In Phil Steele’s college football 2025 preview magazine, he ranks Notre Dame as the No. 2 team in the country as the season is almost here.

As the 2025 season creeps closer for Notre Dame, the headlines off the field continue to heat up. Here's what to know for July 9.

Since 2007, they have only squared off nine times and Notre Dame is 9-0 in those contests with their largest margin of victory in the series coming this past season when they traveled to West Lafayette and won in a 66-7 blowout that was over by halftime. Freeman has only coached against Purdue once and is 1-0 against the instate rival.