When you look at teams above ND, they can’t all stay above a 11-1 Irish team. If we win out, the way things look now, we won’t have any signature wins. That’s a given now. But many higher ranked teams play each other. Their records will suffer.
If we win out, we will have navigated a power 5-heavy schedule, hopefully pretty convincingly by the close of the season. Dan Miller brought up our opponent records earlier, and he had a good point. We haven’t beaten any legitimate contenders, but plenty of strong teams. SOR has been the strongest indicator of a playoff spot, and ours is pretty respectable so far and will only get better if we win out.