SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WISH) — The University of Notre Dame football unveiled its 2026 schedule on Friday. The Fighting Irish will play a total of 12 regular season games, six of which will take place inside Notre Dame Stadium. Here is a look at the team’s 2026 schedule: Sept. 6 vs. W isconsin (Lambeau Field) Sept. 12 vs. Rice Sept. 19 vs. Michigan State Sept. 26 at Purdue Oct. 3 at North Carolina Oct. 10 vs. Stanford Oct. 17 at BYU Oct. 31 at Navy (Gillette Stadium) Nov. 7 vs. Miami (Fla.) Nov. 14 vs. Boston College Nov. 21 vs. SMU Nov. 28 at Syracuse The Fighting Irish will have a bye week the weekend of Oct. 24. Notre Dame will open the season against Wisconsin inside Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. This will be the Fighting Irish’s 2026 Shamrock Series game. The matchup was originally scheduled to be played in 2020, but was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be the second game of a two-game series against the Badgers after the two programs faced each other inside Soldier Field in Chicago back in 2021. Roughly two weeks later, Notre Dame and Michigan State will battle for the Megaphone Trophy for the first time in nearly ten years. The last time the two programs squared off was back in 2017. The following weekend, on Sept. 26, Notre Dame and Purdue will battle for the third straight season with the Shillelagh Trophy on the line. The Fighting Irish have dominated the last two matchups between the rivals, winning 66-7 inside Ross-Ade Stadium in 2024 and winning 56-30 inside Notre Dame Stadium this past season. On Halloween, the Fighting Irish will play Navy for the 99th time in their history. It will be the first time though that the matchup will take place inside Gillette Stadium, the home of the New England Patriots, in Foxborough, Mass. Arguably the most anticipated game on Notre Dame’s schedule is set for Nov. 7 when the national runner-up, Miami (Fla.), visits Notre Dame Stadium. The Hurricanes beat the Fighting Irish 27-24 in each teams’ 2025 season opener. The result proved to be massive for both teams because it played a key role in the Hurricanes making the College Football Playoff and the Fighting Irish being left out of the 12-team bracket. Notre Dame finished the 2025 season with a 10-2 overall record. ...read more read less