Notre Dame completes its early season homestand by hosting the Vanderbilt Commodores from the Southeastern Conference. The Irish played well in defeating Michigan on opening night, but were listless and sloppy in getting past Ball State last week. Vanderbilt also enters this contest at 2-0, having defeated Middle Tennessee and Nevada as they warm up to more serious competition. The game will be nationally televised on NBC beginning at 2:30 pm ET.
Irish players and coaches are very much aware of the subpar effort last week. They hope to send a message that the truth about the 2018 team is much closer to Week 1, and Week 2 was an aberration caused by a natural letdown.