#2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	10	330	5,105	924	5.5	2,578	641	4.0	2,527	283	8.9
Team Rank		13th	2nd	2nd	8th	17th	5th	33rd	10th	41st	2nd
Opponent	10	97	2,178		3.3	950	375	2.5	1,228	281	4.4
Opponent Rank		46th	4th		7th	3rd	2nd	12th	21st	84th	5th
Net		+233	+2,927	+924	+2.2	+1,628	+266	+1.5	+1,299	+2	+4.6
Net Rank		7th	1st	2nd	4th	7th	4th	17th	3rd	64th	1st

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Joe Theismann J. Theismann	10	155	268	57.8	26.8	2,429	9.1	242.9	16	14	143.2	6.0	5.2
Pat Steenberge P. Steenberge	10	7	14	50.0	1.4	98	7.0	9.8	0	1	94.5	0.0	7.1
Jim Yoder J. Yoder	10	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Joe Theismann J. Theismann	10	124	12.4	384	3.1	38.4	4	125	391
Ed Gulyas E. Gulyas	10	118	11.8	534	4.5	53.4	3	127	723
Denny Allan D. Allan	10	111	11.1	401	3.6	40.1	7	122	567
Bill Barz B. Barz	10	88	8.8	352	4.0	35.2	4	101	479
Bob Minnix B. Minnix	10	50	5.0	230	4.6	23.0	2	51	270
Darryll Dewan D. Dewan	10	46	4.6	158	3.4	15.8	3	54	245
John Cieszkowski J. Cieszkowski	10	44	4.4	187	4.3	18.7	3	51	266
Larry Parker L. Parker	10	26	2.6	201	7.7	20.1	2	36	409
Pat Steenberge P. Steenberge	10	15	1.5	45	3.0	4.5	1
Bill Gallagher B. Gallagher	10	7	0.7	44	6.3	4.4	0
Ron Johnson R. Johnson	10	3	0.3	16	5.3	1.6	0
Chuck Nightingale C. Nightingale	10	3	0.3	6	2.0	0.6	0
Bill Trapp B. Trapp	10	2	0.2	20	10.0	2.0	0	6	51
Terry Garner T. Garner	10	1	0.1	5	5.0	0.5	0
Tom Wright T. Wright	10	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0
Denny Gutowski D. Gutowski	10	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Tom Gatewood T. Gatewood	10	77	7.7	1,123	14.6	112.3	7
Mike Creaney M. Creaney	10	17	1.7	399	23.5	39.9	2
Bill Barz B. Barz	10	13	1.3	127	9.8	12.7	1	101	479
Denny Allan D. Allan	10	11	1.1	166	15.1	16.6	1	122	567
Larry Parker L. Parker	10	10	1.0	208	20.8	20.8	1	36	409
Ed Gulyas E. Gulyas	10	9	0.9	189	21.0	18.9	2	127	723
Darryll Dewan D. Dewan	10	8	0.8	87	10.9	8.7	0	54	245
John Cieszkowski J. Cieszkowski	10	7	0.7	79	11.3	7.9	1	51	266
Bill Trapp B. Trapp	10	4	0.4	31	7.8	3.1	0	6	51
John Tereschuk J. Tereschuk	10	3	0.3	56	18.7	5.6	0
Bob Minnix B. Minnix	10	1	0.1	40	40.0	4.0	1	51	270
Jim Yoder J. Yoder	10	1	0.1	15	15.0	1.5	0
Joe Theismann J. Theismann	10	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.7	0	125	391

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Joe Theismann J. Theismann	10	4	0	20	120
Denny Allan D. Allan	10	7	1	8	48
Tom Gatewood T. Gatewood	10		7	7	42
Bill Barz B. Barz	10	4	1	5	30
Ed Gulyas E. Gulyas	10	3	2	5	30
John Cieszkowski J. Cieszkowski	10	3	1	4	24
Darryll Dewan D. Dewan	10	3	0	3	18
Bob Minnix B. Minnix	10	2	1	3	18
Larry Parker L. Parker	10	2	1	3	18
Mike Creaney M. Creaney	10		2	2	12
Pat Steenberge P. Steenberge	10	1		1	6

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Mensah

27

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

517.0

516.6

514.0

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	9	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	3	.667
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	6	3	.667
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	7	.222
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	4	5	.444
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	South Florida	6	3	.667
10	Tulane	4	5	.444
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333