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Notre Dame Fighting Irish

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WEEK 8 ยท 2026
The Week 8 job

Notre Dame is off. Use the short list below as the scoreboard-watching plan.

The FBS Independents title is out of reach, so the playoff path runs through an at-large bid.

Other impactful games

the highlighted team is the result Notre Dame wants
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Root for Michiganโ‰ˆ0.3 seed lines

Seeding watch: Michigan winning moves you from around the 3rd seed toward the 3rd: a friendlier bracket.

86% if Michigan wins84% with the other result1.6-point differenceNotre Dame first-round bye chance
53 more games that don't move your needle
Texas Tech at Cincinnati
Oregon at Illinois
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Middle Tennessee at Florida International ยท CBSSN
Missouri State at Delaware ยท ESPNU
South Alabama at Marshall ยท ESPN2
Liberty at Kennesaw State ยท CBSSN
New Mexico State at Sam Houston ยท ESPN2
East Carolina at Memphis ยท ESPN2
James Madison at App State ยท ESPNU
Duke at Virginia ยท ESPN
NC State at Stanford ยท ESPN
Army at Tulsa ยท ESPN2
Texas A&M at Alabama
LSU at Auburn
Oklahoma at Mississippi State
Tennessee at South Carolina
Ole Miss at Texas
Baylor at Kansas
BYU at UCF
Colorado at Oklahoma State
Houston at Utah
Iowa State at Arizona
Kansas State at Arizona State
West Virginia at TCU
California at SMU
Boston College at Georgia Tech
Pittsburgh at Miami
Syracuse at North Carolina
Virginia Tech at Clemson
Iowa at Minnesota
Rutgers at Northwestern
Michigan State at UCLA
USC at Wisconsin
San Diego State at Colorado State ยท The CW Network
Utah State at Texas State ยท CBSSN
Boise State at Washington State ยท USA Network
Massachusetts at UConn ยท CBSSN
Rice at Florida Atlantic
North Texas at Navy ยท CBSSN
UTSA at Tulane
Air Force at Wyoming ยท The CW Network
Hawai'i at Northern Illinois ยท MW+
San Josรฉ State at Nevada ยท MW+
Akron at Kent State
Bowling Green at Buffalo
Eastern Michigan at Ohio
Western Michigan at Toledo
Miami (OH) at Central Michigan
Georgia State at Arkansas State
Louisiana at Southern Miss
Old Dominion at Louisiana Tech
UL Monroe at Troy
Your rooting list:Notre Dame is off, then Michigan.

Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 8, with preseason ratings projected from last season. How the model works.