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Root for Washington≈0.3 seed lines
Seeding watch: Washington winning moves you from around the 3rd seed toward the 3rd: a friendlier bracket.
Indiana 77%
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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Preseason
WEEK 12 · 2026
The Week 12 job
Beat SMU 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
SMU at Notre Damefirst-round bye chanceNow84%Win87%Loss51%
SMU
SMU 8%Notre Dame 92%
Notre Dame
Other impactful games
the highlighted team is the result Notre Dame wants63 more games that don't move your needle
Oregon at Michigan State · FOX
Georgia at South Carolina
Rutgers at Penn State
Texas Tech at Baylor
Ohio State at Nebraska
Arizona at Kansas State
Texas A&M at Oklahoma
Ball State at Ohio
Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan
Miami (OH) at Kent State
Akron at Massachusetts
Bowling Green at Toledo · ESPN2
Central Michigan at Buffalo
Rice at Temple · ESPN
Arkansas State at Louisiana Tech
Clemson at Duke · ESPN
Vanderbilt at Florida
Kentucky at Missouri
LSU at Tennessee
Arkansas at Texas
BYU at Kansas
Colorado at Cincinnati
Houston at West Virginia
Iowa State at UCF · FS1
Oklahoma State at Arizona State
Utah at TCU
Virginia Tech at Miami
NC State at Florida State
North Carolina at Virginia
Pittsburgh at Louisville
Stanford at California
Syracuse at Boston College
Wake Forest at Georgia Tech
Iowa at Illinois
UCLA at Michigan
Northwestern at Minnesota
Wisconsin at Purdue
Maryland at USC
Colorado State at Fresno State · The CW Network
Utah State at Oregon State · CBSSN
Washington State at Texas State · USA Network
San Diego State at Boise State · USA Network
Old Dominion at UConn · CBSSN
East Carolina at Army · CBSSN
Charlotte at Tulsa
South Florida at Florida Atlantic
Memphis at Navy
North Texas at Tulane
UTSA at UAB
Hawai'i at Nevada
New Mexico at Wyoming · FS1
UNLV at San José State · CBSSN
UTEP at Air Force · The CW Network
UL Monroe at App State
Coastal Carolina at Louisiana
Georgia Southern at Troy
Georgia State at Marshall
Delaware at New Mexico State
Florida International at Kennesaw State
Missouri State at Jacksonville State
Western Kentucky at Liberty
Middle Tennessee at Sam Houston
South Alabama at Southern Miss
Your rooting list:Notre Dame, then Washington.
Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 12, with preseason ratings projected from last season. How the model works.