Notre Dame has won five of the last six games against Stanford, including the last three at Stanford Stadium. SOUTH BEND — Not only is this Thanksgiving week and the regular-season finale for Notre Dame football, but Saturday night’s kickoff time is a biorhythm-wrecking doozy at Stanford Stadium.

Notre Dame's chances of making the College Football Playoff this season took a hit following Saturday's slate of games.

Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman dropped the mic regarding the late kickoff time for the upcoming game against Stanford.

This is the second straight year Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa has suffered a knee injury in Game 11 of the regular season for Notre Dame football.

And now the reality is unavoidable. With Stanford next, Notre Dame is one win away from the College Football Playoffs. Freeman reminded his team to enjoy the moment before moving forward. “We gotta celebrate this victory. If you don’t enjoy it, that is a miserable life. You have to try to enjoy these because they are really hard to obtain.”

Flory Bidunga had 18 points, nine rebounds, five assists and five blocks, Bryson Tiller added 17 points and nine boards, and Kansas beat Notre Dame 71-61 in the Players Era Tournament on Monday for its first power-conference victory of the season.

Notre Dame football delivered one of the most dominant wins in program history Saturday, hammering Syracuse 70-7 to cap its home schedule in style. Running back