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Game Day Central: No. 16 Texas A&M Aggies vs. No. 8 Notre Dame football

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No. 8 Notre Dame (0-1) opened the 2025 season with a road loss against Miami, and after a bye week, Fighting Irish football is finally back. Marcus Freeman‘s group is set to host the No. 16 Texas A&M Auggies (2-0, 0-0 SEC) in primetime. Blue & Gold gets you ready with what you need to know before today’s tilt.

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GAME DAY INFORMATION

Date: Sept. 13, 2025
Site (Capacity): Notre Dame Stadium
(77,622)
Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. ET
Television: NBC
Radio: This game can be heard on Notre Dame IMG affiliates.
Series Facts: Notre Dame leads 4-2. The Irish won the last meeting 23-13 in College Station, Texas, on Aug. 31, 2024.
Head coaches: Texas A&M — Mike Elko (10-5, 2nd season); Notre Dame — Marcus Freeman (33-11, 4th season).
Noting Texas A&M: Even though ND leads the series 4-2, the most the Irish have scored in any game against Texas A&M is 28 points. That was in the Cotton Bowl to conclude the 1992 season, one of three postseason games the two teams tangled in … Reveille X, A&M’s collie mascot, had her right eye removed this offseason as a precaution after being diagnosed with glaucoma … Just six members remain on the Aggies’ roster from its 2022 recruiting class of 30 players that ranked No. 1 in that cycle.

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GAME PREDICTIONS

BetMGM line: Notre Dame -6.5 …. Over/under 49.5

Eric Hansen: ND 30, Texas A&M 20
Tyler Horka: Notre Dame 27, Texas A&M 17
Tyler James: ND 27, Texas A&M 17
Kyle Kelly: Notre Dame 24, Texas A&M 14
Jack Soble: ND 31, Texas A&M 24
Todd D. Burlage: Notre Dame 24, Texas A&M 20
Steve Downey: ND 26, Texas A&M 10

Full staff predictions article

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