notre dame football record last 5 years against top 25 opponent

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are 16-9 against the AP top 25 between October 31, 2021 and October 31, 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
25	Notre Dame	10/17/2026	0-1	ND	@	BYU	L 24-28	.000	2	22	376	360	42.1	100.0
	Average							.640	3.9	20.0	382.7	340.3	43.9	0.0
	Total		16-9					.640	97	501	9,567	8,508	43.9	56.1

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More Notre Dame Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,639

Carr

RUSH

426

Walton

REC

451

Faison

Team Rankings

PPG

41.1

5th

OPP PPG

13.4

7th

RUSH YDS/G

183.4

49th

PASS YDS/G

261.7

39th

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
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
Sat 11/28	ND	@	SYR	1:00 PM

Last Game

Notre Dame

6 - 1

Final

BYU

6 - 0

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,577

Jackson

2,536

Veltkamp

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

963

Riley

957

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

23

Veltkamp

22

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.8

43.0

42.7

41.1

40.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

540.5

529.1

527.0

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

348.9

341.0

340.7

329.6

323.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
3	South Alabama	4	3	.571
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	3	.571
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Marshall	4	3	.571
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	6	.333
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	2	7	.222

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
7	Tulane	4	4	.500
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Charlotte	1	7	.125
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	5	3	.625
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	West Virginia	5	3	.625
11	UCF	4	4	.500
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	6	1	.857
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125