Notre Dame heads into the bye week at 7-0 and ranked #4 in the country in both polls. The Irish have already achieved a start to the season that few thought possible, but now bigger things are in their sights. The Irish have a great chance to win out and make the playoffs for the first time. To do that, however, Notre Dame will need to continue to improve and build upon their strong start. Six players in particular can help fuel a run to the playoffs over the second half of the year.
This list by the way is meant to identify players who can improve to make a difference for the Irish so someone like Ian Book isn’t listed since that is pretty obvious.