IndependentFighting Irish

Notre Dame

11th of 13012–1

Rank

11th

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

+17.6

90% range 8.5 to 26.7

Offense

34.8

24th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

17.1

8th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

12–1

Playoff

Seed 3

the committee’s seed

13 games, 12–1

Schedule

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

Wk 1Sep 1 · 7:30 PM ET vs#8

Michigan W 24–17

Rating change−0.6

Wk 2Sep 8 · 3:30 PM ET vs

Ball State W 24–16

Rating change−2.6

Wk 3Sep 15 · 2:30 PM ET vs

Vanderbilt W 22–17

Rating change−2.2

Wk 4Sep 22 · 12:00 PM ET at

Wake Forest W 56–27

Rating change+3.7

Wk 5Sep 29 · 7:30 PM ET vs#16

Stanford W 38–17

Rating change+2.4

Wk 6Oct 6 · 8:00 PM ET at

Virginia Tech W 45–23

Rating change−0.5

Wk 7Oct 13 · 2:30 PM ET vs

Pittsburgh W 19–14

Rating change−1.8

Wk 9Oct 27 · 8:00 PM ET vs

NavyNeutral W 44–22

Rating change−0.3

Wk 10Nov 3 · 7:15 PM ET at

Northwestern W 31–21

Rating change+1.0

Wk 11Nov 10 · 7:30 PM ET vs

Florida State W 42–13

Rating change+0.8

Wk 12Nov 17 · 2:30 PM ET vs

SyracuseNeutral W 36–3

Rating change+2.1

Wk 13Nov 24 · 8:00 PM ET at

USC W 24–17

Rating change−1.1

PostDec 29 · 4:00 PM ET vs#2

ClemsonSemifinals · Cotton Bowl L 3–30

Rating change−1.0

With its 90% range at each cutoff

Rating through 2018

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
2017	Independent	19 of 130	13.3	35.9	22.7	10–3	—
2016	Independent	20 of 128	11.9	37.0	25.1	4–8	—
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