Academic Eligibility To be in academic good standing, first semester students must achieve a minimum semester average of 1.700. Second semester students must achieve a minimum semester average of 1.850. Students in their sophomore year and beyond must achieve a minimum semester average of 2.000.

Since NBC began airing Notre Dame home football games 34 years ago, NBC's deal with the university has ensured that all of its home games are on national broadcast television, a unique configuration among American sports. Most of the games are televised in the afternoon, usually starting at 3:30 p.m. ET.