At 10-2, and on the cusp of 11-2 or 10-3, the 2015 Fighting Irish have a definite place near the top of the heap of Notre Dame’s non-championship teams. Team 127, however it fares on New Year’s Day against Ohio State, should be remembered for playing out the phrase “what though the odds” in a manner that no other team in the modern era can claim. For this reason, Team 127 may rightly claim Notre Dame’s most remarkable season.
Ten win seasons do not grow on trees. Notre Dame’s first ten win season came in 1921 and there have been only fifteen more after that, to include 2015.