Southern Methodist Mustangs @ Notre Dame Fighting Irish — Nov 22, 2026

NCAA Division FBS·Round 1 November 22, 2026
Southern Methodist Mustangs SMU SMU 5-1, 1-1 Away
November 22, 2026 12:30 am
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Fighting Irish Notre Dame ND 6-1, 4-0 Home
Key Players
SMU
K. Jennings QB
1720 PASS
126 RUSH
0 REC
K. Raphael RB
0 PASS
643 RUSH
71 REC
IB
I. Barry
0 PASS
-7 RUSH
381 REC
Notre Dame
C. Carr QB
1639 PASS
82 RUSH
-5 REC
NJ
N. James RB
0 PASS
412 RUSH
105 REC
JW
J. Walton RB
0 PASS
426 RUSH
56 REC
Stats Comparison
Overall Away vs Home
League Percentile Ranking
SMU
Notre Dame
Scoring 0–3
33.2 27th
Points
3rd 41.1
23.0 44th
Opp Points
3rd 13.4
10.2 25th
Point Diff
1st 27.7
Offense 4–2
459.0 12th
Total Yds
18th 445.0
288.8 11th
Pass Yds
28th 261.7
170.2 49th
Rush Yds
30th 183.3
25.2 7th
1st Downs
26th 22.4
45.5 28th
3rd Down%
35th 44.0
85.2 66th
Red Zone%
45th 87.9
Kicking & Discipline 0–4
70.0 91st
FG%
13th 90.9
1.5 97th
Turnovers
2nd 0.3
7.3 96th
Penalties
1st 3.1
69.2 113th
Penalty Yds
1st 29.4
Recent Form
SMU
W vs CAL 59-20
W vs UVA 23-13
W vs BC 25-16
W vs MIZS 34-24
L @ LOU 31-41
Notre Dame
L @ BYU 24-28
W vs STAN 58-7
W @ UNC 37-26
W @ PUR 49-10
W vs MSU 27-10
Form Comparison
SMU vs Notre Dame
10 20 50
Win-loss trend: each win +1, each loss −1
League
NCAA Division FBS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
November 22, 2026
Time
12:30 am