Our side
MoneylineND to win
ours 9%
Projected score
41–14
ND – PUR
2026-09-26 · kickoff TBD
Ross-Ade Stadium · West Lafayette, IN
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Notre Dame lead
61–26–2
· 89 meetings since 1896
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Notre Dame Fighting Irish
231 ranks
Notre Dame Fighting Irish #1 rush offense
Purdue Boilermakers #232 run defense
Pass game
edge Notre Dame Fighting Irish
243 ranks
Notre Dame Fighting Irish #10 pass offense
Purdue Boilermakers #253 pass defense
Run game
edge Notre Dame Fighting Irish
58 ranks
Purdue Boilermakers #112 rush offense
Notre Dame Fighting Irish #54 run defense
Pass game
edge Notre Dame Fighting Irish
194 ranks
Purdue Boilermakers #200 pass offense
Notre Dame Fighting Irish #6 pass defense
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Balanced · 58% run
Ball-control
Purdue Boilermakers
Balanced · 49% run
Ball-control
Marcus Freeman · 43-12
Barry Odom · 47-43 · offense-minded
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
Purdue Boilermakers
RB
Fame Ijeboi
201 rush yds · 4 TD · 8 rec
#9 RB
DB
Don Saunders
10 tkl · 1 INT
#38 DB
K
Jacobo Echeverria Lozano
6 FG · 8 XP · 26 pts
#8 K
DL
Jeremy Lewis
5 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 2.5 TFL
#64 DL
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 Purdue defense+19.8 pts
Purdue offense vs Notre Dame defense-6.1 pts
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.