Wk 6 · 2026
Stanford Cardinal at Notre Dame Fighting Irish — Sat, Oct 10
Sat, Oct 10 ·
Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, IN
· NBC
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 40 days away. Forecasts reach about 16 days ahead, so this fills in nearer the game. A seasonal average printed here would look exactly like a forecast, which is why there is not one.
ACC · 1-0
at
3:30pET
no line posted yet
Ratings differential ND by 25.0
FBS Indep. · no games yet
What is at stake
Legends Trophy. A crystal-and-Irish-oak trophy created in 1989, and with USC off Notre Dame's schedule this is now the Irish's only remaining annual tie to the West Coast. They play for the Legends Trophy. A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race. Notre Dame is ranked #4 (AP Top 25 · 2026-08-17).
What the ratings imply
The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers:
The CFB King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus
2.4 points of home field.
It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site
compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026
games are played it is last season’s measurement of two teams that have
changed.
Efficiency · 2026 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense (pts/100)
Defense (pts/100)
Pace (plays/g)
Yards / play
Yards / play allowed
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College
King's 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so
the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a
longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the
good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so
neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.
Team stats · 2026 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2026 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Stanford form
W 37-27vs HAW
2026 season
Notre Dame form
No completed games on record.
Stanford this season
Straight up1-0 · 100% (1 games)
Against the spread1-0 · 100% (1 games)
Over / under1-0 · 100% (1 games)
Notre Dame this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.
Common opponents · 2
| Opponent | Stanford | Notre Dame |
|---|---|---|
| Miami ACC | vs Wk 1 · scheduled preview | vs Wk 10 · scheduled preview |
| SMU ACC | vs Wk 13 · scheduled preview | vs Wk 12 · scheduled preview |
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, Notre Dame leads 11–8 · Notre Dame has won the last 3
19 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
7.5 points toward Notre Dame
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-11-29 | Notre Dame 49 — 20 Stanford | at STAN | Notre Dame |
| 2024 | 2024-10-12 | Stanford 7 — 49 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
| 2023 | 2023-11-25 | Notre Dame 56 — 23 Stanford | at STAN | Notre Dame |
| 2022 | 2022-10-15 | Stanford 16 — 14 Notre Dame | at ND | Stanford |
| 2021 | 2021-11-27 | Notre Dame 45 — 14 Stanford | at STAN | Notre Dame |
| 2019 | 2019-11-30 | Notre Dame 45 — 24 Stanford | at STAN | Notre Dame |
| 2018 | 2018-09-29 | Stanford 17 — 38 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
| 2017 | 2017-11-25 | Notre Dame 20 — 38 Stanford | at STAN | Stanford |
| 2016 | 2016-10-15 | Stanford 17 — 10 Notre Dame | at ND | Stanford |
| 2015 | 2015-11-28 | Notre Dame 36 — 38 Stanford | at STAN | Stanford |
| 2014 | 2014-10-04 | Stanford 14 — 17 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
| 2013 | 2013-11-30 | Notre Dame 20 — 27 Stanford | at STAN | Stanford |
| 2012 | 2012-10-13 | Stanford 13 — 20 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
| 2011 | 2011-11-26 | Notre Dame 14 — 28 Stanford | at STAN | Stanford |
| 2010 | 2010-09-25 | Stanford 37 — 14 Notre Dame | at ND | Stanford |
| 2009 | 2009-11-28 | Notre Dame 38 — 45 Stanford | at STAN | Stanford |
| 2008 | 2008-10-04 | Stanford 21 — 28 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
| 2007 | 2007-11-24 | Notre Dame 21 — 14 Stanford | at STAN | Notre Dame |
| 2006 | 2006-10-07 | Stanford 10 — 31 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
Stanford leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Ben Gulbranson QB #15 | 148/260, 1813 YDS, 9 TD, 10 INT |
| Elijah Brown QB #7 | 74/127, 829 YDS, 4 TD, 2 INT | |
| Rushing | Micah Ford RB #20 | 145 CAR, 643 YDS, 4 TD |
| Cole Tabb RB #3 | 114 CAR, 445 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Sedrick Irvin RB #26 | 41 CAR, 118 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | CJ Williams WR #3 | 59 REC, 749 YDS, 6 TD |
| Sam Roush TE #86 | 49 REC, 545 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Bryce Farrell WR #11 | 29 REC, 455 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Caden High WR #0 | 37 REC, 414 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Matt Rose LB #35 | 106 |
| Scotty Edwards S #21 | 54 | |
| Jahsiah Galvan LB #0 | 50 | |
| Sacks | Clay Patterson DL #91 | 4 |
| Ernest Cooper LB #44 | 3 | |
| Matt Rose LB #35 | 3 | |
| Interceptions | Brandon Nicholson CB #9 | 2 |
| Collin Wright CB #6 | 1 |
Notre Dame leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | CJ Carr QB #13 | 195/293, 2741 YDS, 24 TD, 6 INT |
| Kenny Minchey QB #3 | 20/26, 196 YDS | |
| Rushing | Jeremiyah Love RB #4 | 199 CAR, 1372 YDS, 18 TD |
| Jadarian Price RB #24 | 113 CAR, 674 YDS, 11 TD | |
| Aneyas Williams RB #22 | 24 CAR, 224 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Receiving | Jordan Faison WR #6 | 49 REC, 640 YDS, 4 TD |
| Malachi Fields WR #0 | 36 REC, 630 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Eli Raridon TE #9 | 32 REC, 482 YDS | |
| Will Pauling WR #2 | 26 REC, 381 YDS, 6 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Drayk Bowen LB #34 | 67 |
| Adon Shuler S #8 | 53 | |
| Jaiden Ausberry LB #4 | 51 | |
| Sacks | Boubacar Traore DL #5 | 7.5 |
| Drayk Bowen LB #34 | 3.5 | |
| Josh Burnham DL #8 | 3 | |
| Interceptions | Leonard Moore CB #15 | 5 |
| Brauntae Johnson S #9 | 4 | |
| Luke Talich S #28 | 3 |
These are regular-season totals for
the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year,
taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's
roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still
appears against the year he earned it; the
roster
pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is.
A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game. The roster
pages count bowl games too, so a player's two lines can differ by a game.