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WEEK 7 ยท 2026
The Week 7 job

Beat BYU and avoid turning a likely win into a season problem.

Your game

Notre Dame at BYU
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first-round bye chanceNow58%Win64%Loss30%
Notre Dame
Notre Dame 82%BYU 18%
BYU

Other impactful games

the highlighted team is the result Notre Dame wants
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Priority 1
Root for
Florida
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Texas
Root for Florida3.4-point first-round-bye boost

Florida winning improves your chances of earning a top-four seed and first-round bye.

61% if Florida wins58% with the other result3.4-point differenceNotre Dame first-round bye chance
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Priority 2
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Auburn
at
Georgia
Root for Auburn3.0-point first-round-bye boost

Auburn winning improves your chances of earning a top-four seed and first-round bye.

61% if Auburn wins58% with the other result3-point differenceNotre Dame first-round bye chance
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Priority 3
Utah
at
Root for
Colorado
Root for Colorado2.6-point first-round-bye boost

Colorado winning improves your chances of earning a top-four seed and first-round bye.

61% if Colorado wins58% with the other result2.6-point differenceNotre Dame first-round bye chance
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Priority 4
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Florida State
at
Miami
Root for Florida State2.6-point first-round-bye boost

Florida State winning improves your chances of earning a top-four seed and first-round bye; Notre Dame still plays Miami in week 10.

61% if Florida State wins58% with the other result2.6-point differenceNotre Dame first-round bye chance
54 more games that don't move your needle
Alabama at Tennessee
Virginia at SMU ยท The CW Network
TCU at Baylor ยท FS1
Navy at UTSA ยท ESPNU
Delaware at Middle Tennessee ยท CBSSN
Florida International at Jacksonville State ยท ESPNU
Kennesaw State at Missouri State ยท CBSSN
Western Kentucky at Sam Houston ยท ESPN2
East Carolina at UAB ยท ESPN
Georgia Southern at Old Dominion ยท ESPN2
Colorado State at Texas State ยท CBSSN
Memphis at Tulane ยท ESPN
Washington at Purdue ยท FOX
App State at Coastal Carolina ยท ESPN2
Wake Forest at California
Penn State at Michigan
Nebraska at Oregon
Wisconsin at UCLA
Mississippi State at LSU
Cincinnati at West Virginia ยท TNT
Kansas at Kansas State ยท FS1
Pittsburgh at Boston College ยท ESPN2
Ohio State at Indiana ยท FOX
Northwestern at Michigan State ยท Peacock
Florida Atlantic at Army ยท CBSSN
Ball State at Bowling Green ยท ESPN+
Georgia State at James Madison ยท ESPNU
Rutgers at Maryland ยท BTN
Charlotte at Temple ยท ESPN+
Massachusetts at Buffalo ยท ESPN+
Western Michigan at Central Michigan ยท ESPN+
Missouri at Ole Miss
Arizona State at Texas Tech ยท FOX
Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech ยท ACC Network
North Carolina at Duke ยท ESPN2
Northern Illinois at Wyoming ยท The CW Network
UNLV at Air Force ยท CBSSN
Toledo at Eastern Michigan ยท ESPN+
Akron at Miami (OH) ยท ESPN+
Tulsa at Rice ยท ESPN+
Troy at Louisiana ยท ESPN+
Washington State at Oregon State ยท USA Network
Arkansas at Vanderbilt ยท ESPN2
Kent State at South Florida ยท ESPN+
Nevada at North Dakota State ยท CBSSN
Arkansas State at Southern Miss ยท ESPN+
Kentucky at Oklahoma ยท SEC Network
Oklahoma State at Houston ยท FOX
Louisville at Syracuse ยท ACC Network
Louisiana Tech at UL Monroe ยท ESPN+
San Josรฉ State at UTEP ยท MW+
Ohio at Sacramento State ยท ESPN+
Fresno State at San Diego State ยท CBSSN
New Mexico at Hawai'i ยท FS1
Your rooting list:Notre Dame, then Florida, Auburn, Colorado, Florida State.

Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 7, anchored to the AP Top 25 (week 6). How the model works.