Notre Dame vs. Southern California, one of college football’s biggest and longest rivalries, is on pause.

The Fighting Irish announced Monday they had filled their last 2026 open date with a trip to BYU as part of a home-and-home series. The two teams left out of this year’s College Football Playoff also will play in 2027, but Notre Dame only has nine games listed on that schedule, raising the possibility of bringing back the USC game.

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