Notre Dame is national championship pick for Kirk Herbstreit, others
Four out of 20 major college football pundits have picked Notre Dame to win it all.
More than a few experts are picking the Notre Dame Fighting Irish as their 2026-2027 national champion.
David Cone, Kirk Herbstreit, Joel Klatt and Will Compton all have the Irish as their picks to win it all.
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On3 Sports gathered the picks of 20 pundits and analysts from around the game, and those four chose the Irish. That's the second-most for a given team -- six picked Oregon . Three picked Miami (FL), two each picked Ohio State and Texas , and Georgia , Indiana and LSU each got one pick.
Irish fans will be hoping those four pundits are correct.
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