Not to get too far ahead — Notre Dame still has to go to Stanford this weekend, where it has not won since 2007 — but the 18-game home winning streak the Irish extended this past weekend should reach 22 before its next great challenge.
Looking ahead like that is a bit more acceptable when Notre Dame hasn’t lost to an unranked opponent since 2016 or to anyone at home since the second week of 2017. Even going unbeaten at home for two straight years had not been done since 1987-89, when the Irish rattled off an eventual 19 consecutive home victories.