Win and you’re in. No. 6 Penn State and No. 7 Notre Dame battle it out in the Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium for a spot in the National Championship Game. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 9 on ESPN.

The semifinals of the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff begin Thursday with a blockbuster Orange Bowl matchup between (6) Penn State and (7) Notre Dame. Both teams have leaned heavily on their defenses and run games to reach the doorstep of the College Football Playoff National Championship.

The Nittany Lions play in the College Football Playoff semifinal tonight. A win against Notre Dame puts PSU in the championship game. How to tune in.

Notre Dame's Orange Bowl win over Penn State was epic and the highlight video recapping it is just as impressive.

If you have a valid cable login, you can stream the Orange Bowl live on ESPN, Watch ESPN, or the ESPN app. You can also watch today’s Notre Dame/Penn State game live with an active subscription to DirecTV Stream, fuboTV , Hulu + Live TV , Sling TV , or YouTube TV. FuboTV, Hulu + Live TV, and YouTube TV offer free trials for eligible subscribers.

The first of two College Football Playoff semifinal matchups features 7-seed Notre Dame and 6-seed Penn State facing off in the Orange Bowl on Thursday night. On the line is a spo

Something close to consensus has been reached in expectations for the college football playoff semifinals this week. While most are predicting Notre Dame to win

You can watch coverage of this week's Penn State vs. Notre Dame Orange Bowl game starting at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. You can tune into the Penn State vs Notre Dame game on ESPN which is carried by several platforms including Fubo TV, DirecTV, and YouTube TV.

Notre Dame vs. Penn State will air on ESPN, so if you have access to the channel, just turn it on at game time to watch. If you don’t have cable, the only way to stream the Notre Dame vs. Penn State Orange Bowl for free is to use a live TV streaming service with a free trial.