2025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish CFB Betting Lines
In 2024, Marcus Freeman passed the most important test of his coaching career. Notre Dame football coaches are ultimately revealed as successes or failures in their third season. Ara Parseghian, Dan Devine, Lou Holtz, and Brian Kelly made it. Charlie Weis, Tyronne Willingham, Gerry Faust, and Bob Davie did not. In 2024, Marcus Freeman entered his third season and a fork in the road. One of the first things you learn when studying the rich history of Notre Dame football is that the third year is the most important in judging if a coach will succeed or fail. After records of 9-4 and 10-3, Marcus Freeman produced a blockbuster campaign that ended with a 14-2 record and a loss in the national championship game. Freeman begins his fourth season at Notre Dame with his fourth different starting QB, so it could be a season of transition.
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2025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Preview
The Fighting Irish got a taste of high-level success last season with a trip to the national championship game. Now, the next mission is simple: bring a title back to South Bend. Coach Marcus Freeman’s team is poised for another deep run this fall and can hoist the big trophy if unproven quarterback CJ Carr delivers on his 5-star hype. But Notre Dame won’t have to lean on Carr to win games, thanks to a rushing attack powered by Heisman candidate Jeremiyah Love and an offensive line that ranks among the best in college football. The Fighting Irish also have an improving receiving corps thanks to the emergence of Jaden Greathouse in the College Football Playoff and the arrival of Malachi Fields (Virginia) from the transfer portal.
New defensive coordinator Chris Ash has holes to fill with only five returning starters. One of those, though, is shutdown corner Leonard Moore, who returns to anchor the secondary, and there is plenty of talent waiting in the wings. A road trip to Miami (Fla.) is a tough way to start ’25, but Notre Dame could be favored in its other 11 contests.
The Fighting Irish have the perfect deal. It has its friends-with-benefits situation with the ACC - and that includes the bowl games - but it gets to keep all of its money. All of that College Football Playoff dough went to South Bend. The Irish face Miami, NC State, Boston College, Pitt, Syracuse, and Stanford from the ACC, which means they miss Cal, Duke, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina, SMU, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest.
The Irish should go 10-2 but still find their way into the back end of the CFP as a road team seeded 9-12. They lose one of the two road games to Miami or Arkansas, drop one of the tougher home games, and do what they did last season and push past everyone else.
2025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Schedule
| DATE |
OPPONENT |
SCORE |
RECORD |
| Aug 31 |
at Miami-FL Hurricanes |
- |
- |
| Sep 6 |
OFF |
| Sep 13 |
vs. Texas A&M Aggies |
- |
- |
| Sep 20 |
vs. Purdue Boilermakers |
- |
- |
| Sep 27 |
at Arkansas Razorbacks |
- |
- |
| Oct 4 |
vs. Boise State Broncos |
- |
- |
| Oct 11 |
vs. NC State Wolfpack |
- |
- |
| Oct 18 |
vs. USC Trojans |
- |
- |
| Oct 25 |
OFF |
| Nov 1 |
at Boston College Eagles |
- |
- |
| Nov 8 |
vs. Navy Midshipmen |
- |
- |
| Nov 15 |
at Pittsburgh Panthers |
- |
- |
| Nov 22 |
vs. Syracuse Orange |
- |
- |
| Nov 29 |
at Stanford Cardinal |
- |
- |
Notre Dame’s proud history is what makes it such a powerful brand. As conference realignment heats up, Notre Dame can maintain its independence.
Notre Dame has a total of 11 claimed and 11 unclaimed national championships. The Fighting Irish have a litany of iconic coaches in their history. Namely, Knute Rockne, Frank Leahy, Ara Parseghian, Dan Devine, and Brian Kelly have led the Fighting Irish to success and glory.
And with great coaches have been great players. Heisman trophy winners Angelo Bertelli, Johnny Lujack, Leon Hart, Johnny Lattner, Paul Hornung, John Huarte, and Tim Brown are among them.
And then there was “The Gipper,” George Gipp, who was portrayed in a motion picture. An actor named Ronald Reagan played the role of Gipp and went on to be President of the United States. On campaign stops, Reagan often asked voters to “win one for the Gipper.”
Despite their success, Notre Dame has not won a national championship since 1988. The landscape of college football has changed, and Notre Dame refuses to make enough academic concessions to compete with powers such as the Alabama Crimson Tide. But they remain strong enough to retain an iconic program's brand power and popularity.
Marcus Freeman has impressed gamblers and fans with his ability to attract top players. Now, Freeman must translate that talent into wins.
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