According to College Football Reference, the Fighting Irish have a 916-327-33 all-time record and 13 national championships. However, Joel Klatt of Fox Sports has come to the conclusion that Notre Dame is not a team schools should schedule in the future.

USC and Notre Dame's failure to renew their longstanding rivalry matchup for at least the 2026-29 seasons largely came down to scheduling and the rule that will allow the Fighting Irish to automatically qualify for the College Football Playoff starting in the 2026 season as long as they are ranked in the top 12,

The FOX Sports lead college football analyst believes there's only one way that it would make sense for USC to continue its annual rivalry with Notre Dame.

Notre Dame is set up for success in ways that simply weren't possible in 2025. Let's examine the three biggest examples of this in detail. Notre Dame's 2026 schedule sets up for success. As things stand now,

The USC-Notre Dame college football rivalry won't return in 2026, and Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley is pointing the finger at the Fighting Irish.

USC head coach Lincoln Riley received backlash from Notre Dame fans and some former Trojans players after news surfaced that the battle for the Jeweled Shillelagh would be on hiatus amid a scheduling conflict. More News: CFP Committee Explains Controversial Notre Dame-Alabama Decision

Notre Dame is done for the 2025 season, deciding not to play in a bowl game after the program missed the College Football Playoff berth - and now its schedule for 2026 has taken a blow

Notre Dame fans can exhale after head football coach Marcus Freeman made a social media post Monday. “2026…run it back,” he wrote on X before ending the post with Go Irish. College football insider Pat Forde reported that Freeman agreed to a restructured contract to stay with the Fighting Irish that