There’s no sugarcoating this game for anyone - it’s one that Notre Dame should win, and by a lot. For the Irish offense, this feels like the perfect opportunity to get redshirt quarterback CJ Carr in rhythm before the playoffs begin.

Notre Dame landed a star recruit, adding to a strong 2027 class and giving the Irish momentum entering their matchup with Stanford.

Follow along here for live updates of Notre Dame football’s home contest against Navy with score, highlights and analysis.

Notre Dame has won five of the last six games against Stanford, including the last three at Stanford Stadium. SOUTH BEND — Not only is this Thanksgiving week and the regular-season finale for Notre Dame football, but Saturday night’s kickoff time is a biorhythm-wrecking doozy at Stanford Stadium.

No. 9 Notre Dame will be without linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa and cornerback Chance Tucker for the rest of the season after they were both hurt in Saturday’s 70-7 win over Syracuse.

College football Week 13 odds, picks, predictions, TV channel, streaming for Syracuse Orange vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025.

This is the second straight year Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa has suffered a knee injury in Game 11 of the regular season for Notre Dame football.

The college football world at large can sometimes get stuck in a rut when it comes to debates. One such debate has raged for weeks, ever since the first College Football Playoff Rankings of the season were released and Notre Dame, which lost its season opener at Miami 24-21, was ranked No. 10, eight spots ahead of No. 18 Miami, the team it lost to.