notre dame average strength of schedule last 10 years

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have averaged 6.3 yards per attempt between September 16, 2016 and September 16, 2026.

	TEAM	DATE	AVG	TM		OPP	RESULT	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Notre Dame	9/17/2016	6.5	ND	vs	MSU	L 28-36	4	20	401	501	36.4	100.0
2	Notre Dame	9/24/2016	7.2	ND	vs	DUKE	L 35-38	5	24	534	498	41.7	0.0
3	Notre Dame	10/1/2016	9.1	ND	@	SYR	W 50-33	6	25	654	489	25.0	0.0
4	Notre Dame	10/8/2016	2.1	ND	@	NCST	L 3-10	0	10	132	198	6.7	50.0
5	Notre Dame	10/15/2016	4.8	ND	vs	STAN	L 10-17	1	16	307	296	35.7	50.0
6	Notre Dame	10/29/2016	6.1	ND	vs	MIA	W 30-27	3	21	411	306	50.0	0.0
7	Notre Dame	11/5/2016	6.6	ND	@	NAVY	L 27-28	3	21	370	368	69.2	100.0
8	Notre Dame	11/12/2016	6.6	ND	vs	ARMY	W 44-6	6	31	476	242	76.9	100.0
9	Notre Dame	11/19/2016	6.4	ND	vs	VT	L 31-34	4	22	449	423	28.6	100.0
10	Notre Dame	11/26/2016	5.4	ND	@	USC	L 27-45	4	23	408	412	29.4	100.0
11	Notre Dame	9/2/2017	8.2	ND	vs	TEM	W 49-16	7	27	606	330	46.2	50.0
12	Notre Dame	9/9/2017	3.4	ND	vs	UGA	L 19-20	1	18	265	326	17.6	100.0
13	Notre Dame	9/16/2017	7.8	ND	@	BC	W 49-20	7	20	611	400	50.0	0.0
14	Notre Dame	9/23/2017	5.9	ND	@	MSU	W 38-18	5	21	355	496	57.1
15	Notre Dame	9/30/2017	8.1	ND	vs	M-OH	W 52-17	7	21	503	377	38.5	100.0
16	Notre Dame	10/7/2017	5.5	ND	@	UNC	W 33-10	4	27	487	265	31.3	75.0
17	Notre Dame	10/21/2017	7.2	ND	vs	USC	W 49-14	7	23	497	336	53.8
18	Notre Dame	10/28/2017	5.8	ND	vs	NCST	W 35-14	5	25	422	263	56.3
19	Notre Dame	11/4/2017	8.5	ND	vs	WAKE	W 48-37	6	30	710	587	50.0	33.3
20	Notre Dame	11/11/2017	4.1	ND	@	MIA	L 8-41	1	13	261	374	31.3	50.0
21	Notre Dame	11/18/2017	6.7	ND	vs	NAVY	W 24-17	3	16	327	318	50.0
22	Notre Dame	11/25/2017	5.7	ND	@	STAN	L 20-38	2	17	415	328	42.1	50.0
23	Notre Dame	1/1/2018	5.9	ND	@	LSU	W 21-17	2	17	368	399	46.2	0.0
24	Notre Dame	9/1/2018	4.4	ND	vs	MICH	W 24-17	3	21	302	307	46.7	100.0
25	Notre Dame	9/8/2018	5.8	ND	vs	BALL	W 24-16	3	20	414	349	28.6	50.0
	Average		0.0					4.5	21.9	428.5	330.6	43.8	0.0
	Total		6.3					591	2,843	55,702	42,979	43.8	60.6

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Team Leaders

PASS

492

Carr

RUSH

119

Williams

REC

135

Faison

Team Rankings

PPG

46.5

21st

OPP PPG

6.5

5th

RUSH YDS/G

114.5

136th

PASS YDS/G

299.5

26th

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	MSU	@	ND	7:30 PM
Sat 9/26	ND	@	PUR	2:00 PM
Sat 10/3	ND	@	UNC	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	STAN	@	ND	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	ND	@	BYU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Rice

1 - 1

Final

Notre Dame

2 - 0

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

396.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	2	0	1.000
2	Auburn	2	0	1.000
3	Florida	2	0	1.000
4	Georgia	2	0	1.000
5	LSU	2	0	1.000
6	Mississippi State	2	0	1.000
7	Missouri	2	0	1.000
8	Ole Miss	2	0	1.000
9	South Carolina	2	0	1.000
10	Tennessee	2	0	1.000
11	Texas	2	0	1.000
12	Texas A&M	2	0	1.000
13	Vanderbilt	2	0	1.000
14	Arkansas	1	1	.500
15	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
16	Kentucky	1	1	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Troy	2	0	1.000
3	Georgia State	2	0	1.000
4	James Madison	2	0	1.000
5	Arkansas State	1	1	.500
6	Coastal Carolina	1	1	.500
7	Georgia Southern	1	1	.500
8	Louisiana	1	1	.500
9	Louisiana Tech	1	1	.500
10	Marshall	1	1	.500
11	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
12	South Alabama	1	1	.500
13	Southern Miss	1	1	.500
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	2	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	2	0	1.000
2	Cincinnati	2	0	1.000
3	Colorado	2	0	1.000
4	Houston	2	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
6	Texas Tech	2	0	1.000
7	Utah	2	0	1.000
8	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
9	Arizona State	1	1	.500
10	Baylor	1	1	.500
11	Iowa State	1	1	.500
12	Kansas	1	1	.500
13	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
14	TCU	1	1	.500
15	UCF	1	1	.500
16	Arizona	1	1	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	2	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
3	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	0	1.000
5	Memphis	2	1	.667
6	North Texas	1	1	.500
7	Rice	1	1	.500
8	Temple	1	1	.500
9	Tulane	1	1	.500
10	UAB	1	1	.500
11	Charlotte	0	2	.000
12	East Carolina	0	2	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333