Winning ugly might not be the most aesthetic way to enter the win column but the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will take any victory in any fashion at this point. They ended up getting one that way to close out another 1-1 week. The win kept them from becoming a .500 team and gives them a 13-11 overall mark. At the same time, it improves their ACC record to 3-8 on the year.
Given the vicious dogfight at the top of the conference, Notre Dame’s postseason hopes have presumably been scaled back from an NCAA bid to more modest opportunities.