Brian Kelly College Coaching Records, Awards and Leaderboards | College Football at Sports-Reference.com Brian Kelly Career Record: 19 Years, 176-66, .727 Win% (at major schools) Bowl Record: 14 Games, 8-6, .571 Win% (at major schools) College Football Coaches Brian Kelly Overview More Other SR Sites He registered 3,404 yards of total offense. The NCAA vacated 21 Notre Dame victories from 2012-13 as part of sanctions because of academic misconduct during Kelly's tenure. Maybe this is a person I dont want to coach with. While Kelly's accrued a fantastic record as a college head coach, his teams do not have a great reputation in big games. Here is a quick look back at each of his games against USC since taking over as Notre Dame's head coach: Of those three, clearly only one is in the Midwest, with Jean-Baptiste not only coming from Ohio State but also originally a New Jersey product, not to mention a program with multiple Playoff appearances. The duo spearheaded an offensive line that paved the way for the third-best FBS rushing attack in yards/carry (6.3), seventh-best in rushing offense (269.3 rush yards/game), eighth-best in total rushing yards (3,503) and 15th-best in rushing touchdowns (35). Notre Dame was the only FBS school to yield one or fewer pass plays of 40 yards or longer in 2017. Didnt run it much.. Two years later, Notre Dames defense ranked 30th in yards allowed per game at 344.7 and was 25th in scoring defense. #GoIrish pic.twitter.com/OPadiMvZsP, Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) September 25, 2021, Notre Dame dominates fourth quarter vs. Wisconsin: 5 Instant Takeaways, Notre Dames all-time winningest football coaches, Sign up for the Fighting Irish Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. Fittingly, his game may represent a mix of the two defensive ends Notre Dame is looking to replace. Notre Dame has had 31 coaches in its history. A rivalry everyone in college football missed last year, even if right now it might violate one of Corey Robinsons two requirements, just in the exact opposite way it used to. Cincinnati 2022: 46.1 percent rush attempts, 53.9 percent dropbacks (sacks adjusted). Then little bit of variations in multiple things at West Virginia.. Notre Dame went 11-2 during the 2019 campaign, finishing the year ranked No. Quarterback Jeff Fox was third in the balloting in 1998, as he became the first Laker quarterback to throw for more than 2,000 yards in multiple seasons. Reports: Notre Dame to hire Virginia Tech offensive line coach Joe Rudolph player ratings; player search; team search; . Jean-Baptiste may not have been in Washingtons position group at Ohio State, with a one-game exception, but he still knew him well. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. 2012 Liberty Mutual National Coach of the Year To summarize that: Rudolph was Chrysts offensive coordinator for a decade, coaching the offensive line for seven of those years. Kelly has not won a national championship, but he's been a successful coach at Notre Dame since 2010. Cincinnati SP+ ranking in 2021 postseason: No. . 68 in the country with a value of 29.0, No. Teo was named a first-team All-American as the Football Writers Association of America, American Football Coaches Association, Sporting News, the Walter Camp Football Foundation and the Associated Press selected him to their respective All-America squads. With 10 wins in seven different seasons at Notre Dame (2012*, 2015, 2017-21), Kelly has more 10-plus wins than any other head coach in Notre Dames storied history. Since its founding in 2008, the Kelly Cares Foundation has donated nearly $5.8 million to support causes locally, nationally and globally. In that game, the Irish held Heisman Trophy finalist Christian McCaffrey to just 94 yards rushing and 113 offensive yards, both his lowest totals over the Cardinals final 12 games of the season. 12 Notre Dame takes on No. In fact, among the 36 FBS teams that finished the season with at least nine wins in 2017, Notre Dame played seven different nine or more win teams (the most) and defeated four different nine or more win teams (fourth-most). Kizer benefited from a dominant offensive line, punishing running game and dynamic passing attack. 