Each week in this space, we examine two things: Notre Dame’s strength of schedule (from USA Today‘s Sagarin rankings), and who Irish opponents are facing. For those of who want to scout future opponents, I’ll give you my recommendation for who to watch when you’re not watching Notre Dame Football.
Who To Watch
Stanford vs Southern Cal (Sat 8:30 PM ET, Fox)
HOW WAS EVERYONE’S SATURDAY? It was a good first week for Irish opponents — someone had to lose last week’s headliner between FSU and Virginia Tech, and hoo boy the Willie Taggart era got off to a rougher start than expected…which in turn immediately increases the level of difficulty for Notre Dame’s October trip to Blacksburg, VA.