Notre Dame

FBS Independent · 2–0 · MRI Classic #10

Power+32.3#3 of 138

Résumé+0.55#25 · wins above average

Movement-1down from #2 last week

Best winWisconsin (41–13)
Schedule faced-8.6 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+3.1 avg opponent

Results

Expected is the margin the model's ratings imply for that matchup and site. Perf is how far the actual margin beat it — the number that moves a rating, rather than the win or loss alone.

Wk		Opponent	Result	Expected	Perf
1	N	Wisconsin	W 41–13	+32.4	-4.4
2	vs	Rice	W 52–0	+53.6	-1.6

Remaining schedule

Wk		Opponent	Projected	Win prob
3	vs	Michigan State	+34.8	98%
4	at	Purdue	+36.0	98%
5	at	North Carolina	+29.9	96%
6	vs	Stanford	+46.4	100%
7	at	BYU	+8.8	70%
9	N	Navy	+33.6	98%
10	vs	Miami (FL)	+8.4	69%
11	vs	Boston College	+43.9	100%

Season by season

Best finish: #2 in 2024. 23 rated seasons. Two ratings appear here and their numbers are not comparable; the rank is. Season links open that year's game log.

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 100 — this team's own range, not the size of the field. Each row below says what its rank was out of. Hover a point for the season.

Season	Rank	Rec	Rating
2025	3 of 136	10–2	31.16	Power
2024	2 of 134	14–2	29.05	Power
2023	8 of 133	10–3	23.96	Power
2022	13 of 131	9–4	15.71	Power
2021	6 of 130	11–2	21.21	Power
2020	9 of 128	10–2	19.23	Power
2019	6 of 130	11–2	91.54	MRI
2018	6 of 130	12–1	90.46	MRI
2017	7 of 130	9–3	99.57	MRI
2016	57 of 128	4–8	26.40	MRI
2015	15 of 128	10–3	72.26	MRI
2014	30 of 128	8–5	48.90	MRI
2013	40 of 126	9–4	46.95	MRI
2012	3 of 124	12–1	96.21	MRI
2011	31 of 120	8–5	51.01	MRI
2010	25 of 120	8–5	59.15	MRI
2009	35 of 120	6–6	43.70	MRI
2008	48 of 120	7–6	34.51	MRI
2007	99 of 120	3–9	-12.03	MRI
2006	21 of 119	10–3	65.35	MRI
2005	15 of 119	9–3	75.59	MRI
2004	47 of 117	6–6	34.27	MRI
2003	61 of 117	5–7	28.86	MRI