1978 team profile

Team Ledger

Notre Dame

FBS · FBS Independents
#6
9–3Record
266.73Overall rating
292.76Raw points
208.66Opponent strength

Rating history

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Conference rankings

FBS Independents · 33 teams
RankTeamRating
1Penn State304.75
2Notre Dame266.73
3Florida State203.69
4North Texas188.08
5Pittsburgh170.85
6East Carolina168.99
7Tennessee State165.52
8Navy164.00
9Rutgers153.35
10Southern Miss151.88
11Georgia Tech148.51
12South Carolina135.41
13Miami135.34
14Cincinnati131.41
15Temple127.07
16UL Monroe124.47
17UNLV118.00
18Hawai'i106.63
19Syracuse102.97
20Louisville91.59
21Richmond89.77
22Virginia Tech88.88
23Holy Cross88.16
24Memphis78.13
25William & Mary71.13
26Army69.54
27Tulane67.98
28West Virginia57.09
29Colgate56.45
30Villanova41.53
31Illinois State41.05
32Air Force26.79
33Boston College8.61

Season schedule

12 games
  • W2vs Missouri
    Final    0–3
  • W4vs Michigan
    Final    14–28
  • W5vs Purdue
    Final    10–6
  • W6at Michigan State
    Final    29–25
  • W7vs Pittsburgh
    Final    26–17
  • W8at Air Force
    Final    38–15
  • W9vs Miami
    Final    20–0
  • W10vs Navy
    Final    27–7
  • W11vs Tennessee
    Final    31–14
  • W12at Georgia Tech
    Final    38–21
  • W13at USC
    Final    25–27
  • W18vs Houston
    Final    35–34