2018 — Season 2018

Record 12-1
Final Result CFP Appearance
AP Final #3 post-bowls
SP+ +11.1 last-week
Era The Kelly Reconstruction
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Michigan 24-17 W vs Ball Sta 24-16 W vs Vander 22-17 W @ Wake For 56-27 W vs Stanford 38-17 W @ Virg Tec 45-23 W vs Pittsb 19-14 W @ Navy 44-22 W @ Northw 31-21 W vs FSU 42-13 W vs Syracuse 36-3 W @ USC 24-17 L @ Clemson 3-30 CFP
What It Meant

2018 reached the CFP — the modern era's table-stakes benchmark — and sits in Notre Dame's peak-tier chapters.