The future of USC-Notre Dame is an open question, one of many pressing questions facing college football, but Lincoln Riley doesn't sound worried.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are considered a top 15 team since the year 2000, according to one football writer.

One of the greatest rivalries in college football is back in the news. The USC-Notre Dame series, 95 games old and stocked with legends, is facing an existential crisis.

Notre Dame and Wisconsin will play their postponed Lambeau Field game on Sept. 6, 2026, a Sunday, in the first college football contest at the historic Green Bay venue in a decade.

It was a big day for Notre Dame football, as they found out they could get a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff and social media reacted.

Irish Breakdown answers subscriber-submitted questions about Notre Dame football and more on today's show. Some of today's topics include: * College football will somehow learn to incentivize playing good teams over winning against a bunch of subpar teams (making USC looking to drop the ND rivalry look absolutely insane). We In or We Out?

Enough with having the Shamrock Series at professional football stadiums. Do it big at the Brickyard, Notre Dame.

USC is at the epicenter of college football's paradigm shifts, and Lincoln Riley said that fans ought to embrace the significant changes hitting the sport in the conference realignment, NIL and transfer portal eras.

USC officials insist the school is not trying to kill its prestigious college football series with Notre Dame and instead is seeking shorter contracts.