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A mainstay of the offensive line for Notre Dame football the last two seasons is officially moving on. Aamil Wagner, who started all 28 games for the Fighting Irish the last two years, declared for the 2026 NFL Draft Saturday, Dec. 20. He made the new public on his Instagram account.
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Notre Dame’s athletic department valued as one of the best nationally
The Irish placed No. 6 overall at a value of $1.13 billion dollars, trailing just Texas, Ohio State, Texas A&M, Georgia, and Michigan. It’s a list of blue blood programs and rightfully so. Each one of them is a top brand in the sport, and many eyes are focused on what they’re doing.
There was plenty of tension in the relationship between Notre Dame and the ACC after the Fighting Irish were left out of the College Football Playoff, but the two sides reportedly held a "productive" meeting Thursday.
Notre Dame football made a late addition to its 2026 recruiting class as 2027 QB commit Teddy Jarrard reclassified.
The ACC's commissioner met with Notre Dame's aggrieved athletic director this week in what was described as a positive meeting.
The Irish would have fallen into the ACC’s non-CFP bowl tier that included the Pop-Tarts Bowl, Holiday Bowl and Gator Bowl.
After being snubbed by the College Football Playoff, Notre Dame has pulled itself out of the postseason entirely. Hours after being left out of the 12-team playoff, the Fighting Irish announced that “as a team, we’ve decided to withdraw our name from consideration for a bowl game following the 2025 season,” the football team posted on X.
The Fighting Irish failed to reach the College Football Playoff despite finishing with a 10-2 record and 10 consecutive wins to finish the regular season. They lost to Miami and Texas A&M, which both earned CFP bids this season, in the first two weeks of action.
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As true in all areas of life, change is inevitable. And when it comes to Notre Dame Football in 2026, this statement certainly holds true. College football fans