No. 17 Notre Dame hopes to avoid another upset at the hands of a Mid-American Conference team when it hosts Miami (Ohio) on Saturday.

Miami (Ohio) is on an ugly two-game losing streak after falling to Cincinnati and Northwestern, who is barely better than Purdue in the Big Ten Power Rankings on ESPN right now. Through the first two weeks of the season,

No. 17 Notre Dame already lost one home game to a Mid-American Conference opponent. The 17th-ranked Fighting Irish (2-1) are doing everything possible to avoid a repeat when they host Miami (Ohio) — and a coach who understands the Notre Dame mystique better than most.