After a week off, the Bowling Green Falcons (1-4, 0-1 MAC) will travel to South Bend, Indiana to play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3-1), who enter play ranked ninth in the nation. The Falcons haven’t beaten a ranked opponent since upsetting Northern Illinois in the 2014 MAC Championship game.
Notre Dame last played a MAC school when it beat Ball State 24-16 last September in a close game at Notre Dame Stadium.
The huge test this Saturday comes a week before the Falcons' much-anticipated rivalry matchup with Toledo.
The doldrums of a rebuilding year in Bowling Green have set in following the team’s 62-20 defeat to rival Kent State, but there are still numerous reasons to watch this week’s game.