Two of Notre Dame's ACC foes have a bye the week before facing the Irish: Pittsburgh and Syracuse. N.C. State faces FCS-level Campbell as a prelude to its trip to South Bend, while Boston College plays at Louisville, and Stanford hosts archrival California the week before facing Notre Dame.

Nebraska football is getting a key offensive lineman from the transfer portal. The goal is to help protect quarterback Dylan Raiola in 2025.

Notre Dame is an independent but plays four other ACC schools. The dates for those games have yet to be set but the opponents are: at Pitt, at Boston College, North Carolina State, and Syracuse. The Miami game is scheduled for Hard Rock Stadium on Aug. 30 but it could move anywhere from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1.

Nebraska landed the biggest of the bigs with the transfer addition of offensive lineman Rocco Spindler (6-5/325lbs) from the Notre Dame line that played for the National Championship this past season.

This past season, Rocco Spindler was a critical piece of Notre Dame's offensive line as the Fighting Irish reached the national championship game. Spindler started 13 of 16 games for Notre Dame, which finished 14-2 with wins over Indiana,