You continue to put word's in my mouth, but that is ok.I did but I'm still not sure what your point is.
I'll just go with Miami, BYU, and Michigan St. Those are not the only ones, but they are generally considered football powers now. They take football seriously and are dangerous even on down years.
Here's Sagarin's rankings:
BYU: 36
Michigan St.:41
Miami: 54
Western Kentucky: 81
So, even though you dropped Oklahoma (9), USC (16), and Michigan (19) which I assure you Notre Dame still had to play and beat, from your statement... Western Kentucky is still Western Kentucky. This year will be the first bowl game in their history.
I'll reiterate, Notre Dame played a tough schedule. I mean, coming into the year who would have picked them to even win one game between @Oklahoma and @USC? They deserve some credit.
I never dropped anyone. I never questioned the fact that Notre Dame has some great wins and I have never failed to give Notre Dame credit for what they have done. The point of my original post was that some of the teams on ND's schedule were not as good this season as their reputation would make people believe.
I also never said ND's schedule was bad. It was good, but a lot of those teams on it have reputations that are better than the product that was actually put on the field this year. For example, Boston College looks pretty good on paper, but they were 2-10. Winning at USC seems like an incredible accomplishment on paper, but the fact of the matter is that they are a 7-5 middle of the pack team in their conference. They were basically a PAC 12 version of Michigan this season. A team with ability? Absolutely, but 7-5 at the end of the day. The same could be said for Michigan. Does Michigan State have ability and a big name? Yes. Were they good this year? No. The same goes for Miami.
At the end of the day, ND played two VERY good teams (OU, Stanford) a bunch of average to slightly above average teams from big conferences, and two terrible teams (BC, Wake). We played three VERY good teams, a bunch of average teams, and a few really bad teams. Overall, I think the schedules are about even and that's how Sagarin ranked them.
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