Notre Dame lost Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa to a season-ending knee injury just as Marcus Freeman’s red-hot Irish push toward the playoffs.

Notre Dame scored its most points since 1932 in a 70-7 blowout of Syracuse, holding the Orange out of the end zone until the dying seconds of a triumphant senior day in South Bend.

Notre Dame’s star running back only had eight carries Saturday against Syracuse, but he took those for 171 yards and three scores. Love’s day included touchdown runs of 68 and 45 yards as the Orange defense had no answer for him or the rest of the Fighting Irish offense.

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Notre Dame's chances of making the College Football Playoff this season took a hit following Saturday's slate of games.

The No. 9 Fighting Irish, who cruised to a 37-15 victory over Pittsburgh last week, have won eight consecutive after an 0-2 start. Notre Dame (8-2) is favored by more than five touchdowns over Syracuse, which is the first of two 3-7 teams remaining on the Irish’s schedule (which concludes Nov. 29 at Stanford).

Notre Dame football safety Jalen Stroman added a punt deflection on the second series, leading to Luke Talich’s 22-yard touchdown return.

T he ninth-ranked Notre Dame offense hasn‘t had any trouble scoring points lately, having lit up the scoreboard to the tune of a combined 86 points in its last two victories. Ne