Talk to a Notre Dame football fan and they’ve got expectations to make another run at a College Football Playoff appearance, if not an outside chance at a national championship. Now I think you’ve got to walk before you can run and simply put, Notre Dame hasn’t walked on the national stage, at least not in big games. That said, I still have expectations for this team to make a run at a potential CFP berth.
One outlet that appears not to? The ESPN Football Power Index. The FPI puts together their formula and spits out a teams chances at winning all 12 of their regular season contests. Let’s just say it really doesn’t like Notre Dame’s chances in a quarter of their contests this fall.
Opponent and ESPN FPI’s chances of a Notre Dame win:
vs. Navy 82.3%
vs. Arkansas 90.3%
vs. Western Michigan 94.4%
vs. Wake Forest 85.4%
vs. Wisconsin 26.5%
vs. Stanford 76.6%
at Pittsburgh 75.3%
vs. Duke 89%
vs. Clemson 13.3%
at Georgia Tech 75%
vs. Louisville 65.4%
at USC 30.4%
Let’s quickly discuss the projected losses: