Notre Dame Fighting Irish
0–0 · 0–0 FBS INDEPENDENTS
Preseason
WEEK 1 · 2026
The Week 1 job
Beat Wisconsin and avoid turning a likely win into a season problem.
The FBS Independents title is out of reach, so the playoff path runs through an at-large bid.
Your game
Notre Dame at Wisconsin…
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TV TBA
first-round bye chanceNow84%Win86%Loss64%
Notre Dame
Notre Dame 95%Wisconsin 5%
Wisconsin
Nothing else moves the path
the rest is background footballNothing else meaningfully changes Notre Dame's path. Watch the rest because it is football.
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Your rooting list:Notre Dame. Nothing else meaningfully moves the path.
Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 1, with preseason ratings projected from last season. How the model works.