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Notre Dame Fighting Irish

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Preseason
WEEK 6 ยท 2026
The Week 6 job

Beat Stanford 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

Stanford at Notre Dame
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first-round bye chanceNow84%Win85%Loss60%
Stanford
Stanford 1%Notre Dame 99%
Notre Dame

Other impactful games

the highlighted team is the result Notre Dame wants
TBD
SAT OCT 10
TV TBA
Priority 1
Root for
UCLA
at
Oregon
Root for UCLA2.3-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 UCLA winning protects it.

87% if UCLA wins84% with the other result2.3-point differenceNotre Dame first-round bye chance
54 more games that don't move your needle
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South Florida at UTSA
South Alabama at Arkansas State
Sam Houston at Liberty ยท ESPNU
Missouri State at Western Kentucky ยท CBSSN
Florida State at Louisville ยท ESPN
Washington State at Utah State ยท The CW Network
Tennessee at Arkansas
South Carolina at Florida
LSU at Kentucky
Texas A&M at Missouri
Texas at Oklahoma
Ole Miss at Vanderbilt
Hawai'i at Arizona State
Arizona at West Virginia
UCF at Oklahoma State
Houston at Kansas State
Kansas at Utah
Duke at Georgia Tech
North Carolina at Pittsburgh
Syracuse at Virginia
Virginia Tech at California
Wake Forest at NC State
Illinois at Michigan State
Indiana at Nebraska
Ball State at Northwestern
Maryland at Ohio State
USC at Penn State
Minnesota at Purdue
Iowa at Washington
Boise State at Fresno State ยท The CW Network
San Diego State at Oregon State ยท USA Network
UConn at Temple
Tulane at Army ยท CBSSN
Charlotte at North Texas
Rice at East Carolina
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Tulsa at Navy ยท CBSSN
Air Force at Northern Illinois ยท CBSSN
Nevada at UTEP
Wyoming at San Josรฉ State ยท CBSSN
Eastern Michigan at Akron
Buffalo at Toledo
Central Michigan at Ohio
Kent State at Western Michigan
Miami (OH) at Massachusetts
Old Dominion at App State
Coastal Carolina at Marshall
James Madison at Georgia Southern
Louisiana at Louisiana Tech
Your rooting list:Notre Dame, then UCLA.

Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 6, with preseason ratings projected from last season. How the model works.