#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

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

10.5

Simmons

10.5

Dean

10.0

Osunsanmi

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	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	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