ND Finishes 19th In Final Sagarin Rankings

[BGIF]

USATODAY.com

Actually finished #18 in Sagarin's Predictor Ranking which he considers his most accurate. ND was highest 5 loss team ranked and ranked higher than several 2, 3, and 4 loss teams.

Stanford was the only ND opponent ranked ahead of the Irish. MSU plummeted to #31 just ahead of Pitt.

ND's Strength of Schedule stayed at #22 despite the pastings of the State of Michigan teams.

 

[BGIF]

2. Stanford
19 ND
22. USC
26 Utah
31. MSU
32. Pitt
35. Tulsa
40. Miami
49. BC
55. Navy
60. Michigan
73. Army
96. Purdue
99. WMU


For some contrast
62. UCLA
63. Tennessee
64. Texas

 

[Rocket89]

Purdue...oh Purdue...

 

[Old Man Mike]

This I like...and see it as very solidly appropriate for who we were at season's end. Kelly took us from low mediocrity to a pretty powerful team. Wish the whole nation could understand that. One year...the man's a genius. And with a sputtering offense.

 

[tankjeep]

This I like...and see it as very solidly appropriate for who we were at season's end. Kelly took us from low mediocrity to a pretty powerful team. Wish the whole nation could understand that. One year...the man's a genius. And with a sputtering offense.

yep, exactly. and now with the defense stepping up and hopefully a stronger offense next season. we should be ranked and stay there.....optimistically speaking of course. barring any injuries, etc.

 

[Rudy89]

dang if only one space higher we couldve built on beating 2 teams that finished the year ranked.