Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua is not in favor of the Big Ten's College Football Playoff proposal. Like ...

By far college football's most powerful independent program, Notre Dame has taken a side in the playoff debate.

The Big Ten's idea to guarantee eight of 16 spots to itself and the SEC in an expanded playoff isn't garnering much support.

Former Notre Dame offensive lineman Rocco Spindler started 23 games for the Fighting Irish and is getting preseason praise at ...

Pete Bevacqua's stance put him in line with the ACC and Big 12, along with the movement within the SEC for a 5+11 model.

Notre Dame president Fr. Edward “Monk” Malloy summed up the argument against Big Ten membership succinctly, saying “Just as the Universities of Michigan or Wisconsin or Illinois have core ...

Joining the Big Ten would also allow Notre Dame to remain competitive in the changing landscape of college football. Notre Dame's NBC contract runs through 2029.

Should the Cardinal be swept into the Big Ten mix as it spirals ever-closer to 20 members, that could pique Notre Dame’s interest. Then again, the modest ESPN broadcast contract with the ACC ...

Notre Dame first applied for the Big Ten in 1899 alongside Indiana and Iowa. When the charter members gathered at the Chicago Beach Hotel on Dec. 1 1899, delegates from Indiana and Iowa were present.

All the reshuffling of schedules, conferences and playoff formats has placed one of college football’s best traditions in ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Big Ten now stretches from ocean to ocean. It has torn the heart out of its old bedfellow, the Pac-12, and knocked down the last remaining obstacles to the dramatic ...

If Notre Dame rebuffs the Big Ten and elects to stay independent in football and play other sports in the Atlantic Coast Conference, it’s possible the Big Ten takes a pause and continues to ...