Miami and Indiana will square off for a national title on Monday night, but Notre Dame football already has turned its attention to the 2026 season, ramping up its activity in the transfer portal and focusing on winter workouts and spring practice preparations. Head coach Marcus Freeman met with the media on Wednesday for the first time since the Irish were left out of the College Football Playoff, NFL interest, weighing in on selection Sunday, a bowl season spent at home, the portal, his involvement in an interaction at a high school wrestling meet earlier this month in which prosecutors declined to file charges and more.
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