While the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are celebrating their Orange Bowl victory this week, the rest of the college football world is debating if they should be in a conference. Before the Orange Bowl even kicked off on Thursday night,

College Football Playoff National Championship is set as 7-seed Notre Dame will face 8-seed Ohio State in Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Monday, Jan. 20 with the sport's most illustrious prize on the line.

Even though Penn State head coach James Franklin wants to see every team in college football affiliated with a conference, Notre Dame continues to

In this CFP, the Irish are winning over some people. Or maybe they're just benefitting from the distaste many feel for their opponents.

Notre Dame heads to the College Football Playoff National Championship after taking out Penn State, 27-24, in Thursday night's Orange Bowl. The Fighting Irish erased a 10-point deficit and prevailed in the final seconds on Mitch Jeter's 41-yard field following an interception thrown by Penn State's Drew Allar.

Notre Dame remains bullish in its belief that its independent status is the right choice and has the Irish "in a very good spot now," athletic director Pete Bevacqua told ESPN on Friday.

Notre Dame is heading to the College Football Playoff National Championship after taking out Penn State, 27-24, in Thursday night's Orange Bowl. The Fighting Irish erased a 10-point deficit and prevailed in the final seconds on Mitch Jeter's 41-yard field following an interception thrown by Penn State's Drew Allar.

It was some combination of religion, a grudge involving Knute Rockne and a rival, and maybe the simple time-honored notion that some people just don’t like Notre Dame

Per Front Office Sports, Notre Dame will earn $20 million for making the national title after defeating Penn State 27-24 in the College Football Playoff semifinal on Thursday night.

There is early ACC women’s basketball action on Thursday, Jan. 9 with the No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish taking on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Purcell Pavilion in South Bend, Ind.

Back in the 1920s, the Fighting Irish made what might have been their biggest push to join what would become the Big Ten but the athletic director at Michigan blocked it. Ever since, Notre Dame has been an independent.