Irish eyes are smiling on Sunday morning as Notre Dame obliterated previously unbeaten Army 49-14 at Yankee Stadium on Saturday night, and moving to 10-1 in the process. Notre Dame is now a win at 6-5 USC away from heading to the College Football Playoff and almost certainly playing in the First Round game on its home field.

In what felt like a potential Final Four preview, the visiting No. 6 Notre Dame Irish, who led wire to wire, played spoiler to a crowd of 7,894 at Galen Center in Los Angeles, defeating No. 3 USC 74-61 to hand the Trojans their first loss of the season.

Notre Dame and USC is the greatest intersectional rivalry in college football. While the Irish have held up their end of the bargain as far as excellence this year though, the Trojans have not. They m