It’s time for the first 12-team College Football Playoff matchup.
No. 9 Indiana (11-1, 8-1 Big Ten) travels to take on No. 3 Notre Dame (11-1) in an in-state matchup between the Nos. 10 and 7 seeds, respectively. The first game of the 12-team era will be featured in primetime on Friday as the day’s only playoff game. The game will be broadcast on ABC.
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Despite being separated by less than 200 miles, the two schools have faced off 29 times in their respective histories. The last matchup occurred on Sept. 7, 1991, when the Fighting Irish defeated the Bulldogs 49-27 in South Bend, Indiana. Notre Dame leads the series between the programs 23-5-1. The Hoosiers‘ last win over Notre Dame was 20-7 on Oct. 21, 1950.
Here’s what you need to know about who is calling the Notre Dame-Indiana game on ABC:
Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst) and Molly McGrath (sideline reporter) will have the call of the first-ever College Football Playoff matchup between No. 7 Notre Dame and No. 10 Indiana.
The 2024 CFP first-round matchup between No. 7 Notre Dame and No. 10 Indiana will be broadcast on ABC. The game can also be streamed on the ESPN app and Fubo, the latter of which carries the ESPN family of networks and offers a free trial to select users.
Friday’s CFP first-round game between Notre Dame and Indiana will kick off at 8 p.m. ET.
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