What is the story about?
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are 5-0 and ranked No. 3 in the polls after taking care of the North Carolina Tar Heels in Chapel Hill, 37-26. This week the Irish return to South Bend for a game against Stanford for the Legends Trophy.
As we settle into conference play around the country, we will start seeing the true playoff contenders separate themselves from the rest of the herd.
There are5 sets of statsthat we will keep track of here on a week to week basis; Total Offense, Total Defense, Scoring
Offense, Scoring Defense, and Sagarin. Here is where the Irishcurrently stand:
- Total Offense — No. 46 / 428.4 ypg
- Total Defense — No. 1 / 216.4 ypg
- Scoring Offense — No. 15 / 41.2 ppg
- Scoring Defense — No. 7 / 11.8 ppg
- Sagarin — No. 2 Overall / SOS No. 21
