Why Notre Dame needs to be a top 10 team

This is a great write-up by Trojan Empire...

The mere sight of the Irish appearing at No. 7 will spark debate and tag Steele as a crackpot. But he isn’t referencing Notre Dame as a top 10 program (at least, I hope not), as much as he’s referencing the weakness of upcoming opponents to find proper placement. This is further evidenced with the complete omission of Oregon among his 40 listed programs, yet UCLA appears in the top 25, and Arizona is No. 40. If you look at the Ducks’ schedule, half their opponents may be nationally ranked, increasing the odds for losses and a poll finish lower than both the Bruins and Wildcats.

This is why the BCS is so screwed up.

That we want ND to be good, no matter how bad their SoS is this screams that the system is broken (no kidding!) and that there is way too much subjective opinion in the rankings. Coupled with all the coaches ballots now being secret (not that they watch the games anyway) is anyone really going to take the process seriously?

Anyway, this is a good read so check it out...