Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua is not in favor of the Big Ten's College Football Playoff proposal. Like ...

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

The Big Ten's idea to guarantee eight of 16 spots to itself and the SEC in an expanded playoff isn't garnering much support.

Pete Bevacqua's stance put him in line with the ACC and Big 12, along with the movement within the SEC for a 5+11 model.

The Big Ten continues to push for an expanded College Football Playoff format that would include four automatic berths for itself and the SEC, two automatic berths for the Big 12 and ACC, one bid for ...

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

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 ...

Should the Cardinal be swept into the Big Ten mix as it spirals ever-closer to 20 members, that could pique Notre Dame’s interest. Then again, the modest ESPN broadcast contract with the ACC ...

All the reshuffling of schedules, conferences and playoff formats has placed one of college football’s best traditions in ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...