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96
▲ Above its 5-year level +9
Career81since 1936
Peak971966
Last 587seasons
#1 nationally · 6-0 (0-0 conf)
Résumé #6
Schedule so far #29
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
FBS Independents · Notre Dame, IN · Notre Dame Stadium · Head coach Marcus Freeman
53-38-5 all time (96 meetings since 1926)
Notre Dame leads
Last: won 34-24 (2025) · Notre Dame has won 3 straight
Holds it
Blue BloodHeisman HouseNFL FactoryWinning TraditionAll-American Factory
8national titles
7Heisman
42AP top-10
86All-Americans
262NFL picks
71.6%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1893. Every season →
Chemistry
80
80Foundation
81Gel
gel counts 50% so far
▲ Above its norm +14Trending up
early · #1 of 138
HC year5
Ret. starters64%
QB yrs w/ OC2
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 6-0 | FBS Independents | #3 | #1 | 96 | Marcus Freeman |
| 2025 | 10-2 | FBS Independents | #10 | #3 | 93 | Marcus Freeman |
| 2024 | 14-2 | FBS Independents | #2 | #2 | 91 | Marcus Freeman |
| 2023 | 10-3 | FBS Independents | #14 | #11 | 87 | Marcus Freeman |
| 2022 | 9-4 | FBS Independents | #18 | #24 | 77 | Marcus Freeman |
| 2021 | 11-2 | FBS Independents | #8 | #7 | 86 | Brian Kelly; Marcus Freeman |
| 2020 | 10-2 | ACC | #5 | — | — | Brian Kelly |
| 2019 | 11-2 | FBS Independents | #12 | #12 | 83 | Brian Kelly |
| 2018 | 12-1 | FBS Independents | #5 | #13 | 83 | Brian Kelly |
| 2017 | 10-3 | FBS Independents | #11 | #9 | 88 | Brian Kelly |
| 2016 | 4-8 | FBS Independents | — | #40 | 72 | Brian Kelly |
| 2015 | 10-3 | FBS Independents | #11 | #10 | 82 | Brian Kelly |
| 2014 | 8-5 | FBS Independents | — | #36 | 73 | Brian Kelly |
| 2013 | 9-4 | FBS Independents | #20 | #32 | 73 | Brian Kelly |
| 2012 | 12-1 | FBS Independents | #4 | #10 | 84 | Brian Kelly |
| 2011 | 8-5 | FBS Independents | — | #18 | 78 | Brian Kelly |
| 2010 | 8-5 | FBS Independents | — | #28 | 75 | Brian Kelly |
| 2009 | 6-6 | FBS Independents | — | #41 | 71 | Charlie Weis |
| 2008 | 7-6 | FBS Independents | — | #47 | 68 | Charlie Weis |
| 2007 | 3-9 | FBS Independents | — | #81 | 57 | Charlie Weis |
| 2006 | 10-3 | FBS Independents | #17 | #25 | 77 | Charlie Weis |
| 2005 | 9-3 | FBS Independents | #9 | #6 | 87 | Charlie Weis |
| 2004 | 6-6 | FBS Independents | — | #31 | 74 | Tyrone Willingham |
| 2003 | 5-7 | FBS Independents | — | #52 | 66 | Tyrone Willingham |
| 2002 | 10-3 | FBS Independents | #11 | #23 | 76 | Tyrone Willingham |
| 2001 | 5-6 | FBS Independents | — | #37 | 72 | Bob Davie |
| 2000 | 9-3 | FBS Independents | #15 | #19 | 77 | Bob Davie |
| 1999 | 5-7 | FBS Independents | — | #29 | 74 | Bob Davie |
| 1998 | 9-3 | FBS Independents | #22 | #27 | 76 | Bob Davie |
| 1997 | 7-6 | FBS Independents | — | #37 | 72 | Bob Davie |
| 1996 | 8-3 | FBS Independents | #19 | #6 | 86 | Lou Holtz |
| 1995 | 9-3 | FBS Independents | #11 | #5 | 87 | Lou Holtz |
| 1994 | 6-5-1 | FBS Independents | — | #17 | 78 | Lou Holtz |
| 1993 | 11-1 | FBS Independents | #2 | #5 | 87 | Lou Holtz |
| 1992 | 10-1-1 | FBS Independents | #4 | #2 | 94 | Lou Holtz |
| 1991 | 10-3 | FBS Independents | #13 | #9 | 86 | Lou Holtz |
