Notre Dame is a top 15 program since the year 2000
Notre Dame has been ranked as the 13th-best college football program since the year 2000 by one college-football writer.
The Athletic's Ian Mandel has the Fighting Irish ahead of big-name programs like Miami (Florida) and Penn State, but behind luminaries like Alabama and Oklahoma. Ohio State is listed at number one.
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Rival schools USC and Michigan are ahead of the Fighting Irish -- USC at No. 8 and Michigan at No. 13.
Notre Dame started the 2000s as a fairly middle-of-the-road team, but since Charlie Weis was replaced by Brian Kelly, the Irish have been to two national-championship games, four College Football Playoffs, and had at least 10 wins nine times. Kelly, of course, was replaced by Marcus Freeman when he departed South Bend for LSU.
That's a pretty good way to respond after the Weis era failed to bring much success, and hopefully, Notre Dame continues to get better going forward.
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