Our side
MoneylineND to win
ours 4%
Projected score
39–13
ND – SYR
2026-11-28 · kickoff TBD
JMA Wireless Dome · Syracuse, NY
Indoors
Early season
The books
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Series
Notre Dame lead
9–3
· 12 meetings since 1914
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Notre Dame Fighting Irish
253 ranks
Notre Dame Fighting Irish #1 rush offense
Syracuse Orange #254 run defense
Pass game
edge Notre Dame Fighting Irish
242 ranks
Notre Dame Fighting Irish #10 pass offense
Syracuse Orange #252 pass defense
Run game
edge Notre Dame Fighting Irish
178 ranks
Syracuse Orange #232 rush offense
Notre Dame Fighting Irish #54 run defense
Pass game
edge Notre Dame Fighting Irish
254 ranks
Syracuse Orange #260 pass offense
Notre Dame Fighting Irish #6 pass defense
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Balanced · 58% run
Ball-control
Syracuse Orange
Balanced · 51% run
Ball-control
Marcus Freeman · 43-12
Fran Brown · 13-12
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
QB
CJ Carr
492 pass yds · 6 TD · 0 INT
#6 QB
K
Spencer Porath
3 FG · 12 XP · 21 pts
#11 K
RB
Nolan James Jr.
48 rush yds · 2 TD · 5 rec
#47 RB
WR
Jordan Faison
8 rec · 135 yds · 2 TD
#79 WR
Syracuse Orange
WR
Umari Hatcher
14 rec · 224 yds · 2 TD
#38 WR
TE
Daunte Bacheyie
6 rec · 85 yds · 2 TD
#21 TE
LB
Chris D'Appolonia
15 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#111 LB
RB
Shavane Anderson Jr.
120 rush yds · 3 TD
#148 RB
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Notre Dame offense vs Syracuse defense+18.7 pts
Syracuse offense vs Notre Dame defense-11.7 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 523 mi
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.
Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest
were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them.
Adding them again would double-count.