After making a deep run in the College Football Playoff and playing for a national championship, there are massive expectations on Notre Dame going into the 2025 season. With that, the question is whether or not Notre Dame is going to be able to live up to those expectations.

Much of the luster of the first Wednesday in February has been lost with the addition of the early signing period in December, as the Irish signed 24 commits while also taking 8 transfers. With some much player movement already, and not many 2025 uncommitted recruits being linked to Notre Dame, we shouldn’t expect much from this signing period.

Notre Dame is fresh off an impressive run to the College Football Playoff National Championship, taking full advantage of the first year of the 12-team format while marching to Atlanta as the No. 7 seed.