jackrussell. Do some research before you embarrass yourself even more then you already have. ND has CONSISTENTLY had a top 20 Strength of Schedule for the last 25 years. The year the last won a NC, 1988, they had the tougest schedule of all. Last year it was around 12-15. OSU, Michigan had much weaker schedules. Which SHOWED when they got ROUTED in their BOWL games. As an Independent, ND will always have trouble getting quality opponents later in the season. Other teams just want to play their conference rivals then.
BY the way ask Boston College about Navy.
Ask Tennessee about Air Force.
Ask USC about UCLA.
Georgia Tech was no pushover. Neither was Penn State.
all teams ND played last year. With the exception of Army, North Carolina and Stanford they were all at least decent teams.
9 tough to pretty good teams, with 7 of them going to bowls.
ND does not play Division 1AA teams like Michigan, OSU, and some other powers do.