2009 Regular season record prediction poll - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

ND getting a decent amount of hype this year. They are ranked in almost all pre-season rankings.

They should be decent, but generally an alsoran. Lucky for them they have a cake schedule. If the cards fall right they could back their way into a BCS game and get absolutely demolished by someone good.

The only sure loss I see is vs. USC. Pitt, Michigan State, and BC are tossups or slight ND leans. A couple more games (Nevada, UConn, Purdue) could be trap games.

Torn between 9-3 and 8-4. Going with 8-4, because it's Notre Dame and they never live up to the hype.