No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 4 Notre Dame: Staff Predictions

Notre Dame hasn’t knocked off a No. 1 in 27 years. Will that streak come to an end Saturday when the Irish welcome Clemson? Our picks…

No. 1 Clemson hits the road this weekend for just its second trip to Notre Dame Stadium as it takes on the fourth-ranked Fighting Irish.

There will be no Trevor Lawrence for the Tigers. The best player in college football tested positive for COVID-19 late last week and was ruled out by Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney last Saturday.

More than Lawrence will be sidelined for Clemson, though. Three of its regular defensive starters have been ruled out due to injury.

Can Notre Dame do what it hasn’t done since 1993: Beat the top-ranked team in the nation?

Here’s how the Fighting Irish Wire staff sees Saturday’s showdown in South Bend going down, starting with Geoffrey Clark.