Separated by a stretch of Interstate-80 that is a little less than 500 miles long are cities home to a pair of top-ten programs in college football and the sites of the two biggest games in week five of the 2018 schedule. South Bend, Indiana is home to Notre Dame, the 8th-ranked team in the country, while Penn State University resides in University Park, Pennsylvania, nearly due east.
Both teams will kick off at 7:30 on Saturday, with #8 Notre Dame hosting #7 Stanford as #4 Ohio State visits #9 Penn State. College GameDay is in Happy Valley today for the Big Ten clash, with the winner taking command of the Big Ten’s East division in the early going.