I'm working to confirm this on our end.

Update: Confirmed via source.


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The first Notre Dame news of the spring portal window:

Let's use this thread for anything related to the 2025 season for Notre Dame baseball.

The ACC released today its preseason poll from the conference's 16 head coaches. Notre Dame was ranked 15th with 44 total points. Only Boston College was voted lower with 31 points. Virginia was projected to finish first with Florida State in a close second.

The preseason poll from Baseball America includes seven ACC teams: No. 5 Virginia, No. 6 Florida State, No. 8 Clemson, No. 10 Duke, No. 12 North Carolina, No. 16 NC State and No. 17 Wake Forest.

Notre Dame will open its season on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, to start a three-game series against North Florida in Jacksonville. Notre Dame's first home game is scheduled for March 5 against Eastern Michigan. The Irish will begin ACC play at Wake Forest on March 7.

2025 ACC Baseball Predicted Order of Finish

1. Virginia (13) – 251
2. Florida State (2) – 230
3. North Carolina – 217
4. Clemson (1) – 214
5. Duke – 182
6. Wake Forest – 171
7. NC State – 168
8. Stanford – 143
9. Louisville – 128
10. Georgia Tech – 113
11. Miami – 87
12. Virginia Tech – 85
13. California – 60
14. Pitt – 52
15. Notre Dame – 44
16. Boston College - 31

Important links: Roster | Schedule | Poll

Four-star running back Brian Bonner, a 2026 recruit, named a top five Thursday. Notre Dame made the cut alongside Nebraska, Penn State, UCLA and Washington.

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Notre Dame hosted more top-end recruits this week before Easter break. I was able to get some intel, and will do a more condensed version than normal as I have plans to attend as well.

Inside ND Sports brings you the latest on where the Irish stand with some of its top visitors this week.

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Carson Towt, a former forward at Northern Arizona, has committed to transfer to Notre Dame, his agency announced Sunday.

The 6-foot-8, 235-pound Towt averaged 13.3 points and 12.4 rebounds last season. He has one season of eligibility remaining as a graduate transfer.

Story:

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Here's a companion piece to Thursday's main story of Peter Schivarelli and the walk-on experience at Notre Dame. This one focuses on his role as the longtime manager of the rock group Chicago and their cool connection to the Band of the Fighting Irish, ND's marching band.

Lee Corso will make his final headgear pick on College GameDay's Week 1 show before retiring from the show. Corso turns 90 in August.


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I'm going to make this a sticky thread and update it as needed. Thanks to @BGI3279 for inspiring the idea.

These are the upcoming commitment announcement dates for Notre Dame football recruiting targets:

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The peak of Notre Dame football’s recruiting week will start Thursday. The Irish will welcome more recruits onto campus, and they’ll join 2026 offensive tackle target Grayson McKeogh, who arrived on Wednesday.

Inside ND Sports has a rundown of who's expected on campus Thursday.

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This should be a good series for folks looking for spots to try when visiting Notre Dame.

The first episode highlighted Macri's and Carmela's. I highly recommend the almond cake from the bakery, but you can't go wrong with many of their desserts.

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Let's use this thread for anything related to the 2025 season for Notre Dame women's lacrosse.

Last season ended with a heartbreaking 15-14 loss to Michigan in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Irish prepared for the 2025 season with an exhibition against the Wolverines this past Saturday. No word on the results of the exhibition.

Notre Dame's season will get started in earnest on Feb. 7 at Northwestern, the national runner-up last season.

USA Lacrosse Magazine ranks Notre Dame No. 13 heading into the season and wrote a preview on the Irish here. It also named Notre Dame defender Grace Weigand as an honorable mention for its Preseason All-America teams.

KANE Women's Division I Media Poll also ranked Notre Dame at No. 13 in the preseason.

Important links: Roster | Schedule | Poll

Notre Dame's search for wide receivers in the 2026 class reached a familiar destination Thursday. Brian Williams Jr., teammate of Notre Dame quarterback commit Noah Grubbs at Lake Mary (Fla.) High, reported a scholarship offer from the Irish.

According to MaxPreps, Williams caught 23 passes for 359 yards and five touchdowns in 12 of Lake Mary's 15 games last season. He finished fifth on the team in receptions.

Williams' recruiting profile has been on the rise with offers from Auburn, Florida and Kentucky earlier this week. Rivals rates him as a three-star recruit but didn't include him among the top 100 wide receivers in the 2026 class.

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Freeman interview starts around 9:00 tonight (like 29 minutes in if you click later).

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The Live Chat will run from noon ET until around 2:30 on Friday.

A full transcript will be posted later Friday afternoon.

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The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved a number of rule changes that will be implemented next season.

The headliner is a rule meant to dissuade fake injuries used to slow down opposing teams.

The new rule: "If medical personnel enter the field to evaluate an injured player after the ball is spotted by the officiating crew for the next play, that player's team will be charged a timeout. If the team does not have any timeouts remaining, a 5-yard delay-of-game penalty will be assessed."

The full list of rule changes are here:

Another walk-on specialist is heading for the transfer portal. This time it's kicker Zac Yoakam.

He's been added to our Portal Roundup:


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@samspiegelman shared why he's made 20 FutureCast predictions. Two of them are in favor of Notre Dame.

Transfers usually mean there is a problem within the program, or the program is doing well. I believe in this case, Notre Dame is doing well and getting more quality players, and developing them. The talent pool has gotten larger for the Irish and now it seems they now have an overflow of talent, much like many of the sec teams have had for years. Go Irish