WBIW.com News - sports

Brought to you by WBIW News and Network Indiana

Notre Dame Will Battle Alabama For The BCS Title

Last updated on Monday, December 3, 2012

(Miami, FL) - The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will face college football’s defending champions in the national title game on January 7th.

Number-two Alabama defeated number-three Georgia 32-28 in the SEC title game Saturday to punch their ticket to Miami.

It's the first time Notre Dame will play in a BCS title game and the first time they'll play the Crimson Tide since winning a regular season matchup in 1987.

The latest BCS poll released Sunday night had Notre Dame the top-ranked team for the second week in a row with Alabama trailing at number-two.

Number-three Florida will take on Big-East champion Louisville in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

Number-four Oregon will play number-five Kansas State in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, and number-six Stanford will play Big-Ten Champion Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl.

1340 AM WBIW welcomes comments and suggestions by calling 812.277.1340 during normal business hours or by email at comments@wbiw.com

© Ad-Venture Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Click here to go back to previous page