10 Andy & Ari On3 Penn State-Notre Dame early predictions are in; who is picking the Lions, Fighting Irish?>>> Details in comments

Penn State and Notre Dame both head to Miami tomorrow as each sits three days away from their College Football Playoff semifinal matchup at the Orange Bowl. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday. ESPN is televising the game. Head coach Marcus Freeman’s Fighting Irish are a 1.5-point favorite over James Franklin’s Nittany Lions. Who are national media members picking to win the game and advance to the championship game? We’ve rounded up early picks below.

1. On3 national college football writers Andy Staples and Ari Wasserman are split on the outcome. The former likes Penn State to win and cover while the latter sees Notre Dame covering and winning outright.“This is a really hard game to pick, but Notre Dame’s win over Georgia is more impressive than anything the Nittany Lions have done this year. I’m going to lean on that as important information, pick Notre Dame and get ready to potentially be wrong,” Wasserman writes.