The Notre Dame football team will head into the first week of the 2019 college football season ranked No. 9 in both major polls. That — combined with being an independent — is going to dictate who we want to win the other games around the country.
Ideally, you want the teams ahead of Notre Dame in the polls to lose, allowing the Irish to move up with a win. Sometimes, however, we need those teams to win in order for the Irish to maintain their strength of schedule and hopefully pile up some quality wins later in the season.