Recently, the Notre Dame football program picked up its first win of the 2025 season with a home victory over Purdue by a final score of 56-30. The game allowed the Fighting Irish to exorcise some demons after they started out the season 0-2, with close losses to both Miami and Texas A&M.

Many figured that those two defeats effectively ended Notre Dame's chances of making a return to the College Football Playoff, especially considering that the Irish have no currently elite teams left on their schedule, and no conference championship to play in.

Still, that hasn't stopped some in the national media from going to bat for the Fighting Irish, including Joel Klatt of Fox Sports.

“I think they win ten straight. I think that they do. I think they get back into the race. They just need, t

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