| 1990 | 9-3 | FBS Independents | #6 | #13 | 80 | Lou Holtz |
| 1989 | 12-1 | FBS Independents | #2 | #3 | 90 | Lou Holtz |
| 1988 ★ | 12-0 | FBS Independents | #1 | #1 | 92 | Lou Holtz |
| 1987 | 8-4 | FBS Independents | #17 | #9 | 84 | Lou Holtz |
| 1986 | 5-6 | FBS Independents | — | #16 | 79 | Lou Holtz |
| 1985 | 5-6 | FBS Independents | — | #23 | 77 | Gerry Faust |
| 1984 | 7-5 | FBS Independents | — | #25 | 76 | Gerry Faust |
| 1983 | 7-5 | FBS Independents | — | #23 | 77 | Gerry Faust |
| 1982 | 6-4-1 | FBS Independents | — | #27 | 76 | Gerry Faust |
| 1981 | 5-6 | FBS Independents | — | #23 | 77 | Gerry Faust |
| 1980 | 9-2-1 | FBS Independents | #9 | #14 | 82 | Dan Devine |
| 1979 | 7-4 | FBS Independents | — | #29 | 75 | Dan Devine |
| 1978 | 9-3 | FBS Independents | #7 | #12 | 85 | Dan Devine |
| 1977 ★ | 11-1 | FBS Independents | #1 | #1 | 95 | Dan Devine |
| 1976 | 9-3 | FBS Independents | #12 | #12 | 82 | Dan Devine |
| 1975 | 8-3 | FBS Independents | — | #24 | 77 | Dan Devine |
| 1974 | 10-2 | FBS Independents | #6 | #10 | 80 | Ara Parseghian |
| 1973 ★ | 11-0 | FBS Independents | #1 | #5 | 90 | Ara Parseghian |
| 1972 | 8-3 | FBS Independents | #14 | #13 | 79 | Ara Parseghian |
| 1971 | 8-2 | FBS Independents | #13 | #12 | 80 | Ara Parseghian |
| 1970 | 10-1 | FBS Independents | #2 | #2 | 92 | Ara Parseghian |
| 1969 | 8-2-1 | FBS Independents | #5 | #8 | 85 | Ara Parseghian |
| 1968 | 7-2-1 | FBS Independents | #5 | #9 | 83 | Ara Parseghian |
| 1967 | 8-2 | FBS Independents | #5 | #1 | 89 | Ara Parseghian |
| 1966 ★ | 9-0-1 | FBS Independents | #1 | #1 | 97 | Ara Parseghian |
| 1965 | 7-2-1 | FBS Independents | #9 | #2 | 93 | Ara Parseghian |
| 1964 | 9-1 | FBS Independents | #3 | #1 | 97 | Ara Parseghian |
| 1963 | 2-7 | FBS Independents | — | #44 | 70 | Hugh Devore |
| 1962 | 5-5 | FBS Independents | — | #24 | 74 | Joe Kuharich |
| 1961 | 5-5 | FBS Independents | — | #28 | 73 | Joe Kuharich |
| 1960 | 2-8 | FBS Independents | — | #49 | 65 | Joe Kuharich |
| 1959 | 5-5 | FBS Independents | #17 | #29 | 72 | Joe Kuharich |
| 1958 | 6-4 | FBS Independents | #17 | #12 | 78 | Terry Brennan |
| 1957 | 7-3 | FBS Independents | #10 | #11 | 79 | Terry Brennan |
| 1956 | 2-8 | FBS Independents | — | #65 | 59 | Terry Brennan |
| 1955 | 8-2 | FBS Independents | #9 | #11 | 79 | Terry Brennan |
| 1954 | 9-1 | FBS Independents | #4 | #2 | 87 | Terry Brennan |
| 1953 | 9-0-1 | FBS Independents | #2 | #1 | 92 | Frank Leahy |
| 1952 | 7-2-1 | FBS Independents | #3 | #9 | 82 | Frank Leahy |
| 1951 | 7-2-1 | FBS Independents | — | #13 | 78 | Frank Leahy |
| 1950 | 4-4-1 | FBS Independents | — | #51 | 65 | Frank Leahy |
| 1949 ★ | 10-0 | FBS Independents | #1 | #1 | 95 | Frank Leahy |
| 1948 | 9-0-1 | FBS Independents | #2 | #5 | 84 | Frank Leahy |
| 1947 ★ | 9-0 | FBS Independents | #1 | #3 | 94 | Frank Leahy |
| 1946 ★ | 8-0-1 | FBS Independents | #1 | #1 | 97 | Frank Leahy |
| 1945 | 7-2-1 | FBS Independents | #9 | #6 | 83 | Hugh Devore |
| 1944 | 8-2 | FBS Independents | #9 | #7 | 87 | Ed McKeever |
| 1943 ★ | 9-1 | FBS Independents | #1 | #1 | 95 | Frank Leahy |
| 1942 | 7-2-2 | FBS Independents | #6 | #8 | 79 | Frank Leahy |
