When you think of Notre Dame football the many great rivalries come to mind with regular affairs with USC and Michigan especially standing out. Those rivalries go back to the days of and even before Knute Rockne at Notre Dame.
What about the more modern day ones though? The ones that you won’t read about in a book about the origins of college football but instead in more recent years. Who are Notre Dame’s biggest rivals that are relatively new on the schedule?
That’s what we take a look at in this list. When you read it don’t read it as all-time, there will be a post on specifically that later on. Instead, since the end of World War II, who are the teams that Notre Dame has shared a bit of a rivalry with even if they aren’t annually scheduled opponents?
Here are Notre Dame’s 10 biggest modern football rivals – again, historic ones like USC, Michigan, and Michigan State (just to name a few) aren’t eligible.