Notre Dame will play in the Atlantic Coast Conference this season as part of a plan to play 10 league games and start the week of Sept.
7, alterations brought on by the pandemic.The ACC’s university presidents approved a plan Wednesday for an 11-game schedule, including one nonconference game, and for pushing back the league championship game from Dec.
5 to either Dec. 12 or 19. Notre Dame will play in a football conference for the first time in the 133-year history of the proudly independent program — if the season is played.
The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening to wipe out the fall season, but the biggest conferences are taking steps to try to mitigate potential disruptions to keep football on the slate.