Prediction for Friday's CFP first round game

Notre Dame football and Indiana open the 2024-25 College Football Playoff schedule on Friday with the first on-campus game in playoff history.

But before either program can advance to the quarterfinals, they must face a common enemy: the weather. Friday’s first-round game at Notre Dame Stadium between the third-seeded Irish and the ninth-seeded Hoosiers is expected to be icy with temperatures in the low 20s.

There’s nothing like real football weather on a Friday in South Bend.

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Here’s what you should know about the forecast for Friday’s College Football Playoff Game of the Day, including an hour-by-hour forecast:

Weather forecast for the Notre Dame-Indiana College Football Playoff

Below is the weather forecast for Friday’s College Football Playoff game between Notre Dame and Indiana in South Bend, Indiana, according to the National Weather Service (as of Thursday, Dec. 19, 9 p.m. ET):

“A 20 percent chance of snowing after 9 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. North wind 5 to 10 mph.”

Most of the snow that will fall in South Bend on Friday is expected to fall before 1 p.m. ET.

According to Weather Bug, there is a 70% chance of light snow Friday morning. The probability of it snowing at night drops to 20% at temperatures around 20°C:

“In the evening it will be mostly cloudy, then partly cloudy. Chance of snow is 20 percent.

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Weather updates for Notre Dame-Indiana

According to The Weather Channel (as of Friday, December 20, 4 p.m. ET), the temperature at kickoff on Friday is expected to be 28 degrees. There is a 15% chance of snow at night, but nothing more than thunderstorms is expected.

Sunset in South Bend, Indiana is scheduled for Friday at 5:17 p.m. ET. Temperatures are expected to fall into the low 20s overnight with winds blowing from the northeast at 11 miles per hour.

Here’s an hourly breakdown of Friday’s weather for Notre Dame-Indiana:

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5 p.m.: 30 degrees (Partly cloudy, 15% chance of precipitation)
6 p.m.: 30 degrees (Partly cloudy, 9% chance of precipitation)
7 p.m.: 28 degrees (Partly cloudy, 15% chance of precipitation)
8 p.m.: 28 degrees (Partly cloudy, 15% chance of precipitation)
9 p.m.: 26 degrees (Partly cloudy, 15% chance of precipitation)
10 p.m.: 25 degrees (Partly cloudy, 15% chance of precipitation)
11 p.m.: 25 degrees (Partly cloudy, 15% chance of precipitation)

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