Wk 9 · 2026
Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs Navy Midshipmen — Sat, Oct 31
Sat, Oct 31 ·
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 20 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.
FBS Indep. · 6-0
vs
12:00pET
no line posted yet
Ratings differential ND by 33.8
American · 2-3
What is at stake
Notre Dame-Navy. Notre Dame has played Navy every year since 1927 out of a debt from the Second World War, and win or lose the Irish stand for the Navy alma mater at the end. A neutral-site 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
no home-field adjustment at a neutral site.
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
Navy form
W 34-26vs TLSAL 9-14at AFL 20-24at UABL 30-38at FAUW 42-15vs TOW
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)
Navy this season
Straight up2-3 · 40% (5 games)
Against the spread1-4 · 20% (5 games)
Over / under3-2 · 60% (5 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 · 0
These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, Notre Dame leads 15–4 · Notre Dame has won the last 8
19 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
17.2 points toward Notre Dame
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-11-08 | Navy 10 — 49 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
| 2024 | 2024-10-26 | Notre Dame 51 — 14 Navy | neutral | Notre Dame |
| 2023 | 2023-08-26 | Navy 3 — 42 Notre Dame | neutral | Notre Dame |
| 2022 | 2022-11-12 | Notre Dame 35 — 32 Navy | neutral | Notre Dame |
| 2021 | 2021-11-06 | Navy 6 — 34 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
| 2019 | 2019-11-16 | Navy 20 — 52 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
| 2018 | 2018-10-27 | Notre Dame 44 — 22 Navy | neutral | Notre Dame |
| 2017 | 2017-11-18 | Navy 17 — 24 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
| 2016 | 2016-11-05 | Notre Dame 27 — 28 Navy | neutral | Navy |
| 2015 | 2015-10-10 | Navy 24 — 41 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
| 2014 | 2014-11-01 | Notre Dame 49 — 39 Navy | neutral | Notre Dame |
| 2013 | 2013-11-02 | Navy 34 — 38 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
| 2012 | 2012-09-01 | Notre Dame 50 — 10 Navy | neutral | Notre Dame |
| 2011 | 2011-10-29 | Navy 14 — 56 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
| 2010 | 2010-10-23 | Notre Dame 17 — 35 Navy | neutral | Navy |
| 2009 | 2009-11-07 | Navy 23 — 21 Notre Dame | at ND | Navy |
| 2008 | 2008-11-15 | Notre Dame 27 — 21 Navy | at NAVY | Notre Dame |
| 2007 | 2007-11-03 | Navy 46 — 44 Notre Dame | neutral | Navy |
| 2006 | 2006-10-28 | Notre Dame 38 — 14 Navy | neutral | 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 |
Navy leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Jackson Gutierrez QB #8 | 17/40, 344 YDS, 3 TD |
| Braxton Woodson QB #5 | 7/20, 71 YDS, 1 INT | |
| Rushing | Braxton Woodson QB #5 | 38 CAR, 299 YDS, 4 TD |
| Jackson Gutierrez QB #8 | 61 CAR, 273 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Vic Listorti RB #40 | 28 CAR, 175 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Truman Brasfield WR #83 | 2 REC, 107 YDS, 1 TD |
| Luke Hutchison WR #89 | 4 REC, 75 YDS | |
| Jordan Collins TE #84 | 2 REC, 68 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Vic Listorti RB #40 | 3 REC, 55 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | MarcAnthony Parker LB #56 | 34 |
| Coleman Cauley LB #58 | 32 | |
| Giuseppe Sessi S #16 | 25 | |
| Sacks | MarcAnthony Parker LB #56 | 4 |
| Aiden Lyczek DE #65 | 2 | |
| Marcus Bleazard LB #53 | 1 | |
| Interceptions | Giuseppe Sessi S #16 | 1 |
| Matthew Seliga S #5 | 1 | |
| Phillip Hamilton CB #6 | 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.