With what was probably more than 80% of the top 300 recruits signing their NLIs on Wednesday, the team recruiting rankings are really close to what they will look like when the cycle finishes in February. After a short visit to the #9 spot, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are currently #11 with 18 commitments according to the 247 Composite Team Rankings. ESPN has Notre Dame at #13 and Rivals ranked the Irish at #15.
It’s fine.
Based off of available scholarships, we knew that this was going to be a much smaller class than what we have seen over the last few years.