While the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are still basking in the warm feeling of the 52-0 win over Rice, a new report showed that Marcus Freeman and Co.'s team is still one of the most popular in the country. Their Sunday night game against Wisconsin last week drew a lot of eyeballs.
- The “Shamrock Series” game from Lambeau Field this past Sunday night is NBC Sports’ third-most-watched Notre Dame Football game since 2005, averaging 8.1 million viewers across NBC and Peacock, based on official Nielsen Big Data + Panel and digital data from Adobe Analytics.
- The audience for the No. 4 Fighting Irish’s 41-13 victory peaked at 9.7 million viewers in the second quarter (9:15-9:30 p.m. ET) as Notre Dame led 13-10. Viewership for the full game (7:43-11:02 p.m. ET) ranks third among Notre Dame Football games on NBC since 2005’s “Bush Push” game vs. USC, trailing a pair of thrillers (10.6 million viewers for No. 6 Ohio State at No. 9 Notre Dame in 2023, and 10.4 million for No. 1 Clemson and No. 3 Notre Dame double OT matchup in 2020).
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- Speaking of the 52-0 win over Rice, there wasn't much that Notre Dame did wrong. The Fighting Irish defense has forced 6 turnovers this season while not turning the ball over once. That's the kind of margin that national title teams have. It's a great start to 2026.
- The Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team has had a bit of an up-and-down campaign; however, they did get their third win of the season over Clemson. With the 2-1 victory over the Tigers, the Irish are now 3-0-5 on the year. Still undefeated, they need to start racking up wins rather than draws. With Friday's victory, they took a step in the right direction.
- Meanwhile, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish volleyball team continues to struggle. With a Friday loss to Northern Kentucky, the team has fallen to 1-4 on the season. In four sets, 24-26, 16-25, 28-26, 25-27, the Irish have taken yet another big loss to a team that a program of this size should be able to handle. However, so far this year's campaign has left a bad taste in everyone's mouth.
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