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2012 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results

Record: 12-1 (3rd of 124) (Schedule & Results)

Rank: 4th in the Final AP poll

Conference: Ind

Coach: Brian Kelly (12-1)

Points For: 335

Points/G: 25.8 (81st of 124)

Points Against: 166

Opp Pts/G: 12.8 (2nd of 124)

SRS: 16.98 (6th of 124)

SOS: 6.14 (8th of 124)

Bowl Game: Lost BCS Championship 42-14 versus Alabama

AP Poll Summary

AP Poll Summary Table
Pre	9/2	9/9	9/16	9/23	9/30	10/7	10/14	10/21	10/28	11/4	11/11	11/18	11/25	12/2	Final
	22	20	11	10	9	7	5	5	4	4	3	1	1	1	4

13 Games Table
G	Date	Day	School		Opponent	Conf		Pts	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Sep 1, 2012	Sat	Notre Dame	N	Navy	Ind	W	50	10	1	0	W 1
2	Sep 8, 2012	Sat	(22) Notre Dame		Purdue	Big Ten	W	20	17	2	0	W 2
3	Sep 15, 2012	Sat	(20) Notre Dame	@	(10) Michigan State	Big Ten	W	20	3	3	0	W 3
4	Sep 22, 2012	Sat	(11) Notre Dame		(18) Michigan	Big Ten	W	13	6	4	0	W 4
5	Oct 6, 2012	Sat	(9) Notre Dame		Miami (FL)	ACC	W	41	3	5	0	W 5	Soldier Field (Chicago, IL)
6	Oct 13, 2012	Sat	(7) Notre Dame		(17) Stanford	Pac-12	W	20	13	6	0	W 6
7	Oct 20, 2012	Sat	(5) Notre Dame		BYU	Ind	W	17	14	7	0	W 7
8	Oct 27, 2012	Sat	(5) Notre Dame	@	(8) Oklahoma	Big 12	W	30	13	8	0	W 8
9	Nov 3, 2012	Sat	(4) Notre Dame		Pitt	Big East	W	29	26	9	0	W 9
10	Nov 10, 2012	Sat	(4) Notre Dame	@	Boston College	ACC	W	21	6	10	0	W 10
11	Nov 17, 2012	Sat	(3) Notre Dame		Wake Forest	ACC	W	38	0	11	0	W 11
12	Nov 24, 2012	Sat	(1) Notre Dame	@	USC	Pac-12	W	22	13	12	0	W 12
13	Jan 7, 2013	Mon	(1) Notre Dame	N	(2) Alabama	SEC	L	14	42	12	1	L 1	BCS Championship (Miami, FL)