One of the top games to open the 2025 season will be a showdown between national runner-up Notre Dame and a revitalized Miami squad, with the game taking place down south at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.

Find out below my very early projection from Notre Dame’s offensive starters when the return to the field to travel to face the Miami Hurricanes on Aug. 30, 2025. See the full 2025 schedule here. (Note: This is prior to any players making transfer or NFL declarations.)

Notre Dame is an independent but plays four other ACC schools. The dates for those games have yet to be set but the opponents are: at Pitt, at Boston College, North Carolina State, and Syracuse. The Miami game is scheduled for Hard Rock Stadium on Aug. 30 but it could move anywhere from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1.

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Count the Florida Panthers’ Mackie Samoskevich and Paul Maurice among those cheering for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in Monday’s College Football Playoff national championship game against the Ohio State Buckeyes.