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Index · this season
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)
Why 96? →

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

FBS Independents · Notre Dame, IN · Notre Dame Stadium · Head coach Marcus Freeman
Rival
USC · also Stanford
Bitter rivalry
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
11 claimed national titles and 42 AP top-10 finishes since 1936Blue Blood7 Heisman winnersHeisman House262 NFL draft picks (top 10% of FBS)NFL Factory71.6% wins since 1936 (top 10% of FBS)Winning Tradition86 consensus All-AmericansAll-American Factory
Recognized national titles: 1988, 1977, 1973 (shared), 1966, 1949, 1947, 1946, 1943. Counted: AP poll champion, a coaches-poll champion, or the BCS / playoff title-game winner; a split year counts for both. The school claims 11.8national titles
Heisman Trophy winners7Heisman
Seasons finishing in the AP top 10 since 193642AP top-10
Consensus All-Americans since 193686All-Americans
NFL draft picks since 1967262NFL picks
Winning percentage since 193671.6%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1893. Every season →
Chemistry
Chem 80: strong80
Chem 80: strong
80Foundation
Chem 81: strong
81Gel
gel counts 50% so far
▲ Above its norm +14Trending up
early · #1 of 138
HC year5
Ret. starters64%
QB yrs w/ OC2
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Why this rating
Index · how good · margin of error
96
+35.0 pts vs average FBS (±5.2)
Resume · what they have earned
88
Gap · good vs. earned
+11
Offense90
Defense89
Special teamssoon
Coaching86
Schedule74
Chemistry80
Same red-to-green scale as every rating on the site. Schedule = strength of the full schedule.