Wk 12 · 2026

SMU Mustangs at Notre Dame Fighting Irish — Sat, Nov 21

Sat, Nov 21 · Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame · NBC

#19 SMU Mustangs

ACC · no games yet

7:30pET

ND -17.5 · total 56.5 DraftKings

#4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

FBS Indep. · no games yet

What is at stake

A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race. SMU is ranked #19 (AP Top 25 · 2026-08-17). Notre Dame is ranked #4 (AP Top 25 · 2026-08-17).

Efficiency · 2025 ratings

+7.7#25

Efficiency margin

+19.4#4

30.5

Offense (pts/100)

37.9

22.8

Defense (pts/100)

18.5

65.1

Pace (plays/g)

62.8

6.31

Yards / play

7.32

5.29

Yards / play allowed

4.62

Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College King's 2025 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is always the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one.

Team stats · 2025 per game

32.9

Points / game

42.0

20.7

Points allowed

17.6

419

Yards / game

458

391

Yards allowed

314

285

Pass yds allowed

213

107

Rush yds allowed

100

1.33

Turnovers / game

0.83

From completed 2025 box scores; defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.

SMU form

L 35-38at CALW 38-6vs LOUW 45-13at BCW 26-20vs MIAL 12-13at WAKE

2025 season

Notre Dame form

W 49-20at STANW 70-7vs SYRW 37-15at PITTW 49-10vs NAVYW 25-10at BC

2025 season

SMU 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.

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 when the game goes final. There is no line archive before this season, so these records begin with 2026 Week 1.

Common opponents · 3

Opponent	SMU	Notre Dame
Boston College ACC	vs Wk 5 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 11 · scheduled preview
Syracuse ACC	at Wk 9 · scheduled preview	at Wk 13 · scheduled preview
Stanford ACC	at Wk 13 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 6 · scheduled preview

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Series history · 2006–2026

These teams have not met in the 2006–2026 window.

SMU leaders 2025 season

Passing	Kevin Jennings QB #7	279/422, 3363 YDS, 26 TD, 10 INT
	Charlie Fiser QB #14	4/4, 30 YDS
Rushing	TJ Harden RB #27	161 CAR, 747 YDS, 7 TD
	Chris Johnson Jr. RB #16	62 CAR, 463 YDS, 4 TD
	Derrick McFall WR #0	32 CAR, 183 YDS, 4 TD
Receiving	Jordan Hudson WR #2	56 REC, 749 YDS, 6 TD
	Romello Brinson WR #3	43 REC, 638 YDS, 3 TD
	Yamir Knight WR #8	47 REC, 533 YDS, 5 TD
	Matthew Hibner TE #88	29 REC, 351 YDS, 4 TD

Defense

Tackles	Ahmaad Moses S #3	91
	Isaiah Nwokobia S #12	80
	Brandon Booker LB #28	62
Sacks	Isaiah Smith LB #1	8.5
	Terry Webb DT #4	5.5
	Cameron Robertson DE #9	5
Interceptions	Ahmaad Moses S #3	5
	Isaiah Nwokobia S #12	2
	Jaelyn Davis-Robinson CB #13	2

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Notre Dame leaders 2025 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

full roster and per-player history

These are 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.