Notre Dame in the Polls

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Notre Dame 1998-2008
Team	AP L's	AP +/-	AP diff avg	leasts	mosts	Co L's	Co +/-	Co diff avg	leasts	mosts	AP-CO diff	All L's	All +/-	Tot. Avg
Notre Dame	24	-22.4	-0.9	4	7	21	-6.6	-0.3	2	2	15.7	45	-29.0	-0.6

Notre Dame Losses while in the Top 25, 1998-2008
date	AP rk	CO rk	vs/@	oAP rk	oCO rk	oConf	Opponent	MoL	AP drop	avg	diff	CO drop	avg	diff
09/12/98	#10	#11	@	NR	#42	Big10	Michigan St	23-45	-13	-10.0	-03.0	-14	-13.5	-00.5
11/28/98	#09	#10	@	NR	#36	Pac10	USC	0-10	-7	-07.1	00.1	-6	-07.6	01.6
01/01/99	#17	#18	v	#12	#14	ACC	Georgia Tech	28-35	-5	-04.5	-00.5	-4	-03.2	-00.8
09/04/99	#16	#18	@	#07	#07	Big10	Michigan	22-26	0	-08.0	08.0	-3	-05.8	02.8
09/11/99	#16	#21	@	#20	#16	Big10	Purdue	23-28	-8	-12.4	04.4	-11	-05.8	-05.2
09/18/99	#24	#32	vs	#28	#30	Big10	Michigan St	13-23	-27	-17.0	-10.0	-	-	-
11/06/99	#24	#27	@	#04	#04	SEC	Tennessee	14-38	-17	-05.9	-11.1	-	-	-
09/09/00	#23	#25	vs	#01	#01	Big12	Nebraska	24-27	2	-08.9	10.9	2	-03.6	05.6
09/23/00	#16	#18	@	#23	#20	Big10	Michigan St	21-27	-10	-12.4	02.4	-8	-11.0	03.0
01/01/01	#10	#10	v	#05	#06	Pac10	Oregon St	9-41	-5	-03.3	-01.7	-6	-05.6	-00.4
09/08/01	#17	#17	@	#05	#04	Big12	Nebraska	10-27	-6	-08.0	02.0	-6	-09.9	03.9
09/22/01	#23	#23	vs	#30	#30	Big10	Michigan St	10-17	-27	-17.0	-10.0	-16	-11.0	-05.0
11/02/02	#04	#06	vs	NR	NR	BigEast	Boston Coll	7-14	-5	-05.3	00.3	-4	-06.8	02.8
11/30/02	#07	#07	@	#06	#06	Pac10	USC	13-44	-4	-04.0	00.0	-6	-06.7	00.7
01/01/03	#11	#12	v	#17	#17	ACC	NC State	6-28	-6	-05.5	-00.5	-5	-07.3	02.3
09/13/03	#15	#14	@	#05	#07	Big10	Michigan	0-38	-11	-05.6	-05.4	-9	-09.9	00.9
09/20/03	#26	#23	vs	NR	NR	Big10	Michigan St	16-22	-	-	-	-30	-11.0	-19.0
10/23/04	#24	#25	vs	NR	NR	BigEast	Boston Coll	23-24	-19	-12.6	-06.4	-9	-08.6	-00.4
11/13/04	#24	#28	vs	NR	NR	BigEast	Pittsburgh	38-41	-10	-09.9	-00.1	-	-	-
09/17/05	#10	#12	vs	#35	#42	Big10	Michigan St	41-44	-6	-10.0	04.0	-6	-09.3	03.3
10/15/05	#09	#09	vs	#01	#01	Pac10	USC	31-34	0	-04.7	04.7	-3	-03.3	00.3
01/02/06	#05	#06	v	#04	#04	Big10	Ohio St	20-34	-4	-02.3	-01.7	-5	-03.5	-01.5
09/16/06	#02	#03	vs	#11	#13	Big10	Michigan	21-47	-10	-07.6	-02.4	-10	-13.5	03.5
11/25/06	#06	#06	@	#03	#02	Pac10	USC	24-44	-6	-04.0	-02.0	-6	-06.7	00.7
01/03/07	#11	#11	v	#04	#04	SEC	LSU	14-41	-8	-03.6	-04.4	-8	-05.6	-02.4

Notre Dame Wins against the Top 25, 1998-2008
date	AP rk	CO rk	vs/@	oAP rk	oCO rk	oConf	Opponent	MoV
09/05/98	#22	#24	@	#05	#05	Big10	Michigan	36-20
10/02/99	NR	#41	@	#23	#25	Big12	Oklahoma	34-30
09/02/00	#33	#39	@	#25	#23	Big12	Texas A&M	24-10
09/16/00	#21	#23	@	#13	#12	Big10	Purdue	23-21
08/31/02	#44	#42	v	#21	#20	ACC	Maryland	22-0
09/14/02	#20	#21	@	#07	#06	Big10	Michigan	25-23
10/19/02	#07	#07	vs	#18	#15	MtnWest	Air Force	21-14
10/26/02	#06	#06	vs	#11	#13	ACC	Florida State	34-24
10/11/03	NR	NR	vs	#15	#16	BigEast	Pittsburgh	20-14
09/11/04	NR	NR	@	#08	#07	Big10	Michigan	28-20
11/06/04	#39	#37	vs	#09	#11	SEC	Tennessee	17-13
09/03/05	#44	#41	vs	#23	#25	BigEast	Pittsburgh	42-21
09/10/05	#20	#23	vs	#03	#03	Big10	Michigan	17-10
10/01/05	#13	#14	vs	#22	#20	Big10	Purdue	49-28
09/09/06	#04	#05	@	#19	#19	Big10	Penn State	41-17
10/06/07	NR	NR	vs	#30	#25	Pac10	UCLA	20-6