IndependentFighting Irish

Notre Dame

20th of 1284–8

Rank

20th

of 128 FBS teams

Rating

+11.9

90% range 1.5 to 22.4

Offense

37.0

25th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

25.1

35th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

4–8

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

12 games, 4–8

Schedule

Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.

Wk 1Sep 4 · 7:30 PM ET at

Texas L 47–50

Rating change−1.0

Wk 2Sep 10 · 3:30 PM ET vs

Nevada W 39–10

Rating change+1.2

Wk 3Sep 17 · 7:30 PM ET vs

Michigan State L 28–36

Rating change−2.3

Wk 4Sep 24 · 3:30 PM ET vs

Duke L 35–38

Rating change−1.6

Wk 5Oct 1 · 12:00 PM ET vs

SyracuseNeutral W 50–33

Rating change−0.3

Wk 6Oct 8 · 12:00 PM ET at

NC State L 3–10

Rating change−1.2

Wk 7Oct 15 · 7:30 PM ET vs

Stanford L 10–17

Rating change−1.0

Wk 9Oct 29 · 3:30 PM ET vs#22

Miami W 30–27

Rating change+1.5

Wk 10Nov 5 · 11:30 AM ET vs

NavyNeutral L 27–28

Rating change−0.1

Wk 11Nov 12 · 3:30 PM ET vs

ArmyNeutral W 44–6

Rating change+3.2

Wk 12Nov 19 · 3:30 PM ET vs#16

Virginia Tech L 31–34

Rating change+0.1

Wk 13Nov 26 · 3:30 PM ET at#6

USC L 27–45

Rating change+0.6

With its 90% range at each cutoff

Rating through 2016

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Estimates of how good the team was, not forecasts to grade

Past seasons

Season	Conference	Rank#	Rating	Off.	Def.	RecordW–L	CFP entryCFP
2015	Independent	16 of 128	14.1	39.6	25.4	10–3	—

Adjusted for opponents; outward is better on both sides

Profile

ND offenseFBS average

MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles