Everything is starting to fall into place for No. 6 Notre Dame.
The Fighting Irish have jumped to a 5-0 record for the first time since 2014 and the third time under coach Brian Kelly. Their most recent victory against then-No. 7 Stanford gave them two wins against ranked opponents.
"The offense is complementing the defense," Kelly told reporters this week. "The defense is complementing the offense. And certainly the special teams is part of that. That certainly wasn't the case early in the year. So when each unit is complementing each other very wall, you're playing usually very good football.