College football preseason rankings can be funny. Often times they’re based too heavily on the results of the year before, despite players being off the NFL and other roster changes.
Notre Dame is no exception to this as they’ve been ranked highly in preseasons the last 20-or so years and disappointed. They’ve also gone from unranked to top-five finishes as well.
2023 figures to see Notre Dame ranked somewhere between 10 and 14 to start the year. Where they finish will remain to be seen.
How has Notre Dame started the year in terms of the national media’s eye and ended up finishing this millennium? Here is a look back at every AP Poll start and finish for Notre Dame football since 2000: