College GameDay is making history again, setting up shop in the Hoosier State for back-to-back shows, and this time, they are hitting South Bend for an absolute heavyweight clash. After Notre Dame’s 35-13 win over Navy on Saturday, ESPN wasted no time announcing that the Fighting Irish will host the three-hour pregame spectacle next Saturday, November 7, right before their top-five showdown against No. 1 Miami at Notre Dame Stadium. You know this one’s going to be wild.
Miami and Notre Dame: A Rematch With Weight
This isn’t just any regular season game. Next Saturday’s GameDay will be the 13th time the crew has graced Notre Dame’s campus, and it marks the 43rd appearance for the Fighting Irish on the show overall. Talk about tradition! Remember the last time they were there? It was for Notre Dame’s win over Indiana in the first round of the College Football Playoff back in December 2024. Honestly, everyone kinda saw this coming, right? This was the game everyone circled at the start of the season for GameDay, assuming no crazy upsets happened. Miami rolls into their Week 9 matchup against North Carolina sitting pretty at a perfect 7-0. Notre Dame, meanwhile, just got back in the win column after a Week 7 road loss to BYU. Both teams are bringing some serious heat, and with GameDay in town, the atmosphere is going to be absolutely electric.
That 2025 CFP Snub Is Still Fresh
But here’s the kicker, the real deep cut that makes this matchup absolutely insane: the College Football Playoff selection committee used the head-to-head tiebreaker between Miami and Notre Dame in its final CFP top 25 rankings of 2025. That decision, man, that kept the Irish out of the 12-team CFP field entirely, and ultimately out of the postseason after they turned down an invite to the Pop-Tarts Bowl against BYU. Ouch. You know that’s still stinging in South Bend, and it adds a whole other layer of drama to this game. Notre Dame’s record when GameDay is in town is 8-4, and some of those past results are straight up classics: their 27-17 win over Indiana in the 2024 CFP First-Round, the 47-40 double-overtime thriller against Clemson in 2020. This isn’t just a game, it’s a statement.
Notre Dame and Miami are set for a 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff next Saturday on NBC. You do not want to miss this one. Trust me, the tension will be palpable, and with that 2025 CFP decision looming, both teams are going to leave it all on the field. Bring on Saturday!
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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