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Will Pauling vs ranked teams

Notre Dame · AP Top 25 · 2021-2025 · regular season and postseason

Will Pauling has averaged 42.8 receiving yards in 11 games against AP Top 25 opponents, vs 44.2 in 29 games against everyone else (2021-2025, regular season and postseason).

Vs AP Top 25
42.8
receiving yards per game · 11 games
Vs everyone else
44.2
receiving yards per game · 29 games
Difference
−1.4
per game, ranked minus everyone else

Career and by season

Will Pauling per game averages against AP Top 25 opponents and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesRecRec ydsRec TDPass ydsRush ydsDiff vs others
CareerAP Top 25114.142.80.550.00.4−1.4
Everyone else293.844.20.310.70.1
2025AP Top 2532.311.70.330.00.0−31.6
Everyone else82.443.30.630.00.0
2024AP Top 2545.345.50.500.01.0+0.5
Everyone else54.245.00.200.00.0
2023AP Top 2526.097.01.500.00.0+38.5
Everyone else115.658.50.271.71.0
2022AP Top 2522.530.00.000.00.0+14.5
Everyone else41.815.50.000.0-2.0
2021AP Top 250–––––
Everyone else11.06.00.000.00.0

Every game against a ranked opponent

  1. 2025 Week 12at No. 23 Pittsburgh0 completions, 0 pass yds, 0 TD · 0 carries, 0 rush yds, 0 TD · 3 catches, 6 rec yds, 0 TD
  2. 2025 Week 8vs No. 20 USC0 completions, 0 pass yds, 0 TD · 0 carries, 0 rush yds, 0 TD · 2 catches, 16 rec yds, 1 TD
  3. 2025 Week 3vs No. 16 Texas A&M0 completions, 0 pass yds, 0 TD · 0 carries, 0 rush yds, 0 TD · 2 catches, 13 rec yds, 0 TD
  4. 2024 Week 12vs No. 1 Oregon0 completions, 0 pass yds, 0 TD · 0 carries, 0 rush yds, 0 TD · 2 catches, 9 rec yds, 1 TD
  5. 2024 Week 9vs No. 3 Penn State0 completions, 0 pass yds, 0 TD · 1 carries, 4 rush yds, 0 TD · 8 catches, 79 rec yds, 0 TD
  6. 2024 Week 5at No. 13 USC0 completions, 0 pass yds, 0 TD · 0 carries, 0 rush yds, 0 TD · 2 catches, 11 rec yds, 0 TD
  7. 2024 Week 3vs No. 4 Alabama0 completions, 0 pass yds, 0 TD · 0 carries, 0 rush yds, 0 TD · 9 catches, 83 rec yds, 1 TD
  8. 2023 postseasonat No. 13 LSU0 completions, 0 pass yds, 0 TD · 0 carries, 0 rush yds, 0 TD · 8 catches, 143 rec yds, 2 TD
  9. 2023 Week 9vs No. 3 Ohio State0 completions, 0 pass yds, 0 TD · 0 carries, 0 rush yds, 0 TD · 4 catches, 51 rec yds, 1 TD
  10. 2022 Week 13vs No. 19 Tulane0 completions, 0 pass yds, 0 TD · 0 carries, 0 rush yds, 0 TD · 2 catches, 41 rec yds, 0 TD
  11. 2022 Week 1at No. 19 Arkansas0 completions, 0 pass yds, 0 TD · 0 carries, 0 rush yds, 0 TD · 3 catches, 19 rec yds, 0 TD

What counts: a game is ranked when the opponent stood in that week's AP Top 25 at kickoff. Games are regular season and postseason. Games are placed by season and week; dates and scores are not shown. Past results, not a projection.