2026 schedule simulator
Path to Your Team Starting with Notre Dame, this finds the shortest chain of scheduled games that could move the belt to a selected team.
Notre Dame Current holder
108 Reachable teams
888 2026 games
Select team Abilene Christian Air Force Akron Alabama Alabama State Alcorn State App State Arizona Arizona State Arkansas Arkansas State Arkansas-Pine Bluff Army Auburn Austin Peay Ball State Baylor Bethune-Cookman Boise State Boston College Bowling Green Bryant Bucknell Buffalo BYU Cal Poly California Campbell Central Arkansas Central Connecticut Central Michigan Charleston Southern Charlotte Chattanooga Cincinnati Clemson Coastal Carolina Colgate Colorado Colorado State Delaware Delaware State Duke Duquesne East Carolina East Tennessee State East Texas A&M Eastern Illinois Eastern Kentucky Eastern Michigan Eastern Washington Elon Florida Florida A&M Florida Atlantic Florida International Florida State Fordham Fresno State Furman Gardner-Webb Georgia Georgia Southern Georgia State Georgia Tech Grambling Hawai'i Holy Cross Houston Houston Christian Howard Idaho Idaho State Illinois Illinois State Incarnate Word Indiana Indiana State Iowa Iowa State Jacksonville State James Madison Kansas Kansas State Kennesaw State Kent State Kentucky Lafayette Lamar Liberty Lindenwood Long Island University Louisiana Louisiana Tech Louisville LSU Maine Marshall Maryland Massachusetts McNeese Memphis Mercer Mercyhurst Merrimack Miami Miami (OH) Michigan Michigan State Middle Tennessee Minnesota Mississippi State Mississippi Valley State Missouri Missouri State Monmouth Montana Montana State Morgan State Murray State Navy NC State Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico New Mexico State Nicholls Norfolk State North Alabama North Carolina North Carolina A&T North Carolina Central North Dakota North Dakota State North Texas Northern Arizona Northern Colorado Northern Illinois Northern Iowa Northwestern Northwestern State Notre Dame Ohio Ohio State Oklahoma Oklahoma State Old Dominion Ole Miss Oregon Oregon State Penn State Pittsburgh Portland State Prairie View A&M Purdue Rhode Island Rice Richmond Robert Morris Rutgers Sacramento State Sacred Heart Sam Houston Samford San Diego State San Jose State SE Louisiana SMU South Alabama South Carolina South Dakota South Dakota State South Florida Southeast Missouri State Southern Southern Illinois Southern Miss Southern Utah Stanford Stonehill Stony Brook Syracuse Tarleton State TCU Temple Tennessee Tennessee State Tennessee Tech Texas Texas A&M Texas Southern Texas State Texas Tech The Citadel Toledo Towson Troy Tulane Tulsa UAB UAlbany UC Davis UCF UCLA UConn UL Monroe UNLV USC UT Martin UT Rio Grande Valley Utah Utah State Utah Tech UTEP UTSA Vanderbilt Villanova Virginia Virginia Tech VMI Wagner Wake Forest Washington Washington State Weber State West Georgia West Virginia Western Carolina Western Illinois Western Kentucky Western Michigan William & Mary Wisconsin Wofford Wyoming Youngstown State 1
Wisconsin beats Notre Dame Week 1 · Sep 6, 2026 · Notre Dame at Wisconsin (neutral site)
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Air Force Akron Arizona Arizona State Army Ball State Baylor Boise State Boston College Bowling Green Buffalo BYU California Central Michigan Charlotte Cincinnati Clemson Coastal Carolina Colorado Colorado State Duke East Carolina Eastern Michigan Elon Florida Florida Atlantic Florida State Fresno State Georgia Georgia Tech Hawai'i Houston Illinois Indiana Iowa Iowa State James Madison Kansas Kansas State Kent State Kentucky Lindenwood Louisville Maryland Massachusetts Memphis Miami Miami (OH) Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Navy NC State Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North Carolina North Dakota State North Texas Northern Illinois
This assumes the belt holder loses each listed game. It uses regular-season CFBD schedule data only and does not project conference championships, bowls, or playoff games.