This spring, ESPN’s Football Power Index ranked Notre Dame’s schedule the 19th-toughest in college football. Of their final 11 games, the Irish will face eight teams that won eight or more games last year. Headlining that list are serious playoff contenders in Ohio State, USC and Clemson. With their season-opening rout of Navy behind us, here’s how the Irish schedule stacks up from easiest to hardest.

Three years after COVID-19 suspended a Notre Dame-Navy game in Dublin, 49,000 fans watched the two teams play in Ireland for the third time on Saturday. Now, Notre Dame is 3-0 when facing Navy in Ireland, winning in dominant fashion, 42-3. Graduate student quarterback Sam Hartman led the way through the air with 251 passing yards and four touchdowns. The Irish running backs combined for 191 rushing yards, while the defense held Navy to just 126.

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With only 32 days left until college football returns, let’s remember Johnny Lujack from Notre Dame who wore #32.

Notre Dame from 1943, 1946-1947

• 3x National Champion (1943, 1946, 1947)
• 2x Unanimous All-American (1946, 1947)
• 1947 AP Athlete of the Year
• 1947 Heisman Trophy Winner