No. 22 Notre Dame travels to Arkansas for Saturday afternoon's game in what represents a crucial matchup for both teams. The Fighting Irish are trying to keep their College Football Playoff hopes alive after a rough start to the year while the Razorbacks are trying to reverse their fortunes under coach Sam Pittman.
This will be the first meeting all-time between Arkansas and Notre Dame. They were supposed to play the first game of this home-and-home in 2020, but that game was called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled for 2028 in South Bend, Indiana .
Notre Dame entered the year ranked No. 6 in the AP Top 25 but dropped its first game of the season to Miami by three points. The Fighting Irish then fell to 0-2 in a 41-40 home loss to Texas A&M . Marcus Freeman's s