Notre Dame football has been one of the best football programs nationally since 2017. In six of those seven years, the Irish have won 10 or more games, they’ve twice gone to the College Football Playoff, and their recruiting has seen a ratings uptick since [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] was hired.
Yet Notre Dame was out of the College Football Playoff hunt by early October this year. A home loss to Ohio State coupled with a destruction at the hands of Louisville did them in before having a third loss at Clemson later in the year.
So as good as Notre Dame has been there is still a gap to close. How close are Marcus Freeman and the Fighting Irish to closing that and getting Notre Dame to play in a national championship game?
Let’s examine…