SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love appreciates hearing his name in the Heisman Trophy conversation.

He's just focused on bigger goals such as helping the ninth-ranked Fighting Irish stay in position for a second straight playoff berth and winning the school's first national championship since 1988.

“I try to keep everything just straight as possible,” he said. “I definitely see stuff, and it’s good to see. That’s also a tribute — the buzz — to us doing good as a program in general, because at end of the day, this is a team sport, and the performances are not really just because of me. It's because the whole team is playing complementary football. So it’s great to see, but we have to finish the rest of the season.”

Love certainly has done his part to help Notre Dam

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