Michigan ended the 2025 recruiting cycle as one of the most talked about teams in the country. Landing five-star quarterback Bryce Underwood, flipping four-star defensive back Elijah Dotson, landing five-star linebacker Nathaniel Owuwu-Boateng and five-star defensive end Nathaniel Marshall will get you some serious momentum.

Yesterday, I looked a five reasons why Notre Dame will defeat the Indiana Hoosiers in the first-round of the College Football Playoff. We have to look at the other side of the coin, and there is potential for the Irish to fall to the Hoosiers. Obviously we all want to see Notre Dame come out on top, but someone has to win and the other to lose.

Thirty-three years since their last meeting, the teams face off in the first on-campus playoff game in an unthinkable matchup just months ago.