2026 Notre Dame Strength of Schedule
How tough Notre Dame’s schedule has been, and what’s still ahead.
Updated Oct 22, 2026, 4:33 AM ET
Schedule strength
Measured by the average power rank of the opponents.
- Played
- Remaining
Toughest stretch · Weeks 9–12
- Wk 9@ NAVY#86
- Wk 10MIA#5
- Wk 11BC#84
- Wk 12SMU#26
Average opponent rank 50.3
Record by opponent strength
Opponents by their current place in our power rankings.
- vs Top third (1–46)
- 1-1
- 2 left · all at home
- vs Middle (47–92)
- 4-0
- 2 left · 1 on road
- vs Bottom (93–138)
- 1-0
- 1 left · 1 on road
FBS Indep. conference schedule comparison
SoS Rk is league-wide, 1 = hardest. Opp Rk is the average power rank of the opponents.
| Played | Remaining | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||
 Notre Dame6-1 | 69 | 66.9 | 65 | 61.0 |
 UConn3-3 | 137 | 110.8 | 80 | 82.8 |
- SoS Rk
- Strength of schedule rank, league-wide (1 = hardest)
- Opp Rk
- Average Opponent Rank