Wk 4 · 2026
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Purdue Boilermakers — Sat, Sep 26
Sat, Sep 26 ·
Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN
· Peacock FINAL
Weather
No forecast yet. 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.
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2:00pET
ND -27.5 · total 56.5 DraftKings
Ratings differential ND by 21.6
What is at stake
Shillelagh Trophy. An Irish blackthorn war club with a ruby-studded shamrock for every Notre Dame win and a gold football for every Purdue one — 100 miles apart and 90 years of it. They play for the Shillelagh Trophy. A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race. Notre Dame is ranked #3 (AP Top 25 · 2026-10-04).
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.
Notre Dame form
W 58-7vs STANW 37-26at UNCW 49-10at PURW 27-10vs MSUW 52-0vs RICE
2026 season
Purdue form
W 41-13vs MINNW 24-17at ILLL 10-49vs NDL 38-52at UCLAL 36-38vs WAKE
2026 season
Notre Dame this season
Straight up6-0 · 100% (6 games)
Against the spread4-2 · 67% (6 games)
Over / under4-2 · 67% (6 games)
Purdue this season
Straight up3-3 · 50% (6 games)
Against the spread3-2-1 · 60% (6 games)
Over / under5-1 · 83% (6 games)
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 · 1
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, Notre Dame leads 12–1 · Notre Dame has won the last 11
13 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
17.2 points toward Notre Dame
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-09-26 | Notre Dame 49 — 10 Purdue | at PUR | Notre Dame |
| 2025 | 2025-09-20 | Purdue 30 — 56 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
| 2024 | 2024-09-14 | Notre Dame 66 — 7 Purdue | at PUR | Notre Dame |
| 2021 | 2021-09-18 | Purdue 13 — 27 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
| 2014 | 2014-09-13 | Purdue 14 — 30 Notre Dame | neutral | Notre Dame |
| 2013 | 2013-09-14 | Notre Dame 31 — 24 Purdue | at PUR | Notre Dame |
| 2012 | 2012-09-08 | Purdue 17 — 20 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
| 2011 | 2011-10-01 | Notre Dame 38 — 10 Purdue | at PUR | Notre Dame |
| 2010 | 2010-09-04 | Purdue 12 — 23 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
| 2009 | 2009-09-26 | Notre Dame 24 — 21 Purdue | at PUR | Notre Dame |
| 2008 | 2008-09-27 | Purdue 21 — 38 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
| 2007 | 2007-09-29 | Notre Dame 19 — 33 Purdue | at PUR | Purdue |
| 2006 | 2006-09-30 | Purdue 21 — 35 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
Notre Dame leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | CJ Carr QB #13 | 88/124, 1197 YDS, 13 TD, 1 INT |
| Noah Grubbs QB #10 | 9/15, 108 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Rushing | Aneyas Williams RB #22 | 60 CAR, 266 YDS, 4 TD |
| Nolan James Jr. RB #2 | 55 CAR, 262 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Jonaz Walton RB #20 | 39 CAR, 228 YDS | |
| Receiving | Jordan Faison WR #6 | 25 REC, 371 YDS, 4 TD |
| Micah Gilbert WR #14 | 18 REC, 368 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Jaden Greathouse WR #1 | 8 REC, 108 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Nolan James Jr. RB #2 | 10 REC, 87 YDS, 3 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Drayk Bowen LB #34 | 24 |
| Adon Shuler S #8 | 21 | |
| Jaylen Sneed LB #3 | 20 | |
| Sacks | Bryce Young DL #95 | 3 |
| Boubacar Traore DL #5 | 2.5 | |
| Loghan Thomas DL #10 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | Luke Talich S #28 | 2 |
| DJ McKinney CB #2 | 1 | |
| Adon Shuler S #8 | 1 |
Purdue leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Ryan Browne QB #15 | 110/156, 1390 YDS, 8 TD, 1 INT |
| Evans Chuba QB #1 | 11/14, 96 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Rushing | Fame Ijeboi RB #2 | 86 CAR, 354 YDS, 6 TD |
| Antonio Harris RB #22 | 15 CAR, 68 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Jerrick Gibson RB #4 | 18 CAR, 58 YDS | |
| Receiving | Asaad Waseem WR #19 | 27 REC, 453 YDS, 1 TD |
| Xavier Townsend WR #3 | 28 REC, 307 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Chauncey Magwood WR #5 | 14 REC, 177 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Tra'Mar Harris WR #11 | 8 REC, 105 YDS, 2 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Jojo Hayden LB #0 | 33 |
| John Slaughter DB #13 | 32 | |
| Charles Correa LB #5 | 32 | |
| Sacks | Jeremy Lewis DE #33 | 1.5 |
| Breeon Ishmail DE #58 | 1 | |
| Ian Jeffries DL #40 | 1 | |
| Interceptions | John Slaughter DB #13 | 1 |
| Don Saunders DB #7 | 1 | |
| Charles Correa LB #5 | 1 |
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.