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Notre Dame Fighting Irish

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Preseason
WEEK 4 ยท 2026
The Week 4 job

Beat Purdue 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 Purdue
TBD
SAT SEP 26
TV TBA
first-round bye chanceNow84%Win85%Loss62%
Notre Dame
Notre Dame 97%Purdue 3%
Purdue

Other impactful games

the highlighted team is the result Notre Dame wants
TBD
SAT SEP 26
TV TBA
Priority 1
Root for
Illinois
at
Ohio State
Root for Illinois2.5-point first-round-bye boost

You're close to a playoff lock: the live question is the top-4 seed and first-round bye, and Illinois winning protects it.

87% if Illinois wins84% with the other result2.5-point differenceNotre Dame first-round bye chance
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Your rooting list:Notre Dame, then Illinois.

Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 4, with preseason ratings projected from last season. How the model works.