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Purdue
Indiana
Root for Purdue≈0.3 seed lines
Seeding watch: Purdue winning moves you from around the 3rd seed toward the 3rd: a friendlier bracket.
Indiana 99%
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
0–0 · 0–0 FBS INDEPENDENTS
Preseason
WEEK 13 · 2026
The Week 13 job
Beat Syracuse 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 SyracuseTBD
SAT NOV 28
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first-round bye chanceNow84%Win85%Loss48%
Notre Dame
Notre Dame 98%Syracuse 2%
Syracuse
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Minnesota at Wisconsin · NBC
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Your rooting list:Notre Dame, then Purdue.
Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 13, with preseason ratings projected from last season. How the model works.