Wisconsin Opens 2026 Season at Lambeau Field in Rare Sunday Showdown With Notre Dame

Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, will trade in the NFL for college football on Sunday, Sept. 6, when the Wisconsin Badgers kick off their 2026 season against fifth-ranked Notre Dame. It marks the first college game at the Green Bay venue in a decade.

The matchup, part of Notre Dame’s Shamrock Series, comes five years after the two programs last met at Soldier Field in Chicago. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m., with the game airing on NBC and streaming on Peacock — both properties of Comcast, whose shares closed at $26.49 on Tuesday, down 0.64% from the prior close of $26.66, valuing the media and telecom giant at roughly $94.4 billion.

The Badgers enter the season unranked in the preseason coaches poll, while Notre Dame arrives at No. 5 following a 10-2 campaign. The Irish sit behind Ohio State, Oregon, Georgia and Texas in the preseason top 10, which also includes Indiana, Miami, Texas A&M, Oklahoma and Ole Miss.

A Sunday Slot in a Crowded Window

Wisconsin-Notre Dame is one of three college football games scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 6, all featuring at least one ranked team: Washington State faces No. 19 Washington at 3 p.m. on NBC, and Louisville takes on No. 10 Ole Miss at 6:30 p.m. on ABC.

After the unusual Sunday opener, Wisconsin returns to a conventional rhythm, playing its next four games on Saturdays before a bye week. The nonconference slate continues with home dates against Western Illinois on Sept. 12 (6:15 p.m., BTN) and Eastern Michigan on Sept. 19 (11:30 a.m., Peacock).

What to watch

• Ratings and streaming performance for the NBC/Peacock broadcast, an early data point for NBC’s college football window this season.
• Whether Wisconsin can keep pace with a top-five opponent before turning to a favorable nonconference stretch.
• Comcast’s upcoming quarterly earnings, which will cover Peacock subscriber trends and sports-driven advertising revenue.

Source: original release