#6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	350	4,587	786	5.8	2,753	582	4.7	1,834	204	9.0
Team Rank		20th	21st	54th	15th	12th	13th	16th	70th	99th	6th
Opponent	11	249	4,293		5.5	1,355	405	3.3	2,938	374	7.9
Opponent Rank		47th	72nd		82nd	21st	14th	33rd	99th	95th	87th
Net		+101	+294	+786	+0.3	+1,398	+177	+1.4	-1,104	-170	+1.1
Net Rank		30th	46th	54th	42nd	13th	8th	19th	104th	103rd	31st

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Rick Mirer R. Mirer	11	110	200	55.0	18.2	1,824	9.1	165.8	8	6	138.8	4.0	3.0
Kevin McDougal K. McDougal	11	1	2	50.0	0.2	10	5.0	0.9	0	0	92.0	0.0	0.0
B.J. Hawkins	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Matt Johnson M. Johnson	11	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
Rodney Culver R. Culver	11	150	13.6	710	4.7	64.5	5	163	855
Ricky Watters R. Watters	11	108	9.8	579	5.4	52.6	8	115	637
Tony Brooks T. Brooks	11	105	9.5	451	4.3	41.0	6	108	498
Rick Mirer R. Mirer	11	98	8.9	198	2.0	18.0	6
Raghib Ismail R. Ismail	11	67	6.1	537	8.0	48.8	3	99	1,236
Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	11	15	1.4	115	7.7	10.5	1
Dorsey Levens D. Levens	11	13	1.2	53	4.1	4.8	2	14	73
Jeff Burris J. Burris	11	6	0.5	30	5.0	2.7	1
Willie Clark W. Clark	11	4	0.4	6	1.5	0.5	0
Shawn Davis S. Davis	11	4	0.4	3	0.8	0.3	1	12	135
Ryan Mihalko R. Mihalko	11	3	0.3	25	8.3	2.3	0
Kenny Spears K. Spears	11	3	0.3	18	6.0	1.6	0
B.J. Hawkins	11	2	0.2	26	13.0	2.4	0
Matt Johnson M. Johnson	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0
Kevin McDougal K. McDougal	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0
Walter Boyd W. Boyd	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0
Martin Scruggs M. Scruggs	11	1	0.1	-6	-6.0	-0.5	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Raghib Ismail R. Ismail	11	32	2.9	699	21.8	63.5	2	99	1,236
Tony Smith T. Smith	11	15	1.4	229	15.3	20.8	2
Derek Brown D. Brown	11	15	1.4	220	14.7	20.0	1
Rodney Culver R. Culver	11	13	1.2	145	11.2	13.2	2	163	855
Shawn Davis S. Davis	11	8	0.7	132	16.5	12.0	0	12	135
Ricky Watters R. Watters	11	7	0.6	58	8.3	5.3	0	115	637
Lake Dawson L. Dawson	11	6	0.5	107	17.8	9.7	0
Adrian Jarrell A. Jarrell	11	6	0.5	92	15.3	8.4	1
Ray Griggs R. Griggs	11	3	0.3	69	23.0	6.3	0
Tony Brooks T. Brooks	11	3	0.3	47	15.7	4.3	0	108	498
Dorsey Levens D. Levens	11	1	0.1	20	20.0	1.8	0	14	73
William Pollard W. Pollard	11	1	0.1	10	10.0	0.9	0
Irv Smith I. Smith	11	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Michael Stonebreaker M. Stonebreaker	11	2	23	11.5
Donn Grimm D. Grimm	11	2	18	9
Todd Lyght T. Lyght	11	2	13	6.5
Rod Smith R. Smith	11	1	17	17
Reggie Brooks R. Brooks	11	1	9	9
Greg Davis G. Davis	11	1	2	2

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Craig Hentrich C. Hentrich	11				16	41	89
Rick Mirer R. Mirer	11	6		14			84
Ricky Watters R. Watters	11	8	0	8			48
Rodney Culver R. Culver	11	5	2	7			42
Tony Brooks T. Brooks	11	6	0	6			36
Raghib Ismail R. Ismail	11	3	2	6			36
Dorsey Levens D. Levens	11	2	0	2			12
Tony Smith T. Smith	11		2	2			12
Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	11	1		1			6
Derek Brown D. Brown	11		1	1			6
Jeff Burris J. Burris	11	1		1			6
Shawn Davis S. Davis	11	1	0	1			6
Adrian Jarrell A. Jarrell	11		1	1			6
Todd Lyght T. Lyght	11			1			6
Jim Sexton J. Sexton	11					1	1

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Raghib Ismail R. Ismail	11	14	336	24.0	1	13	151	11.6	0
Ryan Mihalko R. Mihalko	11	5	61	12.2	0	1	12	12.0	0
Rodney Culver R. Culver	11	5	53	10.6	0
Tony Brooks T. Brooks	11	4	67	16.8	0
Rod Smith R. Smith	11	1	21	21.0	0	2	24	12.0	0
Jeff Burris J. Burris	11	3	25	8.3	0
Ricky Watters R. Watters	11					3	25	8.3	0
Dorsey Levens D. Levens	11	2	31	15.5	0
Walter Boyd W. Boyd	11	2	18	9.0	0
Todd Lyght T. Lyght	11	1	53	53.0	1
Kenny Spears K. Spears	11	1	7	7.0	0
Lake Dawson L. Dawson	11	1	0	0.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Craig Hentrich C. Hentrich	11	16	20	80.0						41	41	100.0	89
	Jim Sexton J. Sexton	11									1	1	100.0

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Craig Hentrich C. Hentrich	11	34	1,526	44.9
	Jim Sexton J. Sexton	11	9	319	35.4

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,848

Atkinson

1,756

Fifita

1,744

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

828

Roberts

793

Cook

685

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

17

Hoover

16

Atkinson

Rush TD Leaders

12

Hawkins

11

Baugh

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

202.0

Stockton

200.5

Hoover

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

297.3

295.5

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.0

357.0

346.5

341.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

20.0

19.0

18.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	5	1	.833
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
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	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Arizona State	2	2	.500
11	Iowa State	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	3	.500
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	1	.833
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Iowa	5	1	.833
9	USC	5	1	.833
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Illinois	2	3	.400
15	Maryland	2	3	.400
16	Michigan State	2	3	.400
17	Rutgers	1	4	.200
18	Washington	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Virginia	3	2	.600
8	NC State	3	3	.500
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Florida State	3	3	.500
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	3	2	.600
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
3	Memphis	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	Temple	2	3	.400
8	South Florida	4	2	.667
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	3	.400
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana	4	1	.800
5	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
6	Troy	3	2	.600
7	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
8	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
9	Marshall	3	2	.600
10	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
11	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Wyoming	3	3	.500
5	Air Force	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200