To start this season’s College Football Playoff, the No. 4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-1) will host the No. 9 Indiana Hoosiers (11-1) starting at 8 p.m. ET at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. Notre Dame is favored by 7.5 points.
The Fighting Irish took on the USC Trojans in their most recent outing, winning 49-35. The Hoosiers are coming off of a 66-0 win over the Purdue Boilermakers. In that matchup with the Trojans, Riley Leonard had 155 yards on 17-of-22 passing (77.3%) for the Irish, with two touchdowns and one interception. He also carried the ball 12 times for 50 yards and one rushing touchdown. Jadarian Price totaled 111 rushing yards on 12 carries (9.3 yards per carry), scoring one touchdown on the ground. He also had one catch for -1 yards. Mitchell Evans led the receiving charge against the Trojans, catching five passes for 59 yards and one touchdown. Kurtis Rourke went 23-for-31 with 349 yards, six touchdowns and no interceptions for the Hoosiers against the Boilermakers. Justice Ellison put together an 11-carry, 63-yard game (5.7 yards per attempt) with one touchdown. Elijah Sarratt picked up 165 yards through the air after eight catches (on 11 targets), with two touchdowns.
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