The Washington Huskies football team will likely have a lot of updates in the coming months about its future schedule.

The College Football Playoff officially expanded to 24 teams this week, and with the update came the news that Power Four teams will be required to play 10 Power Four opponents a season. Washington, which plays in the Big Ten, already plays nine in-conference teams, which would mean that one more Power Four team would need to be added to the schedule.

The Huskies will need to drop one of their currently-scheduled nonconference opponents in each of the 2027 and 2028 season to meet that criteria. However, they have that extra Power Four opponent on the slate for 2029-30. Washington will play the Tennessee Volunteers on Sept. 1, 2029, at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., and against Sept. 7, 2030, at Husky Stadium in Seattle.

Washington also took care of scheduling its one nonconference "Power Four" opponent for the 2031 and 2034 seasons.

According to a news release from the organization Tuesday, the Huskies will play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in '31 and '34. The first of the two scheduled contests will take place Sept. 27, 2031, at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Ind. The second game will take place Nov. 11, 2034, at Husky Stadium in Seattle.

The Irish are officially an independent football program, but are specifically mentioned in CFP and conference guidelines as a "Power Four" team, therefore meeting the scheduling requirement.

The games against Notre Dame are the farthest scheduled-ahead games for Washington aside from a nonconference game against the San Jose State Spartans, which is set to take place Sept. 17, 2033, at Husky Stadium.

The Huskies and the Irish have met eight times all-time. The first meeting was Nov. 27, 1948, and the most recent was Oct. 3, 2009.

Here's a look at the past matchups between Notre Dame and Washington:

-- Nov. 27, 1948: Notre Dame def. Washington 47-0 (Notre Dame Stadium)

-- Oct. 1, 1949: Notre Dame def. Washington 27-7 (Husky Stadium)

-- Oct. 7, 1995: Notre Dame def. Washington 29-21 (Notre Dame Stadium)

-- Oct. 12, 1996: Notre Dame def. Washington 54-20 (Notre Dame Stadium)

-- Sept. 25, 2004: Notre Dame def. Washington 38-3 (Notre Dame Stadium)

-- Sept. 24, 2005: Notre Dame def. Washington 36-17 (Husky Stadium)

-- Oct. 25, 2008: Notre Dame def. Washington 33-7 (Husky Stadium)

-- Oct. 3, 2009: Notre Dame def. Washington 36-30 (OT) (Husky Stadium)

The last time the Irish and Huskies met, the team was in its first year under coach Steve Sarkisian. At the time, the Washington featured notable names such as quarterback and future first-round pick Jake Locker and eventual Super Bowl champion wide receiver with the Seattle Seahawks, Jermaine Kearse.

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