No. 3
Won 5 straight
Last win: beat North Carolina 37–26 on Sat, Oct 3
Next: Sat, Oct 10 vs Stanford, 3:30 PM EDT on NBC
Last national title: none since 1998.
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Independents Football Tracker
Notre Dame and UConn, the two FBS schools that play football without a conference.
Records, schedules and every score for all two Independents teams. Open a team for its full season and the box score of any game.
17
days since UConn last won, the longest wait in the Independents.
Shortest wait: Notre Dame at 3 days.
Updated 11:55 PM ET.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish schedule and results Week Date Opponent Result 1 Sun, Sep 6 
vs WisconsinW 41–13 2 Sat, Sep 12 
vs RiceW 52–0 3 Sat, Sep 19 
vs Michigan StateW 27–10 4 Sat, Sep 26 
at PurdueW 49–10 5 Sat, Oct 3 
at North CarolinaW 37–26 6 Sat, Oct 10 
vs Stanford3:30 PM EDT on NBC 7 Sat, Oct 17 
at No. 8 BYU5:30 PM MDT on ABC 8 Open week 9 Sat, Oct 31 
vs Navy12:00 PM EDT 10 Sat, Nov 7 
vs No. 4 Miami7:30 PM EST on NBC 11 Sat, Nov 14 
vs Boston College3:30 PM EST on NBC 12 Sat, Nov 21 
vs No. 24 SMU7:30 PM EST on NBC 13 Sat, Nov 28 
at Syracuse12:00 AM EST Everything else about Notre Dame: bowl and title droughts, every last win, head-to-head records
Lost 2 straight
Last win: beat Southern Miss 48–20 on Sat, Sep 19
Next: Sat, Oct 10 at Temple, 3:45 PM EDT on ESPNU
Last national title: none since 1998.
UConn Huskies schedule and results Week Date Opponent Result 1 Sat, Sep 5 
vs LafayetteW 56–7 2 Sat, Sep 12 
vs MarylandL 14–38 3 Sat, Sep 19 
at Southern MissW 48–20 4 Sat, Sep 26 
at Miami (OH)L 21–24 5 Sat, Oct 3 vs SyracuseL 41–42 6 Sat, Oct 10 
at Temple3:45 PM EDT on ESPNU 7 Open week 8 Fri, Oct 23 
vs UMass7:00 PM EDT on CBSSN 9 Sat, Oct 31 
at Air Force1:00 PM MDT on MW+ 10 Sat, Nov 7 vs North Carolina12:00 PM EST on CBSSN 11 Sat, Nov 14 
vs James Madison12:00 PM EST on CBSSN 12 Sat, Nov 21 
vs Old Dominion3:30 PM EST on CBSSN 13 Sat, Nov 28 
at Wyoming10:00 PM MST Everything else about UConn: bowl and title droughts, every last win, head-to-head records
The state of the conference
Notre Dame is 5–0 and UConn is 2–3. No. 3 Notre Dame is the Independents's only team in the AP Top 25. UConn has waited longest for a win, 17 days since beating Southern Miss, while Notre Dame last won 3 days ago. Up next, Notre Dame hosts Stanford on Sat, Oct 10 at 3:30 PM EDT on NBC.