Inside The Irish

Miami’s playoff hopes took a potentially fatal nosedive while Alabama’s got a boost Tuesday night in the last rankings before the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket is set next weekend. … [Read more...] about Miami in trouble as Alabama rises in the latest College Football Playoff rankings

The Atlantic Coast Conference fined four of its schools for scuffles that broke out during rivalry week in college football, which had a rash of fights between players who attempted to plant flags and other team symbols on their rivals’ fields. … [Read more...] about ACC fines NC State, North Carolina, Virginia and Virginia Tech for rivalry week scuffles

Athletic director Mike Bobinski fired the first-time head coach on Sunday, following a brutal 1-11 season in which the Boilermakers made all the wrong kinds of history. … [Read more...] about Purdue fires coach Ryan Walters after going 5-19 in his two seasons

Christian Gray returned an interception 99 yards for a touchdown with 3:39 to play, and Xavier Watts returned another interception 100 yards for a score with 1:18 left. … [Read more...] about No. 5 Notre Dame punches CFP ticket with two late interception return TDs to beat USC

The No. 4 Nittany Lions are readying for a postseason run that could feature a first-round playoff game in Happy Valley. … [Read more...] about No. 4 Penn State hoping to clinch CFP spot in regular-season finale with Maryland