A 12th regular-season opponent has yet to be announced for 2025, but AD Pete Bevacqua expressed confidence that puzzle would be resolved to Notre Dame’s satisfaction.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish athletic director, Pete Bevacqua, said that the school would prefer to remain independent in football, even if that means no byes in the College Football Playoff.

Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua said the school prefers to remain independent even though the Irish are ineligible for byes under the current CFP model.

With the Big Ten and SEC appearing to separate themselves with their depth and overall quality at times in the modern-day era of college football, Notre

Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua suggested Saturday that the school has no plans to join a conference in football despite the current design of

Notre Dame’s biggest knock and why it would benefit from a conference affiliation is exposure. They have an exclusive deal with NBC to air their games. But NBC isn’t ESPN or CBS. They get on TV, but they often play inferior opponents hardly anybody cares to watch.

Notre Dame remains bullish in its belief that its independent status is the right choice and has the Irish "in a very good spot now," athletic director Pete Bevacqua told ESPN on Friday.

FOX college football analyst Joel Klatt stepped into the hypothetical shoes of a national college football commissioner, aiming to fix the controversy around the sport's scheduling practices once and

When Charles Jagusah’s hopes of opening the season as Notre Dame’s starting left tackle ended when he tore his right pectoralis muscle in training camp, others may have given up hope on the second-year lineman returning at any point of the season.

Notre Dame's athletic director said "I think there's a chance" there will be tweaks to the way the College Football Playoff awards byes next year — an issue that will be discussed this weekend but that would need unanimous approval from the 10 conferences and the Fighting Irish.

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