notre dame football record last 5 years against top 25 opponent

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are 16-8 against the AP top 25 between October 3, 2021 and October 3, 2026.

	TEAM	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Notre Dame	1/1/2022	0-1	ND	vs	OKST	L 35-37	.000	5	27	551	605	55.0	0.0
2	Notre Dame	9/3/2022	0-1	ND	@	OSU	L 10-21	.000	1	12	253	395	23.1
3	Notre Dame	10/8/2022	1-0	ND	vs	BYU	W 28-20	1.000	3	24	496	276	68.8	0.0
4	Notre Dame	10/29/2022	1-0	ND	@	SYR	W 41-24	1.000	5	22	362	286	40.0	100.0
5	Notre Dame	11/5/2022	1-0	ND	vs	CLEM	W 35-14	1.000	5	24	348	281	50.0
6	Notre Dame	11/26/2022	0-1	ND	@	USC	L 27-38	.000	4	22	408	436	71.4	0.0
7	Notre Dame	12/30/2022	1-0	ND	@	SC	W 45-38	1.000	6	27	558	361	57.9	100.0
8	Notre Dame	9/23/2023	0-1	ND	vs	OSU	L 14-17	.000	2	22	351	366	50.0	0.0
9	Notre Dame	9/30/2023	1-0	ND	@	DUKE	W 21-14	1.000	2	16	381	323	20.0	100.0
10	Notre Dame	10/7/2023	0-1	ND	@	LOU	L 20-33	.000	2	17	298	330	23.1	0.0
11	Notre Dame	10/14/2023	1-0	ND	vs	USC	W 48-20	1.000	6	13	251	308	30.0
12	Notre Dame	12/29/2023	1-0	ND	vs	ORST	W 40-8	1.000	5	24	468	197	57.1	50.0
13	Notre Dame	8/31/2024	1-0	ND	@	TAMU	W 23-13	1.000	2	18	356	246	16.7	50.0
14	Notre Dame	9/28/2024	1-0	ND	vs	LOU	W 31-24	1.000	4	11	280	395	20.0	66.7
15	Notre Dame	10/26/2024	1-0	ND	@	NAVY	W 51-14	1.000	7	20	466	310	61.5	100.0
16	Notre Dame	11/23/2024	1-0	ND	vs	ARMY	W 49-14	1.000	7	20	462	233	60.0	0.0
17	Notre Dame	12/20/2024	1-0	ND	vs	IND	W 27-17	1.000	3	20	394	278	53.8
18	Notre Dame	1/2/2025	1-0	ND	@	UGA	W 23-10	1.000	2	14	244	296	28.6	0.0
19	Notre Dame	1/9/2025	1-0	ND	@	PSU	W 27-24	1.000	3	23	384	339	64.7
20	Notre Dame	1/20/2025	0-1	ND	vs	OSU	L 23-34	.000	3	19	308	445	41.7	75.0
21	Notre Dame	8/31/2025	0-1	ND	@	MIA	L 24-27	.000	3	18	314	339	44.4
22	Notre Dame	9/13/2025	0-1	ND	vs	TAMU	L 40-41	.000	5	23	429	488	46.7	50.0
23	Notre Dame	10/18/2025	1-0	ND	vs	USC	W 34-24	1.000	5	23	442	396	27.3	50.0
24	Notre Dame	11/15/2025	1-0	ND	@	PITT	W 37-15	1.000	5	20	387	219	33.3	60.0
	Average							.667	4.0	20.0	383.0	339.5	44.0	0.0
	Total		16-8					.667	95	479	9,191	8,148	44.0	51.4

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More Notre Dame Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,197

Carr

RUSH

266

Williams

REC

371

Faison

Team Rankings

PPG

41.2

16th

OPP PPG

11.8

8th

RUSH YDS/G

161.6

76th

PASS YDS/G

266.8

40th

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	STAN	@	ND	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	ND	@	BYU	1:00 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

Last Game

Notre Dame

5 - 0

Final

North Carolina

2 - 2

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,613

Jennings

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

603

Hernandez

585

Legree

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

14

Stokes

14

Heintschel

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

204.6

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

53.5

51.8

51.4

49.6

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

9.0

9.8

10.3

11.0

11.5

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

548.3

541.2

532.8

524.6

523.3

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

297.3

294.0

281.5

281.3

277.8

Pass Yards Rankings

365.3

365.0

361.3

346.5

346.0

340.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

16.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	5	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	4	1	.800
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	2	.600
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	2	.500
14	Maryland	2	2	.500
15	Michigan State	2	3	.400
16	Purdue	1	3	.250
17	Rutgers	1	3	.250
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	2	.600
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	4	1	.800
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	3	2	.600
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	2	2	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	3	.400
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	4	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	1	.750
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	1	.750
6	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
7	Louisville	2	2	.500
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	4	1	.800
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	3	.400
12	North Carolina	2	2	.500
13	Boston College	2	3	.400
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	4	1	.800
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	5	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250