notre dame football against ranked teams from 2017 to 2021

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish had a record of 12-10 against ranked opponents from 2017 through 2021.

	TEAM	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Notre Dame	9/9/2017	ND	vs	UGA	L 19-20	1	18	265	326	17.6	100.0
2	Notre Dame	10/21/2017	ND	vs	USC	W 49-14	7	23	497	336	53.8
3	Notre Dame	10/28/2017	ND	vs	NCST	W 35-14	5	25	422	263	56.3
4	Notre Dame	11/11/2017	ND	@	MIA	L 8-41	1	13	261	374	31.3	50.0
5	Notre Dame	11/25/2017	ND	@	STAN	L 20-38	2	17	415	328	42.1	50.0
6	Notre Dame	1/1/2018	ND	@	LSU	W 21-17	2	17	368	399	46.2	0.0
7	Notre Dame	9/1/2018	ND	vs	MICH	W 24-17	3	21	302	307	46.7	100.0
8	Notre Dame	9/29/2018	ND	vs	STAN	W 38-17	5	29	550	229	52.9	50.0
9	Notre Dame	10/6/2018	ND	@	VT	W 45-23	6	19	438	441	56.3	33.3
10	Notre Dame	11/17/2018	ND	vs	SYR	W 36-3	4	23	463	234	40.0	50.0
11	Notre Dame	12/29/2018	ND	@	CLEM	L 3-30	0	17	248	538	29.4	50.0
12	Notre Dame	9/21/2019	ND	@	UGA	L 17-23	2	14	321	339	30.8	33.3
13	Notre Dame	9/28/2019	ND	vs	UVA	W 35-20	5	19	322	338	40.0	100.0
14	Notre Dame	10/26/2019	ND	@	MICH	L 14-45	2	12	180	437	20.0	0.0
15	Notre Dame	11/16/2019	ND	vs	NAVY	W 52-20	7	18	410	360	44.4	50.0
16	Notre Dame	11/7/2020	ND	vs	CLEM	W 47-40	5	22	518	473	52.6	0.0
17	Notre Dame	11/27/2020	ND	@	UNC	W 31-17	4	25	478	298	36.4
18	Notre Dame	12/19/2020	ND	vs	CLEM	L 10-34	1	18	263	541	25.0	0.0
19	Notre Dame	1/1/2021	ND	@	ALA	L 14-31	2	24	375	437	50.0	66.7
20	Notre Dame	9/25/2021	ND	@	WIS	W 41-13	5	17	242	318	31.3	100.0
21	Notre Dame	10/2/2021	ND	vs	CIN	L 13-24	2	19	341	390	35.3	50.0
22	Notre Dame	1/1/2022	ND	vs	OKST	L 35-37	5	27	551	605	55.0	0.0
	Average						3.5	19.9	374.1	377.8	40.9	0.0
	Total						76	437	8,230	8,311	40.9	48.6

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More Notre Dame Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,378

Carr

RUSH

409

Walton

REC

387

Faison

Team Rankings

PPG

44.0

4th

OPP PPG

11.0

5th

RUSH YDS/G

194.8

41st

PASS YDS/G

261.8

42nd

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	ND	@	BYU	7:30 PM
Sat 10/31	ND	@	NAVY	12:00 PM
Sat 11/7	MIA	@	ND	7:30 PM
Sat 11/14	BC	@	ND	3:30 PM
Sat 11/21	SMU	@	ND	7:30 PM

Last Game

Stanford

2 - 4

Final

Notre Dame

6 - 0

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Missouri State	1	4	.200
9	Sam Houston	1	4	.200
10	Delaware	2	4	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333