For the second straight week we avoided chaos at the top of the rankings as things stabilize heading into rivalry weekend and the regular season finale of 2023. Here's the latest 18S Top 20 Poll. 18 Stripes Top 20 Poll RANK TEAM RECORD NEXT 1 Georgia 11-0 at Georgia Tech 2 Washington 11-0 vs. [...]
Notre Dame came into this Saturday's game against Wake Forest as heavy favorites on Senior Day and after a brief struggle to find momentum eventually put things in cruise control for an easy victory. Back-to-back seasons of at least 8 wins: clinched for Marcus Freeman. The Irish put together a very solid day on offense [...]
The tradition of ACC continues with another visit from Wake Forest, feel the excitement emanating from this article. At one point, this looked like an interesting matchup as Sam Hartman faces his old team but the recent struggles by both the Irish and Demon Deacons put a bit of a downer on this Senior Day [...]
The Notre Dame trip to Clemson ended up as a toss-up in the final numbers - SP+ gave the Irish a 43% expected win probability and an adjusted margin of -1.5 points. ND outgained the Tigers by nearly a yard per play, created more scoring chances, and were +1.22 in expected turnovers (only to finish [...]
Week 11 of the college football season brought us a near upset for Virginia, the top Dawgs asserting their dominance, Miami dropping their 4th ACC game, Washington holding serve at home, and much more including Michigan's loathing redemption tour exiting Happy Valley without a loss. As always, you can't depend on Penn State to pull [...]
The college football season is coming to its conclusion soon and during Notre Dame's 2nd bye week what better time than now to take a look at the head coach's doing a mighty fine job in 2023. As always, we aren't including the super obvious candidates (great job over there, Kirby Smart!) and want to [...]
Another week, another bitterly disappointing defeat against a team you can argue Notre Dame had no business losing to. A season that began with dreams of a playoff bid will now culminate in a 2nd or 3rd tier bowl game. The most frustrating aspect of this slide is that the Irish defense has clearly taken [...]
The 10th week of college football brought us an impressive offensive performance in Tuscaloosa, the defending champions remaining undefeated and extends their winning streak to 26 games, plus Washington stays atop of the Pac-12 with a big win inside the Coliseum. In the ACC, Florida State has clinched its first league championship game appearance in [...]
The line heading into this game did feel a little curious but it's example 9 million of how Vegas knows best as the Irish crashed and burned their boats on another trip Clemson on Saturday afternoon. The team fought back from a 1st half deficit and then couldn't complete a thorough comeback (or a pass) [...]
The Irish defense dominated, special teams fueled an early lead and some late style points, and the Notre Dame offense righted the ship after a shaky start to demolish Pitt. For a second straight game Marcus Freeman's squad found some easy points outside the core phases of the game with 5 takeaways and special teams [...]
Washington continues to look wobbly following the win over Oregon but haven't dropped one since with a couple close calls. The same can't be said for Oklahoma who got rock chalked over the weekend and will need to fight back into the playoff picture. By the way, the first College Football Playoff rankings come out [...]
Sorry for the lack of Mid Major Content, the 18S family grew by one more last Monday. Do not worry, the little one already has gotten the talk from me that we love Notre Dame first, then mid major football second. Without further ado, let's dive into the new top ten. Also Considered: Georgia Southern, [...]
Notre Dame came out with a few mistakes offensively then put some adversity behind them to bury the Pitt Panthers on Saturday afternoon in South Bend. The win moves the Irish to 7-2 in Marcus Freeman's second season with the program while lowly Pittsburgh falls down to 2-6 with top 10 ranked Florida State headed [...]
After a 2-year break the historic rivalry game between Notre Dame and Pittsburgh is back on this weekend live from South Bend. Back in the 2020 meeting, quarterback Kenny Pickett was injured, Pitt gained 162 total yards, and the 42-point Irish win was the 2nd worst defeat of the Pat Narduzzi era. A lot has [...]
Using counting stats, it's tempting to construct the narrative that Notre Dame's massive win over USC was fluky. A 5-0 turnover margin, a special teams touchdown, more total yards for the Trojans and just 255 total yards for the Irish? But as we dive into the numbers, it's clear that Marcus Freeman's team - the [...]
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