4 Ohio State, at No. Tyler Eifert finished his career as the most prolific tight end in Notre Dame history. Along the way to the 2007 Papajohns.com Bowl victory, the Bearcats third straight bowl win, Kelly earned BIG EAST Coach of the Year honors. Justin Ademilola: 13 games; 39 tackles with 3.5 for loss including 3 sacks, plus four quarterback hurries. Three sort of first-tier candidates have been identified and well see how that process goes. Kellys debut season in South Bend saw the 2010 Irish play arguably the most difficult schedule in the country, as all but one of the Notre Dame opponents finished .500 or better something no other team could claim. Rising senior Jordan Botelho shined in the Gator Bowl in his first moment as a clear defensive end, rather than a hybrid linebacker. What is the perfect number of teams for the College Football Playoff? On Jan. 10, 2012, the University announced it extended Kellys contract two seasons through the 2016 campaign. The 2013 defense saw an unusually high number of players gain valuable experience. . In 2019 or so, it became rather clear Kelly would reach Knute Rocknes Irish record of 105 career wins, and this seasons big-picture reflections began getting scheduled then. The previous record of 10.0 yards per rush had stood for 75 years. var sr_menus_checkInfoCookie_run_inline = true; Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 11:34AM. Notre Dame. He threw for 2,884 yards and 21 touchdowns (in 13 games and 11 starts). RELATED READING:Report: Notre Dame to hire QB coach Gino Guidugli, formerly of Wisconsin and Cincinnati With Rudolphs reported hiring, Notre Dame now has no coaching vacancies, though he and reported quarterbacks coach-hire Gino Guidugli may not be officially announced for a few more days yet. Inside the Irish The Bearcats held a postseason ranking of 17th in both polls, tying the top postseason ranking in school history. My part will be to make sure we have unit meetings, to watch past phases of our offense and different things to make sure were seeing the whole scope together through the same lens, and more importantly let those guys feel my confidence in what we want to call because they also love it. They rank 1-2 among active FBS coaches in career wins (542 combined, counting. *Includes 21 victories (and two postseason appearances) later vacated by discretionary NCAA penalty. Eleven Cincinnati players merited all-BIG EAST honors for 09 (five first-team selections), including Gilyard, the leagues Special Teams Player of the Year for the second straight season. Josh Adams ranked among the top 20 nationally in rushing yards per game (16th at 115.5), total rushing yards (13th at 1,386) and yards per rush (17th at 7.26). Foskey may not have had the dominant senior season that summertime headlines previewed, but he racked up double-digit sacks for the second year in a row, setting the career Irish sacks record. Editors note: Lets check those stats. Kelly and Jack Koras each had hat tricks in the 15-12 win over No. Adams went for 229 yards on 18 carries, while Wimbush picked up 207 yards and ran for four scores. An 11 personnel, RPO approach., After a season as the running backs coach at Cincinnati, two seasons at Duke under David Cutcliffe and one year as the receivers coach at Penn State, Parker took over as co-offensive coordinator at West Virginia: He bested Ken MacAfees school records in both career categories that had stood since 1977. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. Where Notre Dame Was & Is: Defensive line, suddenly inexperienced and Reports: Notre Dame to promote TE coach Gerad Parker to offensive coordinator. 5.9 yards per rush, 7.5 yards per dropback. Sean Astin re-enacted the same speech in "Rudy.". Freeman discussed that exact dynamic and even brought up Guidugli by name when he introduced Parker as offensive coordinator on Feb. 19. In 2015 Notre Dame featured one of the most explosive offenses in college football. The LSU Tigers' victory over Purdue gave him his sixth consecutive season of 10 or more victories. His 2001 national runner-up squad set 77 NCAA, GLIAC and school records, including the Division II scoring record by averaging 58.4 points per game (and an average victory margin of 48.0 points). And defensive tackle. In 2011, Teo was named a second-team Academic All-American, and Notre Dame, once again, led all FBS programs in NCAA Graduation Success Rate standings with a 97 score. Justin Ademilola had been a quiet producer along the defensive line since his freshman season in 2018, one of the only Notre Dame defenders who looked up to the task against Clemson in that College Football Playoff. Jordan Botelho: 13 games; 11 tackles with 6.5 for loss including 4.5 sacks, plus three quarterback hurries. The four victories over teams that finished the season ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 were the most by an Irish squad since 1990 when Notre Dame registered five. The consensus four-star prospect could be called upon in 2023 for some rotational reps, think in the vein of Kurt Hinish and Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa both needing to back up veteran starters in 2017, the two freshmen surprising in tandem. The Irish improved by an average of over 39 yards per game from their 2013 total offense mark, running an average of 6.1 more snaps per contest. Notre Dame announces hire of QB coach Gino Guidugli, former Cincinnati offensive Reports: Notre Dame to hire Virginia Tech offensive line coach Joe Rudolph Where Notre Dame Was & Is: Defensive line, suddenly inexperienced and Now USC once again does not know its direction, needing to replace Helton just as it replaced, If when Kelly adds a fourth straight win against the Trojans and reaches 8-3 against them on Saturday in primetime (7:30 ET; NBC), it will be the best Notre Dame stretch in this series since it went 12-0-1 from 1983 to 1995. Following the season-ending injury to Zaire in just the second game, Kelly turned the offense over to sophomore quarterback DeShone Kizer. All rights reserved. 2 Clemson and at No. The Irish averaged 6.3 yards per rush, which not only bested the previous modern-day mark of 5.63 set just two years ago in 2015 but also topped the previous school record of 6.2, which was set in 1921 (96 years ago). Teo was named a finalist for the 2011 Butkus Award and Lott Trophy after leading Notre Dame with 128 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss and five sacks. Theres great rsums out there, great guys that can interview extremely well, Freeman said when acknowledging his decade-long friendship with Parker. The Irish allowed only four plays of 40 yards or longer in 2017 the second-fewest of any team in the FBS. West Virginia SP+ ranking in 2021 postseason: No. The NCAA voided 21 of his Notre Dame-record 113 wins, though the University actively recognizes them all the same, after five players received inappropriate academic assistance in the early part of last decade. Kelly is the winningest active coach in NCAA Football (all divisions)*. Loss 2010 32-53 Oregon - Loss 2011 48-56 Stanford - Loss 38-35 Oregon - Win 2012 41-56 Oregon - Loss 13-22 Notre Dame - Loss (to Brian Kelly) 2017 14-31 Wisconsin . The way [Parker] talked about installs, the way he talked about developing our staff, the way he talked about developing the culture of that offense, there were so many different points.. Final Mayoral Candidates Paint A Tale Of 2 Cities. He cited that in his introductory press conference and continued into what the split of responsibilities is likely to be between him and Guidugli. 18 Wisconsin at 12 p.m. on Saturday in the Big Noon Kickoff game at Soldier Field. West Virginia SP+ ranking in 2020 preseason: No. Notre Dame was one of 24 schools that opened 2011 with a 0-2 record, but was one of only three teams (Georgia and Western Kentucky being the others) to rebound and have a winning season. 72 in the country with a value of 25.2. His team is 4-1 with a perfect 2-0 record in league games after Saturday night's comeback 21-17 win over Auburn. Brian Kelly's record at Notre Dame compared to Knute Rockne and other Irish coaches. Cincinnati SP+ ranking in 2022 postseason: No. 77 in the country with a value of 26.4 9 Stanford on Nov. 28. He signed a five-year contract to coach the Irish. This was no longer a rivalry. 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Smith turned in some of his best individual performances late in the season, recording at least 10 tackles in five of Notre Dames last seven games, including a career-high 15 at No. 13 in the country with a value of 37.5, No. Brian Kelly's Record vs. Top-Ranked Teams - [quote]Expanding it further, Kelly is 3-8 against opponents ranked in the top 10 at Notre Dame. [Sanders] helps me get the job with Jason Simpson at UT-Martin. Join our linker program. In the third game of the 2021 season, Brian Kelly has tied Knute Rockne as the all-time wins leader at Notre Dame. Kelly mentored a pair of finalists for the Harlon Hill Award, presented annually to the top player in Division II. Notre Dame defeated four teams last year that finished the season ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 a feat unsurpassed by another team in college football. With 10-win seasons in six of the last seven years, Kelly is the first Irish coach have six seasons of double-digit wins in a seven-year stretch in program history. The Irish made the College Football Playoff in both of those seasons. RELATED READING: Notre Dame gets the letters: Four defensive linemen, led by consensus four-star Brenan Vernon. For three of them, Guidugli was the quarterbacks coach, working with offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock. We