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Inside Indiana-Notre Dame and the first-ever CFP home game, 'a once-in-a-lifetime deal'

It's OK to love the story of the 2024 Indiana Hoosiers and admit the script had a ghostwriter known as the Big Ten scheduling computer.

Indiana had the 67th hardest schedule, second behind Boise State at No. 80, of the 12 teams to make the Playoff, per ESPN's FPI.

Notre Dame controlled the game in a 27-17 win and will advance to the Sugar Bowl against Georgia.

The home teams are the betting favorites in all four first-round games of the College Football Playoff.

Weather forecasts predict the temperature will be 29 degrees with winds of 11 mph at the 8 p.m. ET kickoff in South Bend.

Ohio State's stadium staff had to quickly move on from Michigan and get ready for the long-planned challenge of hosting a Playoff game.

Who will make the first 12-team College Football Playoff? Here's our model's predictions for which teams will fill out the bracket.

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The stakes couldn't be more different for the coaches. Much of that is because of what they inherited and have done since.