I'm not sure if Notre Dame has ever kept track of things like this -- but, you have to ask -- has there ever been an academic year when more Irish teams have been ranked in the top-25 than this one?
15 of Notre Dame's 24 NCAA Division I athletic teams are ranked in the top-25 this academic year -- four others have been or will be (as you'll see below) -- incredible!
Look at this:
- Women's basketball: #2 ranking in the country
- Men's Lacrosse: #2 ranking in the country
- Women's Fencing: #2 ranking in the country
- Men's Fencing: #2 ranking in the country
- Football: #4 ranking in the country
- Women's Lacrosse: #7 ranking in the country
- Men's Soccer: #8 ranking in the country
- Hockey: #11 ranking in the country
- Women's Soccer: #13 ranking in the country
- Women's Swimming & Diving: #18 ranking in the country
- Women's Cross Country: #18 ranking in the country
- Women's Tennis: #18 ranking in the country
- Men's Basketball: #21 ranking in the country
- Baseball: #22 ranking in the country
- Women's Golf: #25 ranking in the country
In addition:
- Notre Dame's women's rowing team is coming off a season where they were ranked #15 in the country -- the rankings for this season will be released soon
- Notre Dame's women's volleyball team was ranked, for a time, in the top-25 this academic year
- Notre Dame's men's tennis team has been ranked in the top-25 this academic year (season on-going)
- Notre Dame's men's swimming team has been ranked in the top-25 this academic year (season on-going)
