The Fighting Irish are slight favorites over the Nittany Lions, who are getting some love from the algorithms.

The officials for Penn State’s Orange Bowl matchup with Notre Dame have been assigned. Big 12 conference officials will work Thursday night’s college playoff semifinal game, per the website footballzebras.com.

No. 7 seed Notre Dame and No. 6 seed Penn State will face off in the Orange Bowl on Thursday night in the first of two College Football Playoff semifinal matchups. On the line is a spot in the College Football Playoff National Championship as both programs are hunting for their first national title in almost 40 years.