We still have a little bit of time before the release of the 2024 Preseason AP Poll. That poll will give teams their starting points en route to a national championship. Even though it isn’t out yet, people already are making predictions for it.
Phil Steele claims to have correctly predicted the teams in the Preseason AP Poll 95.3% of the time in the 15 years he’s been doing so. So Notre Dame fans should be happy to know he’s predicting the Irish to enter the season as the sixth-ranked team in the nation.
On3 opted to break down Steele’s predicted top 10 and offered this take about where the Irish are at:
“This could be the highest preseason prediction in the AP Poll for the Fighting Irish. [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] went the way of a veteran QB in the portal, this time Duke’s [autotag]Riley Leonard[/autotag].
Still an Independent, Notre Dame can’t finish higher than No. 5 in potential CFP rankings. However, Freeman might be set up for his best year as coach in South Bend when it’s all said and done.”
Let’s hope they’re right. That’s the only thing that really needs to be added here.
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