ran more plays than anybody else in the country, led the country in passing, played fast, fast, fast. These thoughts might be more poignant if Kelly had been the one to hand Helton his final loss, but the timing of USCs administrations decisions should not actually impact what Kelly has done in one of college footballs most-storied rivalries. In the last four contests, the Irish defense faced teams that were averaging 38 (Tulsa), 41 (Utah), 31 (Army) and 32 (USC) points per game, yet yielded only two offensive touchdowns, combined, to that quartet. The 189.4 rushing yards/game was the third-highest per game average over the previous 15 years. It was a one-sided affair. The Irish lost projected defensive front-line standout Jarron Jones and likely freshman secondary contributor Shaun Crawford in preseason camp. He had a 105-12-5 record in those seasons, and that .881 winning percentage is the highest all time among coaches with at least 100 victories. With Gerad Parker as offensive coordinator, Notre Dames offense still geared to feature ground game and QB Sam Hartman F = Forfeit A forfeit changes a school's original win or tie into a loss and its opponent's original loss or tie into a win. Kellys ideal of well-rounded student-athlete values were on display when sophomore Corey Robinson became the first sophomore since 2008, and just the fourth since 2002, to earn first-team Capital One Academic All-America honors. 2012 AFCA National Coach of the Year In 2009, Kelly was inducted into the Grand Valley State Athletics Hall of Fame and in 2011, Grand Valley State renamed its Laker Turf Building the Kelly Family Sports Center. var button_cookie = false; Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Alexander Ehrensberger: 12 games; 2 tackles. But there is no way to diminish what Kelly has done to the Irish fortunes against the Trojans. Kelly led the Lakers to five conference titles (1992-97-98-2001-02) and six Division II playoff appearances in his 13 seasons at Grand Valley. At the present moment, Notre Dame needs a quarterbacks coach capable of both developing a quarterback in rising junior Tyler Buchner and of working hand-in-hand with a proven veteran in Wake Forest transfer Sam Hartman, the presumed Irish starter in 2023. Six Irish were taken in the 2020 NFL Draft, led by tight end Cole Kmets selection by the Chicago Bears and wide receiver Chase Claypools selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round. Notre Dames six-game win improvement in 2017 from the year prior was the largest improvement from one year to the next in school history since the Irish improved by seven victories under first-year head coach Ara Parseghian in 1964 (9-1 after going 2-7 in 1963). Staff, Twenty-third college coach to reach 200 career victories with at least five years of service or 50 victories at a school that was classified as a major college at the time, Second-youngest and fifth-fastest coach to ever reach 200 career victories with at least five years of service or 50 victories at a school that was classified as a major college at the time, With 10-plus wins in 2012*, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, Kelly is the only Notre Dame coaches to hit the double-digit mark in wins seven times. He was also a finalist for four other national awards in 2009 the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award (Football Writers Association of America), the Bear Bryant Coach of the Year Award (National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association), the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award and the George Munger Coach of the Year Award (Maxwell Football Club). Win Loss Tie WPct Total Sets Win Loss WPct Total Games Win Loss WPct Defaults; Adult 40+ 4.0: 2: 1: 1: 0: 50 . One forced fumble. His Pittsburgh offenses launched, Rudolph was one of three candidates Notre Dame reportedly took a long look at, along with former Georgia offensive line coach, With Rudolphs reported hiring, Notre Dame now has no coaching vacancies, though he and reported quarterbacks coach-hire, The Ohio State graduate transfer is not as big as Foskey or as stout as Ademilola, but he brings years of experience to the Irish defensive line room that is otherwise somewhat lacking in proven commodities, certainly in proven defensive ends. Now USC once again does not know its direction, needing to replace Helton just as it replaced Steve Sarkisian before him and Lane Kiffin before that. Yes, Kelly and Notre Dame have maintained this stability for so long that the Trojans head coach he first beat on the back of Robert Hughes has had enough time to rebuild his career and now