ANNAPOLIS, Md. — On a sun-splashed Tuesday afternoon, along the banks of a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, the Naval Academy’s football team practices in their shimmering gold helmets, blue tops and white pants.
The Midshipmen are one of nine teams in college football’s highest division to have not lost a game at the midway point of the 2024 season. They are 6-0 for the first time since 1979, ranked in the top 25 for the first time in five years and are competing in an ABC nationally televised game this Saturday against No. 12 Notre Dame at Metlife Stadium in New Jersey.