Notre Dame is 3-0 on the young college football season with Central Michigan due in South Bend this weekend. A win is expected, but what are the national talking heads saying Notre Dame will do the rest of the way?

You can always tell what they think of a team based on which bowl game they project a team to play in. Before the season the majority of outlets had Notre Dame outside of the New Year’s Six. Has that changed a few short weeks into the year?

Here is where the various outlets around the nation have Notre Dame headed this postseason:

USA TODAY Sports

USA TODAY Sports: Cotton Bowl vs. Kansas State

CBS Sports

CBS Sports bowl projection: Pop Tarts Bowl vs. Oklahoma State

ESPN - Bonagura

ESPN bowl projection (Bonagura): Orange Bowl vs. Ohio State

ESPN (Schlabach)

ESPN bowl projection (Schlabach): Cotton Bowl vs. Penn State

College Football News

College Football News bowl projection: Holiday Bowl vs. Washington

Athlon Sports

Athlon Sports bowl projections: Peach Bowl vs. Penn State

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