The Fighting Irish host Syracuse on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium. Here's the time and TV info, point spread and over/under, key stats and more.

Notre Dame (8-2, No. 9 CFP) is hopeful it can start angling its way into the top eight of the CFP rankings and earn a home playoff game with a big win against Syracuse (3-7) on senior day. Coach Marcus Freeman wants to make sure his players stay focused.

Redshirt freshman long snapper Joseph Vinci has handled his role without a hitch all year, doing the snapping for Notre Dame football's punts as well.

College football fans urged the ACC to break an agreement with Notre Dame amid the recent rankings in the CFP.

Since starting the season 0-2 with last-second losses to major playoff contenders, Notre Dame has settled in as one of the most reliable teams in college football. The Irish sit at No. 9 in the College Football Playoff Rankings with only games against bottom feeders Syracuse and Stanford remaining.

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Chad, having two brothers with CJ alongside Tommy, who has committed to the Michigan Wolverines to continue the family legacy, where dad Jason played, and their grandfather, Lloyd Carr, won a national championship as head coach, loved poop humor. So naturally, he named the dog Tootie.

Paul Finebaum and Stephen A. Smith had a fiery debate over Notre Dame's CFP ranking on a Nov. 19 "First Take" segment.