Minnesota was within two with under five seconds left, and they ended up sending Ebuka Okorie to the line. He stepped up, hit two free throws, and sealed the deal in Palm Desert, 72-68. With the win, Stanford is back on track and will be advancing to the championship game.

The Cardinal is coming off a dominating win over Cal in the Big Game, but the playoff hopeful Irish will be a different kind of challenge Saturday night at Stanford.

No. 9 Notre Dame makes its final case for both a spot in the College Football Playoff as well as a Heisman Trophy Saturday in Northern California against the Stanford Cardinal. Although the Irish are heavy favorites,

The Gophers traveled to Palm Springs, California, for the Acrisure Invitational. banged up, and the injuries continued to mount in a hard-fought 72-68 loss to Stanford.

With one final regular-season victory, Notre Dame will be a near lock to clinch a spot in the bracket. With a loss, the Fighting Irish can plan on watching the playoff from home. Even on the heels of a 70-7 win over Syracuse and with Stanford set to miss a bowl game,

Notre Dame will be on the road in the season finale against Stanford, and the FIW staff picks the winner of that game and the top Week 14 contests.

Jim Mora has been a highly rumored fit with Stanford, but he's headed elsewhere. Now who will be coaching the Cardinal?

Stanford interim head coach Frank Reich suggested Notre Dame is a better college football than Miami before Saturday's game.

Few programs in college football run hotter than LSU when everything is going well. Michael DeMocker / This could be the most active coaching carousel college football has seen in many years. Before the end of September,

Justin Wilcox had California in position for a third straight bowl game and had mostly made the Golden Bears competitive in his nine-year tenure as head coach. But Wilcox had never been able to put together a breakthrough season at Cal and then saw any hopes of ending this year on a positive note squandered with a blowout