While many aren’t happy with Notre Dame football head coach [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag]’s slip ups against average at best teams, he’s doing some great work against top competition.
The win against Louisville was No. 9 in his three years in South Bend, which is right behind the school record for most wins against top-25 opponents to start one’s career. [autotag]Frank Leahy[/autotag] is the current holder, with 10 wins, started all the way back in 1941.
It seemed at the beginning of the year that Florida State would be one of those opponents in that range, but they have since fallen hard and won’t be ranked when the Irish face them in early November. Most likely USC will be ranked, as they are currently ranked, and should stay that way after they rallied to defeat Wisconsin on Saturday afternoon.
There is potential that Navy could eek its way into the top-25 as well, and a big time bowl matchup would give Freeman yet another opportunity to either break or tie the record.
The 31-24 victory for @NDFootball over No. 15 Louisville is the ninth ranked win of the Marcus Freeman era at Notre Dame.
Only Frank Leahy (10 over his first three years) has more ranked wins as the Fighting Irish football coach in his first three years.
— Notre Dame Football PR Team (@NDFootballPR) September 28, 2024
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