It seems as if ESPN’s computer projection systems are very high on Notre Dame football following its Week 5 31-24 victory over the Louisville Cardinals.
The Irish were ESPN’s Football Power Index’s No. 9 team heading into this past weekend, and following the win, moved up two places to No. 7. This is fairly significant, as their system is a great predictor of future game outcomes.
Notre Dame gets back to the spot they were after Week 3, but there is another significant data point that ESPN points out, its chances at running the table for the rest of the regular season. After dropping to a 22% chance to win the remainder of their games last week, it jumped to 30.5% this week, the highest number in the nation.
There was an even bigger jump in the projections regarding the Irish making the [autotag]College Football Playoff[/autotag]. Last week, the FPI gave Notre Dame a 36.3%, which made a jump of almost 10-percentage points to 46.1%.
With a bye week this coming weekend, Notre Dame will have an opportunity to get healthy for its stretch run to finish off the season.
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