All of a sudden, Notre Dame’s game against Florida State in November looks far less intimidating. No other conclusion can be reached after the Seminoles lost to Boston College, 28-13.
With this loss, the Seminoles have made some dubious recent history. Ranked 10th in the AP Preseason Poll, they’ve become the fourth program in the past 10 years to be ranked in the top 10 and drop their first two games. The most recent team to do that? The 2022 Irish.
We’ll see what happens with the latest poll, but when the 2022 Irish lost to No. 2 Ohio State on the road and then Marshall at home, they dropped out of the rankings entirely and didn’t get back there until November. Even then, they never got higher than 13th.
The Seminoles don’t even have the excuse of dropping to one ranked team to begin the season. One has to think Mike Norvell is on the hot seat now for what’s happened to a team that had College Football Playoff aspirations. The pressure is on now to right the ship.
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