Ian Book highlight reel

Notre Damn had the 13th toughest schedule in 2020

1. Notre Dame almost never plays weak schedules.​

Per Sports Reference’s SOS metric, the last time Notre Dame had a full-season schedule (including bowls, which only throw things off slightly) that graded below that year’s FBS average in strength was 1923. In the 2000s, Notre Dame’s schedule strength has averaged 16th in the country, six times ranking in the 10 toughest.
https://www.bannersociety.com/2019/8/14/20707428/notre-dame-playoff-argument

2. Notre Dame isn’t in a power conference, but it plays a power-conference schedule.​

The BCS literally considered Notre Dame a power, guaranteeing the Irish a berth whenever they ranked in the top 8 and a couple times including them when they didn’t.


I mean it's fun to knock non SEC teams and all, but you will not find teams like UL - Monroe, McNeese, Central Michigan, (LSU 2021 schedule) Utah state, Northwestern State, and Southern Georgia (LSU 2019) on Notre Dame's schedule or the list of Teams Book beat.