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Since 1950, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have their highest point differential in a season in 2024, with a 330-point differential.

	TEAM	DIFF	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Notre Dame	330	2024	16	14	2	0	76	578	36.1	248	15.5	326	41.3	73.3
2	Notre Dame	324	1966	10	9	0	1		362	36.2	38	3.8
3	Notre Dame	302	2023	13	10	3	0	66	509	39.2	207	15.9	273	44.5	58.8
4	Notre Dame	293	2025	12	10	2	0	70	504	42.0	211	17.6	272	48.1	54.8
5	Notre Dame	292	1973	10	10	0	0		358	35.8	66	6.6
6	Notre Dame	253	1977	11	10	1	0		382	34.7	129	11.7
7	Notre Dame	245	2019	13	11	2	0	61	478	36.8	233	17.9	272	40.0	68.0
8	Notre Dame	233	1970	10	9	1	0		330	33.0	97	9.7
9	Notre Dame	231	1992	11	9	1	1		409	37.2	178	16.2
10	Notre Dame	226	1996	11	8	3	0		407	37.0	181	16.5
11	Notre Dame	224	1988	11	11	0	0		359	32.6	135	12.3
12	Notre Dame	223	1989	12	11	1	0		406	33.8	183	15.3
13	Notre Dame	221	1969	10	8	1	1		334	33.4	113	11.3
14	Notre Dame	213	1967	10	8	2	0		337	33.7	124	12.4
15	Notre Dame	210	1964	10	9	1	0		287	28.7	77	7.7
16	Notre Dame	209	1993	11	10	1	0		403	36.6	194	17.6
17	Notre Dame	206	1968	10	7	2	1		376	37.6	170	17.0
18	Notre Dame	202	2021	13	11	2	0	58	458	35.2	256	19.7	290	42.3	52.9
19	Notre Dame	197	1965	10	7	2	1		270	27.0	73	7.3
20	Notre Dame	171	2018	13	12	1	0	51	408	31.4	237	18.2	306	43.0	64.0
21	Notre Dame	169	2012	13	12	1	0	38	335	25.8	166	12.8	281
22	Notre Dame	169	1974	11	9	2	0		305	27.7	136	12.4
23	Notre Dame	166	2017	13	10	3	0	57	445	34.2	279	21.5	275	43.2	55.6
24	Notre Dame	165	2020	12	10	2	0	51	401	33.4	236	19.7	291	49.7	62.5
25	Notre Dame	165	1991	12	9	3	0		426	35.5	261	21.8

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,741

Carr

RUSH

1,372

Love

REC

640

Faison

Team Rankings

PPG

42.0

4th

OPP PPG

17.6

13th

RUSH YDS/G

203.4

17th

PASS YDS/G

255.1

47th

Last Game

Notre Dame

10 - 2

Final

Stanford

4 - 8

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CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.9

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167

Since 1950, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have their highest point differential in a season in 2024, with a 330-point differential.

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