be a frontrunner for the LSU head coaching job. Cincinnati 2021: 50.6 percent rush attempts, 49.4 percent dropbacks (sacks adjusted). Heres where I can bring in my own philosophy as an offensive coordinator and help us enhance. I have seen firsthand his talent in developing quarterbacks and teaching them how to consistently perform at an elite level in college and go on to have success in the NFL. Kizer added 520 yards rushing and a then quarterback school record 10 TDs on the ground. He was the third QB in school history to eclipse both 500 rushing yards and 1,000 passing yards in the same season. Notre Dame announces hire of QB coach Gino Guidugli, former Cincinnati offensive Competing as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2020, the only time in school history Notre Dame has played in a conference, the Irish knocked off then top-ranked Clemson on their way to the conference title game. Under Kelly, Notre Dame has gone 7-3 against USC, winning the last three by an average score of 34-19. One fumble recovered. Only, Came back to a West Coast style offense when we were at Purdue, and that helped me. Parker on his year (2007) as a graduate assistant at Kentucky: More Win-Loss Percentage Leaders. 5.1 yards per rush, 6.3 yards per dropback. 2 (257.8 rushing and 252.7 passing). Kellys Bearcats in 08 won the schools first outright conference championship since 1964 and earned the schools first berth in a BCS game, playing against Virginia Tech in the 75th FedEx Orange Bowl. By comparison, Notre Dame yielded 10 in 2016 and nine in 2015. More Win-Loss Percentage Leaders. West Virginia 2021: 46.1 percent rush attempts, 53.9 percent dropbacks (sacks adjusted). The 2020 season marked the 15th time in school history the Irish have won 10 or more games during the regular season (also 10-1 in 1921, 10-0 in 1930, 10-0 in 1949, 10-0 in 1973, 10-1 in 1977, 11-0 in 1988, 11-1 in 1989, 10-1 in 1993, 10-2 in 2002, 10-2 in 2006, 12-0* in 2012, 10-3 in 2015, 12-0 in 2018, 11-2 in 2019 and 10-2 in 2020). Among the pacesetters for Kellys spread offense was Floyd who caught 79 balls in 2010 for 1,025 yards and 12 touchdowns and was named the MVP of the Hyundai Sun Bowl (six catches for 109 yards and two TDs in that contest). The win moved Kelly into a tie with Lou Holtz for the 2 nd most. LSU. Notre Dame scored at least 30 points in each of its first four games for the first time since 1943. 1 Clemson in the regular season but lost to the Tigers in the ACC championship game. The Kelly Family Sports Center is a 138,000 square-foot building that houses a regulation football field, a six-lane, 300-meter track, all of the amenities for field events, batting cages that drop from the ceiling, an athletic training room, locker rooms, multi-purpose rooms, classrooms, bleacher seating for 800 in the grandstand and bleachers on the field level for another 260 spectators. Meanwhile, Kellys Bearcat defense rated third nationally in tackles for losses (8.42 per game) and eighth in sacks (2.92). The Irish had seven different players that registered a run of at least 30 yards, four different players that rushed for at least 100 yards in a game, 13 separate 100-yard rushing games and 22 carries that netted at least 35 yards. In 2012, the Thundering Herd scored 40.9 points per game, No. Notre Dame ranked 27th in the FBS in total offense. Love is the first FBS underclassman (freshman or sophomore) to average more than 1.77 passes defended/game since Aqib Talib, Kansas, 2006 (2.8). 77 in the country with a value of 26.4, No. . var siblingsHidden = 0; Were going to play our rival, and theyve had a number of different head coaches at their university, Kelly said after beating Purdue. Not to replace Foskey or Ademilola, but perhaps to be a bit of both of them. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Defensive front-sevens need to work together, obviously. Parker then met Freeman at Purdue, Parker the tight ends coach for two years (2013-14) and the receivers coach for two years (2015-16) before head coach Darrell Hazell was fired halfway through the 2016 season: More bio, uniform, draft info McGlinchey and Nelson were the first pair of Notre Dame offensive linemen to garner first-team honors in the same season by the Associated Press since 1931. In 2012, Teo became the 32nd unanimous All-American in Notre Dame history, and the first Irish defensive player to earn such an honor since cornerback Shane Walton in 2002. Cincinnati 2021: 50.6 percent rush attempts, 49.4 percent dropbacks (sacks adjusted). Kelly moves to 8-3 all-time against the Trojans. New Notre Dame offensive coordinator Gerad Parkers wide array of