Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame are looking to part with their early season woes against inferior competition with today's matchup against the Rice Owls.

The next third of the season will see the Irish take on four talented teams, each holding the possibility to upset the now number-three AP Poll-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Will the Irish continue to dominate, or will Notre Dame catch the midseason upset flu?

On the flip side, Notre Dame will travel outside South Bend six times as well, with two neutral-site games and four true away games. We ranked the opposing stadiums the Irish will play in, using factors such as stadium capacity, average attendance, and more.

The rivalry started in 1927. It was born out of the fact that Notre Dame, at the time an all-boys college, had many students fighting in World War II. The Navy used the campus as a training ground that provided enough money for the institution to stay afloat. Because of this, Notre Dame has played Navy yearly out of gratitude; it was played annually from 1927 to 2019, making it the longest uninterrupted intersectional rivalry. That was until the COVID Pandemic ended the strea