| 1941 | 8-0-1 | FBS Independents | #3 | #8 | 79 | Frank Leahy |
| 1940 | 7-2 | FBS Independents | — | #21 | 74 | Elmer Layden |
| 1939 | 7-2 | FBS Independents | #13 | #28 | 72 | Elmer Layden |
| 1938 | 8-1 | FBS Independents | #5 | #3 | 88 | Elmer Layden |
| 1937 | 6-2-1 | FBS Independents | #9 | #24 | 75 | Elmer Layden |
| 1936 | 6-2-1 | FBS Independents | #8 | #13 | 78 | Elmer Layden |
| 1935 | 7-1-1 | FBS Independents | — | #16 | 78 early | Elmer Layden |
| 1934 | 6-3 | FBS Independents | — | #12 | 78 early | Elmer Layden |
| 1933 | 3-5-1 | FBS Independents | — | #42 | 68 early | Hunk Anderson |
| 1932 | 7-2 | FBS Independents | — | #2 | 88 early | Hunk Anderson |
| 1931 | 6-2-1 | FBS Independents | — | #4 | 87 early | Hunk Anderson |
| 1930 ★ | 10-0 | FBS Independents | — | #1 | 95 early | Knute Rockne |
| 1929 ★ | 9-0 | FBS Independents | — | #6 | 82 early | Knute Rockne |
| 1928 | 5-4 | FBS Independents | — | #19 | 73 early | Knute Rockne |
| 1927 | 7-1-1 | FBS Independents | — | #4 | 84 early | Knute Rockne |
| 1926 | 9-1 | FBS Independents | — | #5 | 86 early | Knute Rockne |
| 1925 | 7-2-1 | FBS Independents | — | #16 | 75 early | Knute Rockne |
| 1924 ★ | 10-0 | FBS Independents | — | #1 | 97 early | Knute Rockne |
| 1923 | 9-1 | FBS Independents | — | #2 | 89 early | Knute Rockne |
| 1922 | 8-1-1 | FBS Independents | — | #7 | 80 early | Knute Rockne |
| 1921 | 10-1 | FBS Independents | — | #5 | 88 early | Knute Rockne |
| 1920 | 9-0 | FBS Independents | — | #2 | 88 early | Knute Rockne |
| 1919 | 9-0 | FBS Independents | — | #5 | 80 early | Knute Rockne |
| 1918 | 3-1-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | Knute Rockne |
| 1917 | 6-1-1 | FBS Independents | — | #7 | 79 early | Jesse Harper |
| 1916 | 8-1 | FBS Independents | — | #19 | 74 early | Jesse Harper |
| 1915 | 7-1 | FBS Independents | — | #4 | 82 early | Jesse Harper |
| 1914 | 6-2 | FBS Independents | — | #11 | 77 early | Jesse Harper |
| 1913 | 7-0 | FBS Independents | — | #3 | 89 early | Jesse Harper |
| 1912 | 1-0 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1911 | 0-0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1909 | 2-0 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1908 | 1-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1907 | 1-0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1906 | 1-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1905 | 5-4 | FBS Independents | — | #13 | 71 early | Henry McGlew |
| 1904 | 5-3 | FBS Independents | — | #40 | 50 early | Louis Salmon |
| 1903 | 0-0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1902 | 6-2-1 | FBS Independents | — | #16 | 66 early | James Faragher |
| 1901 | 8-1-1 | FBS Independents | — | #13 | 60 early | Patrick O'Dea |
| 1900 | 6-3-1 | FBS Independents | — | #17 | 55 early | Patrick O'Dea |
| 1899 | 6-3-1 | FBS Independents | — | #11 | 62 early | James McWeeney |
| 1898 | 1-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1897 | 0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1896 | 0-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1893 | 0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.