{"id":6906,"date":"2023-06-05T17:29:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T22:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=6906"},"modified":"2023-06-05T17:29:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T22:29:13","slug":"where-notre-dame-ranks-in-2023-post-spring-espn-sp-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/where-notre-dame-ranks-in-2023-post-spring-espn-sp-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Notre Dame ranks in 2023 post-spring ESPN SP+ Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If anything, Notre Dame fans have this going for them with the seasons switching from spring to summer this month: according to <strong>Bill Connelly<\/strong> of ESPN\u2019s SP+ metric, the Fighting Irish are actually closer in quality to two-time defending national champion Georgia than they were four months ago. <\/p>\n<p>Connelly <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/insider\/story\/_\/id\/37720386\/college-football-post-spring-sp+-rankings-takeaways\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">updated his hierarchy of the top teams in college football<\/a><\/strong> with the conclusion of teams\u2019 spring schedules in the last month and a half. Notre Dame stayed put at No. 15 in the country, but the Irish\u2019s overall rating <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/notre-dame-fighting-irish\/news\/notre-dame-football-sp-2023-rankings-bill-connelly-fighting-irish-georgia-espn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">went from 18.9 to 19.3<\/a><\/strong>. Georgia, still the No. 1 team in the nation according to Connelly (and pretty much everyone else with a pulse) saw its rating dip from 31.7 to 29.9. <\/p>\n<p>The difference is marginal, but it\u2019s something. <\/p>\n<p>Connelly\u2019s rankings combine algorithms for returning production, recent recruiting and recent history to come up with offensive, defensive and overall metrics that analytically forecast which teams should be the best in the country. A score of 0.0 is completely average. The higher the rating, the better the team. <\/p>\n<p>We haven\u2019t seen much movement at the very top of the rankings, but there\u2019s plenty to talk about,\u201d Connelly wrote. <\/p>\n<p>Here is the latest edition of Connelly\u2019s rankings. <\/p>\n<h2> 2023 post-spring ESPN SP+ rankings<\/h2>\n<p>TeamRatingOffenseDefense1. Georgia29.941.9 (9)11.9 (3)2. Ohio State29.646.4 (2)16.7 (13)3. Michigan29.242.0 (7)12.9 (4)4. Alabama27.944.2 (5)16.3 (10)5. LSU25.241.6 (10)16.4 (12)6. Tennessee23.945.5 (3)21.6 (31)7. USC23.646.4 (1)22.8 (39)8. Penn State23.537.5 (22)14.0 (6)9. Texas23.340.4 (11)17.1 (16)10. Florida State21.638.4 (19)16.8 (14)11. Oregon21.544.5 (4)23.0 (42)12. Clemson21.337.6 (21)16.3 (11)13. Oklahoma19.742.1 (6)22.4 (37)14. Utah19.440.0 (13)20.6 (26)15. Notre Dame19.336.3 (26)17.0 (15)<\/p>\n<p>Notre Dame plays three of the top 12 teams in the SP+ this fall, including the country\u2019s top two offenses in USC and Ohio State. The other opponent, Clemson, is a road game in November. <\/p>\n<p>The Fighting Irish\u2019s schedule certainly isn\u2019t easy. Connelly\u2019s predictive metrics bear that out. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/simplecirc.com\/subscribe\/notre-dame-football-preview-magazine\/\"><strong>Preorder\u00a0<em>Blue &amp; Gold Illustrated<\/em>\u2019s 2023 Notre Dame Football Preview magazine before June 12 and get free shipping!!!<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>On3 subscribers should go to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/boards\/forums\/the-lou-somogyi-board.64\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lou Somogyi Board<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for discounted pricing.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/notre-dame-fighting-irish\/news\/notre-dame-football-post-spring-espn-sp-rankings-bill-connelly-fighting-irish-2023\/\">Where Notre Dame ranks in 2023 post-spring ESPN SP+ Rankings<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/admin.on3.com\/\">On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If anything, Notre Dame fans have this going for them with the seasons switching from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6906\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}