#2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	403	4,725	746	6.3	2,868	561	5.1	1,857	185	10.0
Team Rank		11th	24th	84th	10th	7th	13th	8th	75th	101st	2nd
Opponent	11	194	3,487		4.6	985	331	3.0	2,502	422	5.9
Opponent Rank		20th	20th		18th	4th	1st	6th	78th	106th	8th
Net		+209	+1,238	+746	+1.7	+1,883	+230	+2.1	-645	-237	+4.1
Net Rank		7th	13th	84th	6th	2nd	2nd	4th	86th	105th	1st

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Kevin McDougal K. McDougal	11	98	159	61.6	14.5	1,541	9.7	140.1	7	5	151.3	4.4	3.1
Paul Failla P. Failla	11	19	25	76.0	2.3	281	11.2	25.5	3	0	210.0	12.0	0.0
Ray Zellars R. Zellars	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	35	35.0	3.2	0	0	394.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Lee Becton L. Becton	11	164	14.9	1,044	6.4	94.9	6	176	1,197
Ray Zellars R. Zellars	11	99	9.0	494	5.0	44.9	5	113	603
Randy Kinder R. Kinder	11	89	8.1	537	6.0	48.8	2
Kevin McDougal K. McDougal	11	55	5.0	85	1.5	7.7	4
Marc Edwards M. Edwards	11	40	3.6	186	4.7	16.9	8
Robert Farmer R. Farmer	11	31	2.8	168	5.4	15.3	3	32	176
Willie Clark W. Clark	11	23	2.1	74	3.2	6.7	1	24	82
Paul Failla P. Failla	11	18	1.6	55	3.1	5.0	0
Jeff Burris J. Burris	11	16	1.5	92	5.8	8.4	6
Dean Lytle D. Lytle	11	16	1.5	63	3.9	5.7	0
Tim Klusas T. Klusas	11	2	0.2	8	4.0	0.7	0
Lake Dawson L. Dawson	11	2	0.2	4	2.0	0.4	0	27	399
Adrian Jarrell A. Jarrell	11	1	0.1	32	32.0	2.9	1	2	48
Richard Rolle R. Rolle	11	1	0.1	9	9.0	0.8	0
Travis Davis T. Davis	11	1	0.1	8	8.0	0.7	0
Derrick Mayes D. Mayes	11	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.6	0	25	519
Marcus Thorne M. Thorne	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0
Emmett Mosley E. Mosley	11	1	0.1	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Lake Dawson L. Dawson	11	25	2.3	395	15.8	35.9	2	27	399
Derrick Mayes D. Mayes	11	24	2.2	512	21.3	46.5	2	25	519
Michael Miller M. Miller	11	19	1.7	412	21.7	37.5	2
Ray Zellars R. Zellars	11	14	1.3	109	7.8	9.9	3	113	603
Lee Becton L. Becton	11	12	1.1	153	12.8	13.9	1	176	1,197
Clint Johnson C. Johnson	11	10	0.9	141	14.1	12.8	0
Oscar McBride O. McBride	11	5	0.5	36	7.2	3.3	0
Pete Chryplewicz P. Chryplewicz	11	3	0.3	34	11.3	3.1	0
Charles Stafford C. Stafford	11	2	0.2	25	12.5	2.3	0
Adrian Jarrell A. Jarrell	11	1	0.1	16	16.0	1.5	0	2	48
Willie Clark W. Clark	11	1	0.1	8	8.0	0.7	0	24	82
Robert Farmer R. Farmer	11	1	0.1	8	8.0	0.7	0	32	176
Leon Wallace L. Wallace	11	1	0.1	8	8.0	0.7	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Bobby Taylor B. Taylor	11	4	100	25	1
Jeff Burris J. Burris	11	3	61	20.3	0
John Covington J. Covington	11	2	7	3.5	0
Greg Lane G. Lane	11	1	29	29	0
Pete Bercich P. Bercich	11	1	21	21	1
Shawn Wooden S. Wooden	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Kevin Pendergast K. Pendergast	11				14	45	87
Kevin McDougal K. McDougal	11	4		11			66
Marc Edwards M. Edwards	11	8		8			48
Ray Zellars R. Zellars	11	5	3	8			48
Lee Becton L. Becton	11	6	1	7			42
Jeff Burris J. Burris	11	6		7			42
Paul Failla P. Failla	11	0		3			18
Robert Farmer R. Farmer	11	3	0	3			18
Michael Miller M. Miller	11		2	3			18
Lake Dawson L. Dawson	11	0	2	2			12
Randy Kinder R. Kinder	11	2		2			12
Derrick Mayes D. Mayes	11	0	2	2			12
Pete Bercich P. Bercich	11			1			6
Willie Clark W. Clark	11	1	0	1			6
Adrian Jarrell A. Jarrell	11	1	0	1			6
Clint Johnson C. Johnson	11		0	1			6
Bobby Taylor B. Taylor	11			1			6
Drew Marsh D. Marsh	11					1	1
Stefan Schroffner S. Schroffner	11					1	1

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Michael Miller M. Miller	11	4	65	16.3	0	26	213	8.2	1
Clint Johnson C. Johnson	11	10	409	40.9	1
Jeff Burris J. Burris	11	3	28	9.3	0	1	60	60.0	1
Ray Zellars R. Zellars	11	3	36	12.0	0
Marc Edwards M. Edwards	11	2	22	11.0	0
Greg Lane G. Lane	11					1	17	17.0	0
Travis Davis T. Davis	11	1	6	6.0	0
Bobby Taylor B. Taylor	11					1	3	3.0	0

Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
Kevin Pendergast K. Pendergast	11	14	19	73.7	45	48	93.8	87
Drew Marsh D. Marsh	11				1	1	100.0
Stefan Schroffner S. Schroffner	11				1	1	100.0

Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG
Rob Leonard R. Leonard	11	18	718	39.9
Adrian Jarrell A. Jarrell	11	12	398	33.2
Brian Ford B. Ford	11	7	262	37.4

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

550

Duff

476

Legree

444

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

8

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

228.6

Mensah

215.3

Becht

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

5.0

Diawara

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

50.7

49.7

47.7

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

9.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

319.0

298.7

286.7

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

366.7

364.7

358.0

345.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	2	1	.667
5	South Alabama	2	1	.667
6	Marshall	2	1	.667
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
9	Georgia Southern	1	2	.333
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
12	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	2	1	.667
2	Colorado State	2	1	.667
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	2	.333
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

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

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	2	1	.667
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	2	.333
7	Ball State	1	2	.333
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	1	2	.333
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	1	2	.333
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	4	0	1.000
2	USC	4	0	1.000
3	UCLA	3	0	1.000
4	Iowa	3	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	0	1.000
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Illinois	2	1	.667
10	Maryland	2	1	.667
11	Michigan State	2	1	.667
12	Minnesota	2	1	.667
13	Ohio State	2	1	.667
14	Oregon	2	1	.667
15	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
16	Northwestern	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	2	.333
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	3	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
5	Louisville	2	1	.667
6	Virginia	2	1	.667
7	SMU	2	1	.667
8	California	2	2	.500
9	Virginia Tech	3	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	1	.667
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	2	1	.667
14	Florida State	1	2	.333
15	NC State	1	2	.333
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	2	1	.667
8	East Carolina	1	2	.333
9	North Texas	1	2	.333
10	Rice	1	2	.333
11	Temple	1	3	.250
12	Tulane	1	2	.333
13	Charlotte	0	3	.000
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	1	.667
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	3	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333