It's Michigan and No. 16 Notre Dame one last time, under the lights at Notre Dame Stadium. Who goes out on top?

How Michigan can win: The Wolverines get up for rivalry games, as the Irish know all too well. Michigan has, for the most part, had its way with Notre Dame in recent years, winning four of the last five, all in dramatic fashion. Devin Gardner used the platform of a Week 2 primetime contest against Notre Dame last year to look like one of the more promising quarterbacks in all of college football. Had coach Brady Hoke turned to him amidst Denard Robinson's five-turnover night in South Bend in 2012, perhaps that game could have gone the Wolverines' way, too. In any event, this game will likely come down to Gardner, who will look to connect with Devin Funchess the way he did last year with Jeremy Gallon. Much of that, though, depends on the line protecting Gardner, as Michigan starts three first- or second-year players up front, including a true freshman left tackle. Can the Wolverines handle Notre Dame's thin, re-tooled defensive line the way they handled the Irish's bigger and better one last season? That could make the difference in a game that has the potential to light up the scoreboard.

How Notre Dame can win: Everett Golson needs to do what he did last week, albeit against a much tougher opponent. He was awful the last time out against Michigan, getting yanked early in what was just his fourth career start. He is a bigger, better and smarter player now, and after last week he knows he has plenty of weapons around him. The conditions should be better (the FieldTurf won't hurt, either), and Golson will look to spread the ball around again after hitting seven different targets last week, three of whom had 50 or more receiving yards. On defense, safeties Max Redfield and Elijah Shumate must continue to improve with no Austin Collinsworth back there to direct the secondary.

Breakout player: Cody Riggs and Greg Bryant could be huge differences not just Saturday but the rest of the season if they return punts the way they did in Week 1. Something like that has not been said often about the return game in the Brian Kelly era, but the fifth-year Irish coach finally has the athletes back there to make a difference.

Prediction: Notre Dame 45, Michigan 30. There's a reason we mentioned mostly offensive players above. This game will be a shootout -- the first of Golson's career.