As the scarlet-and-gray confetti fell on the turf at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Jan. 20, Notre Dame quickly started to build on the good that came from its protracted College Football Playoff run and funnel it into what 2025 might look like.

With one notable exception. Its actual 2025 schedule.

With seven games accounted for, including both dates and sites, and another four with sites only and no dates, the Irish still had a 12th game to account for as well as providing details about the four incomplete dates.

The ACC Network took care of most of the heavy lifting to bring the scheduling big picture into focus.

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As previously announced, the Irish (14-2 in 2024) open head coach Marcus Freeman's fourth season on the road, Labor Day Weekend Sunday, Aug. 31, at Miami (Fla.). The Hurricanes are one of four Irish opponents ranked in The Athletic’s Way-Too-Early Top 25 for 2025 — at No. 15.

The other Irish opponents who made the projection are No. 17 Texas A&M, No. 21 Boise State and No. 24 Navy. All three of those games are scheduled to be played at Notre Dame Stadium. ND checked in at No. 3, behind No. 1 Penn State and No. 2 Texas.

Adding dates to venues Monday: An Oct. 11 home game for the Irish against NC State, a Nov. 1 road date at Boston College, a Nov. 15 road date at Pittsburgh, and a Nov. 22 home game vs. Syracuse.

The mystery 12th game is Nov. 29 at Stanford, following the familiar pattern of recent years of the Irish ending the regular season on the road after Thanksgiving in California.

That means the open dates/bye weeks are Sept. 6 and Oct. 25.

For just the fourth time since the Shamrock Series off-site home game concept was introduced in 2009, there will be no Shamrock Series game in 2025. The other years without one were 2017, 2019 and 2020, though one was scheduled for 2020 in Green Bay, Wis., but was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

It has since been rescheduled for Sept. 5, 2026, with the opponent still being Wisconsin.

Among Notre Dame's six ACC opponents in 2025 only two have byes before their matchup at ND — Pittsburgh and Syracuse.

8/31 at Miami (Fla.), 7:30 p.m. ET (ABC)

9/6 OPEN DATE

9/13 vs. TEXAS A&M

9/20 vs. PURDUE

9/27 at Arkansas

10/4 vs. BOISE STATE

10/11 vs. NC STATE

10/18 vs. USC

10/25 OPEN DATE

11/1 at Boston College

11/8 vs. NAVY

11/15 at Pittsburgh

11/22 vs. SYRACUSE

11/29 at Stanford

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