No. 17 Notre Dame hopes to avoid another upset at the hands of a Mid-American Conference team when it hosts Miami (Ohio) on Saturday.

No. 17 Notre Dame already lost one home game to a Mid-American Conference opponent. The 17th-ranked Fighting Irish (2-1) are doing everything possible to avoid a repeat when they host Miami (Ohio) — and a coach who understands the Notre Dame mystique better than most.

Miami (Ohio) is on an ugly two-game losing streak after falling to Cincinnati and Northwestern, who is barely better than Purdue in the Big Ten Power Rankings on ESPN right now. Through the first two weeks of the season,

Notre Dame football faces a MAC school again this week in Miami (Ohio), looking to avoid what happened two weeks ago against Northern Illinois.

Notre Dame hosts Miami (Ohio) on Saturday in South Bend, and though it represents just the third meeting of the two programs, these two prestigious Midwestern universities have some notable ties off the field.

Notre Dame opposed both “Miami” schools in 2017, and the Ohio matchup went much, much better than the Florida game. In year one of Notre Dame Stadium’s completed Campus Crossroads renovations, the Irish equaled their previous season’s win total on the final day of September, improving to 4-1 with a home loss to national runner-up Georgia.

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