2020 — Season 2020

Record 10-1
Final Result CFP Appearance
AP Final #2 post-bowls
SP+ +12.7 last-week
Era The Kelly Reconstruction
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Duke 27-13 W vs Sout Flo 52-0 W vs FSU 42-26 W vs Louisv 12-7 W @ Pittsb 45-3 W @ Geor Tec 31-13 W vs Clemson 47-40 W @ Bost Col 45-31 W @ UNC 31-17 W vs Syracuse 45-21 L vs Clemson 10-34 L @ Alabama 14-31 CFP
What It Meant

2020 reached the CFP — the modern era's table-stakes benchmark — and sits in Notre Dame's peak-tier chapters.