ATLANTA — Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua, on the verge of seeing the football program ... Seventh-seeded Notre Dame (14-1) is more than a touchdown underdog against No. 8 seed Ohio State (13-2) on Monday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

"1. Beat Ohio State, 2. Retain HCMF, 3. Retain Al Golden, 4. Undoubtedly fight to retain Mike Denbrock. Notre Dame AD Pete Bevacqua is getting ZERO sleep the next few weeks," one fan tweeted.

With Notre Dame and Ohio State advancing to play in the 2025 College Football Playoff championship game on Monday night, could the two traditional powers have benefitted from a very untraditional bye?

Since losing his first three games at the helm, Marcus Freeman’s Notre Dame football teams have improved each season.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Notre Dame Athletic Director Pete Bevacqua talks during media day ahead of the College Football Playoff ...

ATLANTA -- Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua said the independent ... champion on Monday with the winner of Ohio State vs. Notre Dame. Bevacqua is part of the CFP's management committee ...

The Fighting Irish are contracted to play, on average, five ACC opponents each season on a rotational basis, but prior to Notre Dame playing Ohio State in the national championship game Jan. 20, Fighting Irish athletic director Pete Bevacqua told reporters ...

The CFP has quickly evolved into a sub-beat of sorts in the college sports world. Governance, format, revenue sharing and more have consumed increasingly more column inches over the last few years as the Power Four,

The new roster limits imposed on schools that opt into the House settlement are expected to lead to the elimination of thousands of Division I roster spots — mostly for olympic sports. Here's why, and what's next.

Despite losing the national championship game last Monday, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish under coach Marcus Freeman still bagged $20 million from the college football playoff.

There's plenty to talk about at Notre Dame in the wake of the national title game loss. What's next and how have expectations changed?

Playoff expansion benefited a well-constructed Ohio State team The Buckeyes ... commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua to change the seeding system that many agree is ...