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IndependentFighting Irish

Notre Dame

19th of 13010–3

Rank

19th

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

+13.3

90% range 3.7 to 22.9

Offense

35.9

19th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

22.7

26th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

10–3

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

Schedule

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

Week and dateOpponentResult or win chancePlayoff stakes or rating change
Wk 1Sep 2 · 3:30 PM ET vs Temple W 49–16
Rating change+2.5
Wk 2Sep 9 · 7:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#17 Georgia L 19–20
Rating change−1.3
Wk 3Sep 16 · 3:30 PM ET at Boston College W 49–20
Rating change+0.5
Wk 4Sep 23 · 8:00 PM ET at Michigan State W 38–18
Rating change+1.1
Wk 5Sep 30 · 5:00 PM ET vs Miami (OH) W 52–17
Rating change+0.5
Wk 6Oct 7 · 3:30 PM ET at North Carolina W 33–10
Rating change+1.4
Wk 8Oct 21 · 7:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#14 USC W 49–14
Rating change+3.1
Wk 9Oct 28 · 3:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#21 NC State W 35–14
Rating change+2.0
Wk 10Nov 4 · 3:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#21 Wake Forest W 48–37
Rating change−0.7
Wk 11Nov 11 · 8:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#19 Miami L 8–41
Rating change−4.0
Wk 12Nov 18 · 3:30 PM ET vs Navy W 24–17
Rating change−1.4
Wk 13Nov 25 · 8:00 PM ET at Stanford L 20–38
Rating change−2.1
PostJan 1 · 1:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#13 LSUCITRUS BOWL PRESENTED BY OVERTON'S W 21–17
Rating change+0.4

Rating through 2017

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2016Independent20 of 12811.937.025.14–8—
2015Independent16 of 12814.139.625.410–3—

Profile

ND offenseFBS average
MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles

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TEMPO v12Updated Oct 20, 2026Data from CollegeFootballData.com