No. 2 Notre Dame head coach was forced to defend his team's resume Saturday after the No. 3 Clemson Tigers thrashed the Fighting Irish 34-10 in the ACC Championship Game.
"We've got two Top 15 wins," Kelly told reporters. "We've got a win over this Clemson team that was No. 1 in the country. I don't know that anybody has a resume that has those two wins, and we've played 11 games. That matters, playing 11 games. Testing your team week in and week out, I think in my mind puts us as without question as one of the top four teams in the country.