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FBS Independents · 2026 season

The story so far

Notre Dame fans spent the early weeks savoring blowouts while nitpicking playcalling and Aneyas Williams carries, with misery bottoming out at 9 after Rice. The 24-28 loss at BYU soured everything, and even a win at Navy left them anxious at 77 with Miami looming.

From Reddit fan threads · through Wk 9 · Oct 26–Nov 1 · 7-1

Season misery
37Content
Worst week
77Wk 9 · Oct 26–Nov 1
Best week
9Wk 2 · Sep 7–13
Wk 1 · Aug 31–Sep 6: misery 41 (Content) · 1-0Wk 2 · Sep 7–13: misery 9 (Euphoric) · 1-0Wk 3 · Sep 14–20: misery 21 (Euphoric) · 1-0Wk 4 · Sep 21–27: misery 20 (Euphoric) · 1-0Wk 5 · Sep 28–Oct 4: misery 35 (Content) · 1-0Wk 6 · Oct 5–11: misery 23 (Euphoric) · 1-0Wk 7 · Oct 12–18: misery 72 (Miserable) · 0-1Wk 9 · Oct 26–Nov 1: misery 77 (Miserable) · 1-0Wk 0Wk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9
Weekly misery, Monday to Sunday. Above the line is miserable; below is happy.

Storylines

what fans talked about, week by week
Season-long

  • Complaints about Denbrock's screens and telegraphed runs mixed with growing praise for CJ Carr early, then the BYU loss and a slow half at Navy turned the fire toward Ash's uncreative playcalling.

    “Carr looked good. Cool to see Burress, Bettis, and Fitzgerald all get catches. That's about all I got in this.”

    ▲ 139Wk 2 · Sep 7–13

    Wk 4 · Sep 21–27 ›Wk 5 · Sep 28–Oct 4 ›Wk 9 · Oct 26–Nov 1 ›
Kept coming up

angry / anxioushappy / hopefulsplitbigger dot = louder

  1. 77Wk 9 · Oct 26–Nov 11-0›
  2. —Wk 8 · Oct 19–25
  3. 72Wk 7 · Oct 12–180-1›
  4. 23Wk 6 · Oct 5–111-0›
  5. 35Wk 5 · Sep 28–Oct 41-0›
  6. 20Wk 4 · Sep 21–271-0›
  7. 21Wk 3 · Sep 14–201-0›
  8. 9Wk 2 · Sep 7–131-0›
  9. 41Wk 1 · Aug 31–Sep 61-0›
  10. —Wk 0 · Aug 24–30