What is the story about?
Notre Dame’s 2026 college football schedule has been called many thing over the last eight months, but “tough” or anywhere near the word “hard” was certainly not among them. Still, some have mentioned that this Irish schedule could look a lot trickier as the season progresses. While they may eventually be true, it may not matter all that much (except for message boards and social media).
Notre Dame is likely to be favored in every game this season, and they have become the popular pick to win the national
championship. Their strength of schedule probably isn’t going to matter much, but let’s keep track of it anyway.