offensive experiences in his own words Joining Rockne and Kelly is Lou Holtz, who finished 100-30-2 from 1986-96 and led Notre Dame to its last national championship in 1988, a winning percentage of .765. It's hard to deny the kind of success Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly has brought back to the Fighting Irish's football program since he became a part of it in 2010. To go do something you really felt was a big step for me, it taught me a lesson on being prepared and taking steps. He finished second in the FBS in pass breakups (20), passes defended (23) and passes defended/gm (1.77). The last time Notre Dame had two football players earn first-team academic honors in the same year was in 1987 (Ted Gradel and Vince Phelan). Between those two gigs, he was the offensive coordinator at Pittsburgh for three seasons, working under Paul Chryst, who Rudolph then followed back to Wisconsin. He pondered declaring for the NFL after five seasons at Ohio State which included four years of part-time work, but part-time work does not yield the kind of statistics that generally catch the NFLs eye. He also has experience at Nebraska and Pittsburgh. Over that 51-year span, Notre Dame has seen no more than 23 double-digit tacklers, a sum reached four other times (1977, 1991, 2003 and 2011). He ended his career with 4,142 receiving yards and 76 TD catches and led the nation (Division II) in scoring in both 01 and 02. Kelly is the third coach to reach 100 victories with the Irish. Parkers first collegiate coaching gig, as a graduate assistant at Kentucky, was under a similar offensive coordinator-quarterbacks coach relationship. Notre Dames linebacker unit (which included Tevon Coney, Drue Tranquill, Nyles Morgan and Greer Martini) all registered at least 75 tackles a first in school history. Notre Dame filed for an appeal, but was denied in 2018. Only the 2000 (213.5) and 1998 (212.5) Irish squads averaged more per game. The 2011 defense ranked 30th in the nation in yards allowed per game, a vast improvement from the defense Kelly inherited that ranked 86th in that category in 2009. 16 Syracuse on Feb. 18, with Kelly scoring a game-best four goals . The three losses all came against teams that were ranked in the top five of the final AP poll vs. No. The Boston College game was the first time in school history that the Irish had a pair of runners eclipse 200 yards rushing in the same game. Notre Dame ranked seventh in the FBS in rushing offense (269.3 yards per game). Justin Ademilola had been a quiet producer along the defensive line since his freshman season in 2018, one of the only Notre Dame defenders who looked up to the task against Clemson in that College Football Playoff. Whether Guidugli plays a part in play calling with the Irish, the quarterbacks coach will obviously play a part in developing game plans with newly-promoted offensive coordinator Gerad Parker. Kelly was named the AFCA Division II Coach of the Year after both seasons. Where Notre Dame Was & Is: Defensive line, suddenly inexperienced and For anyone keeping track, those were specific mentions of a pro-style offense, a spread offense, a West Coast offense, an RPO look and then a wide array on top of all that. 4.6 yards per rush, 6.2 yards per dropback. Notre Dames defensive line combined for 16.5 sacks in 2017. If one of them were to emerge as a clear contributor by the end of April, it would be a surprise, but it also would not be the greatest of shocks. Meanwhile, the Irish kicking game also sparkled in 2010, thanks to placekicker David Ruffer, who successfully converted his first 18 field-goal attempts (18-of-19 overall in 2010 and 23-of-24 in his career). The Irish proved potent in the secondary, recording 16 interceptions on the season, ranking tied for 15th in the nation. Losing two NFL draft picks in Foskey and Jayson Ademilola does not render Notre Dame at an absolute loss, not to mention Justin Ademilolas chance of testing his way into the draft. If when Kelly adds a fourth straight win against the Trojans and reaches 8-3 against them on Saturday in primetime (7:30 ET; NBC), it will be the best Notre Dame stretch in this series since it went 12-0-1 from 1983 to 1995. 2009 Home Depot National Coach of the Year. I think that scope helps us be as multiple as we want to be here., Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window), Much of 2021 was always going to be spent discussing. The Irish led the nation in FBS victories (12), ranked second in AP top-25 wins (four), ranked second in final CFP top-25 wins (three) and tied for third in Power-5 wins (10). 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