While the 2025 college football seasons is approaching, Notre Dame football has been busy getting its 2026 schedule in order, and made an announcement on Thursday morning that they’ll be hosting the Rice Owls at home on Sep. 12th.
A start time has yet to be announced, but the Irish now know one of their foes for next year. There are multiple other games that have been released which include against Wisconsin at Lambeau Field, at North Carolina, at USC, at Florida State and hosting Miami.
Many often have criticized Notre Dame for its schedule, but they’re making strides to show that they aren’t afraid to play anyone. After the 2024 run to the College Football Playoff, no one is questioning if the Irish have a great program, but there are still plenty out there that still believe that Notre Dame is overrated. Another good year in 2025 will go a long ways to squashing those ideas.
In 2024, Rice went 2-6 before firing head coach Mike Bloomgren, and finished the season with a 4-8 record. They hired Scott Abell last November, as this will be his first season as a head coach at this level. Notre Dame leads the all-time series record at 5-0, with the last game against the two teams was a 48-17 Irish victory in South Bend in 2014 according to winsipedia.com.
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