Having Clemson, one of the few teams that moves the needle from the ACC matching up with Notre Dame yearly is terrific for the profile of the conference overall. Clemson will get

Clemson and Notre Dame will meet every year as permanent opponents beginning in 2027. Here are five games that birthed a Clemson-Notre Dame rivalry.

Both schools are fixtures in the national conversation. Clemson enters the 2025 season riding a 14-year streak of at least nine wins, while Notre Dame has posted at least nine victories in eight straight seasons. The two teams have met in the CFP three times—2018, 2020 and 2024—and have split their four regular-season matchups since 2015.