As Notre Dame’s success thus far puts more and more scrutiny on its remaining schedules, weekends like this past one stand out. The Irish opponents went 7-4, and those four losses all came against teams now ranked in the AP top 15, including No. 6 Notre Dame itself.
Michigan (4-1): The Wolverines tried their hardest to gift a game to Northwestern, yet came back with 20 unanswered points to win 20-17. Michigan outgained the Wildcats 376 yards to 202, yet three short fields gave Northwestern a 17-0 lead. Jim Harbaugh’s team could only exhale when running back Karan Higdon took a carry five yards for the 20-17 margin with 4:06 left, his second touchdown of the day.