What Will it Take to Get ND to Top 10?

The story of the 2015 season for Notre Dame was close, but not good enough. Close to beating two top three teams in Clemson and Stanford, yet not good enough to win those games. Close to being a top 10 team, but just finishing outside of it. In the final Associated Press rankings they ended up 11th.

In a different way, the 2016 season also followed a similar narrative. The Irish had leads or were tied in the 4th quarter in six out of eight losses.