Rivalry leaderboard
Michigan-Notre Dame Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 79/100
- Overtime
- 0
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 41
- Series record
- Michigan 22-18-1 Notre Dame
- Tracked years
- 1887-2019
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1989Week 3
Notre Dame at Michigan
Notre Dame 24, Michigan 19
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 2 Michigan · 5-point margin
Ranking 49/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
79
Game score
- 1992Week 3
Notre Dame at Michigan
Notre Dame 17, Michigan 17
Result: Tie
No. 3 Notre Dame vs. No. 6 Michigan · 0-point margin
Ranking 43/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
78
Game score
- 1994Week 3
Michigan at Notre Dame
Michigan 26, Notre Dame 24
Winner: Michigan
No. 6 Michigan vs. No. 3 Notre Dame · 2-point margin
Ranking 43/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
76
Game score
- 1990Week 4
Michigan at Notre Dame
Michigan 24, Notre Dame 28
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 7 Michigan vs. No. 1 Notre Dame · 4-point margin
Ranking 44/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
75
Game score
- 1993Week 3
Notre Dame at Michigan
Notre Dame 27, Michigan 23
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 11 Notre Dame vs. No. 3 Michigan · 4-point margin
Ranking 38/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
69
Game score
- 1979Week 3
Notre Dame at Michigan
Notre Dame 12, Michigan 10
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 5 Notre Dame vs. No. 11 Michigan · 2-point margin
Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
69
Game score
- 1991Week 3
Notre Dame at Michigan
Notre Dame 14, Michigan 24
Winner: Michigan
No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 3 Michigan · 10-point margin
Ranking 42/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
67
Game score
- 1988Week 3
Michigan at Notre Dame
Michigan 17, Notre Dame 19
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 9 Michigan vs. No. 13 Notre Dame · 2-point margin
Ranking 30/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
63
Game score
- 1986Week 3
Michigan at Notre Dame
Michigan 24, Notre Dame 23
Winner: Michigan
No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 20 Notre Dame · 1-point margin
Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
63
Game score
- 1999Week 2
Notre Dame at Michigan
Notre Dame 22, Michigan 26
Winner: Michigan
No. 16 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 Michigan · 4-point margin
Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
60
Game score
- 1980Week 4
Michigan at Notre Dame
Michigan 27, Notre Dame 29
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 17 Michigan vs. No. 8 Notre Dame · 2-point margin
Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
60
Game score
- 2002Week 4
Michigan at Notre Dame
Michigan 23, Notre Dame 25
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 7 Michigan vs. No. 20 Notre Dame · 2-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
58
Game score
- 1943Week 5
Notre Dame at Michigan
Notre Dame 35, Michigan 12
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 6 Michigan · 23-point margin
Ranking 45/50 · Closeness 12/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
- 1981Week 3
Notre Dame at Michigan
Notre Dame 7, Michigan 25
Winner: Michigan
No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 11 Michigan · 18-point margin
Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 17/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
- 1982Week 3
Michigan at Notre Dame
Michigan 17, Notre Dame 23
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 10 Michigan vs. No. 20 Notre Dame · 6-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
51
Game score
- 1998Week 2
Michigan at Notre Dame
Michigan 20, Notre Dame 36
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 13 Michigan vs. No. 10 Notre Dame · 16-point margin
Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 19/35 · Overtime 0/15
48
Game score
- 1997Week 6
Notre Dame at Michigan
Notre Dame 14, Michigan 21
Winner: Michigan
Unranked Notre Dame vs. No. 6 Michigan · 7-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
48
Game score
- 2013Week 2
Notre Dame at Michigan
Notre Dame 30, Michigan 41
Winner: Michigan
No. 14 Notre Dame vs. No. 17 Michigan · 11-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15
45
Game score
Full Game · Michigan vs. Notre Dame (Under the Lights III Full Game)
- 2004Week 3
Michigan at Notre Dame
Michigan 20, Notre Dame 28
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 8 Michigan vs. Unranked Notre Dame · 8-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
45
Game score
- 1978Week 4
Michigan at Notre Dame
Michigan 28, Notre Dame 14
Winner: Michigan
No. 4 Michigan vs. Unranked Notre Dame · 14-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
43
Game score
- 1987Week 3
Notre Dame at Michigan
Notre Dame 26, Michigan 7
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 9 Notre Dame vs. No. 19 Michigan · 19-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 16/35 · Overtime 0/15
40
Game score
- 1985Week 3
Notre Dame at Michigan
Notre Dame 12, Michigan 20
Winner: Michigan
No. 13 Notre Dame vs. Unranked Michigan · 8-point margin
Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
40
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.