FBS Independents · 2026
Notre Dame
6–1
CFPi+ rank#5of 138 FBS teams
+25.7CFPi+ rating
#1Best: National composite
#7Weakest: Offense
5Games left
Where the team ranks
CFPi+#5+25.7
Offense#7+38.8
Defense#3+13.2
How efficiently it plays
EPi+#1+31.3
Off EPi+#6+14.9
Def EPi+#4-16.4
Offense and defense
| Stat | Offense | Defense |
|---|---|---|
| Success rate | #750.9% | #934.5% |
| Explosiveness | #102+1.180 | #29+1.154 |
| Havoc rate | #710.3% | #820.6% |
| Pass PPA | #11+0.457 | #35+0.070 |
| Rush PPA | #12+0.247 | #2-0.182 |
Raw season splits, not opponent-adjusted. Defense #1 is the stingiest in the country.
The roster and the staff
TPi+#6+25.7
Recruiting#6+24.2
Returning#57+6.9
247 talent#6953.0
Head coach#6+20.2
What other systems say
Composite#1+28.7
SP+#3+25.2
SP+ off#3+39.5
SP+ def#8+14.7
ESPN FPI#2+27.7
The box-score view
Yards/G#28445.1
Yards/G allowed#1234.9
Pass yards/G#36261.7
Rush yards/G#42183.4
3rd down#3844.0%
3rd down allowed#8239.1%
Sacks/G#592.1
Takeaways/G#42.3
Ranks are national out of 138 FBS teams and #1 is best. The bar shows where a rank sits in the field; the rating is the source beneath it.
Every game, with the model's read
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Projected | Win prob | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs Wisconsin | W 41–13 | Final | |||
| 2 | vs Rice | W 52–0 | Final | |||
| 3 | vs Michigan State | W 27–10 | Final | |||
| 4 | @ Purdue | W 49–10 | Final | |||
| 5 | @ North Carolina | W 37–26 | Final | |||
| 6 | vs Stanford | W 58–7 | Final | |||
| 7 | @ #16BYU | L 24–28 | Final | |||
| 9 | vs Navy | — | ||||
| 10 | vs #2Miami | — | ||||
| 11 | vs Boston College | — | ||||
| 12 | vs SMU | — | ||||
| 13 | @ Syracuse | — | ||||
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CFPi-X V4.0 Selected · data vintage 10/26/2026