Bad news (part 1): Five weeks into the 2024 college football season and Notre Dame’s strength of schedule isn’t looking great. Surprise, surprise.
Good news: The whole system part of college football, and the craziness going in almost every sector, means that evaluating the Irish’s strength of schedule in isolation doesn’t mean much.
Good news (part 2): Depending on how you like your stress, the numbers surrounding Notre Dame’s schedule through the first quarter of the regular season make for some pretty interesting storylines.
And while we’ve got a break in the action, let’s take a deep dive into how things are going for Notre Dame’s opponents.