Notre Dame sits at 0-2 and a long way from a potential College Football Playoff berth, but a date with Purdue could be just what is needed this weekend.

Preview the Sept. 20 matchup between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Purdue Boilermakers with predictions, odds, over/under, spread, betting lines and more.

Some playoff contenders stepped up in Week 3 of the college football season and others fell back in this week's bowl projections.

The Big Ten lost both its P4 noncon games in Week 3, with Wisconsin falling to Alabama 38-14 and Minnesota losing 27-14 on the West Coast against Cal. The losses drop the league to 5-5 in such games, and to 1-2 against the SEC, which could matter a lot come selection Sunday.

Last year, a game ball made its way by foot from South Bend to West Lafayette. On Friday, Purdue ROTC students began their trek towards South Bend.

On his Always College Football podcast, college football analyst Greg McElroy says the Fighting Irish have been unlucky over their first two weeks of the season.

Notre Dame's first two games of the 2025 season haven't gone as planned. First, it was a heartbreaker at Miami with the Hurricanes kicking a long field goal to take the lead with just over a minute to play.

Sunday morning, UCLA became the first team to announce the firing of its head coach during this season, booting program alumnus DeShaun Foster about 36 hours after a 35-10 loss to New Mexico. About 40 minutes later, Virginia Tech announced Brent Pry is gone, following VT’s second loss to Old Dominion during his tenure.