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Confirmed
In Short: Head coach Marcus Freeman's team showcased their potential to run the table in the College Football Playoff with their performance.
Notre Dame secured a 37-26 victory over North Carolina in a game that saw the Fighting Irish establish early dominance and maintain a strong lead throughout.
CJ Carr, Notre Dame's quarterback, and wide receiver Jordan Faison were particularly effective, outplaying UNC's defense.
Notre Dame's offense was unstoppable at times, with a 17-play, 75-yard drive that took over nine minutes and included three fourth-down conversions.
Carr scored a touchdown on a three-yard run, though Notre Dame missed the extra point, leaving the lead at seven.
North Carolina's Thurman scored twice in the final minutes but it was too little, too late, as the game clock showed 2:36 remaining.
UNC will face Pittsburgh next week, while Notre Dame will host Stanford.
Michigan Football also had a strong performance, routing UTEP 52-17 in their non-conference finale.
Michigan's win was their most dominant of the season, with highlights from running back Savion Hiter scoring his first touchdown as a Wolverine.
What this adds
Notre Dame's win solidifies their status as a national championship contender.
Michigan's win over UTEP was their most dominant of the season.
Pittsburgh's early lead was overcome by Cleveland's second-quarter surge.
Background
Pope Leo XIV held evening vespers at the recently reopened Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Friday, marking his first visit since the devastating fire in 2019.
What's confirmed
- Notre Dame secured a 37-26 victory over North Carolina in a game that saw the Fighting Irish establish early dominance and maintain a strong lead throughout.
- CJ Carr, Notre Dame's quarterback, and wide receiver Jordan Faison were particularly effective, outplaying UNC's defense.
- Notre Dame's offense was unstoppable at times, with a 17-play, 75-yard drive that took over nine minutes and included three fourth-down conversions.
- Carr scored a touchdown on a three-yard run, though Notre Dame missed the extra point, leaving the lead at seven.
- North Carolina's Thurman scored twice in the final minutes but it was too little, too late, as the game clock showed 2:36 remaining.
- UNC will face Pittsburgh next week, while Notre Dame will host Stanford.
- Michigan Football also had a strong performance, routing UTEP 52-17 in their non-conference finale.
- Michigan's win was their most dominant of the season, with highlights from running back Savion Hiter scoring his first touchdown as a Wolverine.
What's still developing
- UNC made the score look a bit better cosmetically when Thurman found the end zone for a second time, but with 2:36 remaining in the game, there wasn't enough time to make a comeback.
- 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish further cemented their status as national championship contenders on Saturday, beating the North Carolina Tar Heels 37-26 at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
- Notre Dame entered the game as a 19.5-point favorite, per FanDuel Sportsbook, and after falling behind 7-0 early in the first quarter, the Fighting Irish established dominance by reeling off 21 unanswered points, although North Carolina tightened things up late in the first half and early in the second.
- Head coach Marcus Freeman's team looked unstoppable at times on offense, which is why they are a popular pick to run the table in the College Football Playoff.
- Rodgers soon found tight end Darnell Washington for a 21-yard score with 10:10 left.
- However, the 3-1 Browns scored 21 straight second quarter points and then engineered a late game-winning drive after Pittsburgh tied the score at 24 to earn their third straight win.
- Cleveland responded early in the second quarter when running back Jaleel McLaughlin scampered for a 28-yard score to help tie the game at seven.
- Here is everything you need to know from Michigan’s non-conference finale.
- The Miners recovered the ball to start the final quarter, and to their credit, ran their longest drive of the game thus far, ending with Carlos Arreola drilling an attempt from 39 yards out for UTEP’s first points of the half.
- A final defensive stop allowed Carr to kneel things out, and sign the dotted line on the Wolverines’ most dominant win of the young season.
- It ended with a six-yard rush down the middle from running back Savion Hiter for the freshman phenom’s first touchdown as a Wolverine to level the score at 7-7, as Michigan’s occasionally laborious run-blocking finally gave way to three straight gains down the middle.