NORMAN, Okla. – The words “Play Like a Champion Today” are plastered on the walls leading from the locker room to the field at both No. 5 Notre Dame and No. 8 Oklahoma, a rich piece of tradition the storied schools happen to share.

Come Saturday night, a rare meeting between the programs will test the championship mettle for both the Fighting Irish (7-0) and the Sooners (5-1).

It’s just the second meeting since 1968 in a series that has fallen in Notre Dame’s favor throughout the years. Oklahoma’s only win in nine tries against the Irish came exactly 56 years ago in 1956.