheap intro rate), and FuboTV (free trial).
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. They then 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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ABC and ESPN will kick off the Hoosiers vs. Fighting Irish game at 8 p.m. ET. SlingTV (cheap intro charge), DirecTV Stream (free trial), and FuboTV (free trial) all offer live streaming.
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