Not long after the Georgia Bulldogs steamrolled the TCU Horned Frogs in the National Championship game, the final AP Top 25 Poll was released. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish finished #18 in the country — right between the Troy Trojans and the Oregon State Beavers,
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It’s pretty amazing that with two losses and a 58 point beating in the championship game, TCU will finish ranked #2 in the country. That’s objectively pretty damn awful.
Next season when the Irish start ranked inside the top 10 and the trolls start screaming about Notre Dame being overrated again.