Crystal Ball Gazing | by Jay
(This post is for entertainment purposes only.)
To date...
| Team | PF avg | PA avg | PF vs ND | PA vs ND | PF diff | PA diff |
| Pittsburgh | 21.5 | 15.0 | 21 | 42 | -0.5 | +27.0 |
| Michigan | 35.5 | 17.8 | 10 | 17 | -25.5 | -0.8 |
| Michigan State | 45.8 | 19.0 | 44 | 41 | -1.8 | +22.0 |
| Washington | 21.3 | 25.8 | 17 | 36 | -4.3 | +10.3 |
| Purdue | 38.3 | 30.0 | 28 | 49 | -10.3 | +19.0 |
| ND's average | -7.1 | +12.9 | ||||
PF and PA averages do not include each team's ND game (but they do include games against Division 1-AA opponents, because hey, Stanford actually lost to UC-Davis. The other 1-AA games are Pitt vs Youngstown State and BYU vs Eastern Illinois).
So, ND's roughly 13 points better on offense and about a touchdown better on defense, on average. Taking those averages and applying them to our future schedule...
| Team | PF avg | PA avg | Projected ND Outcome |
| Southern Cal | 54.0 | 18.8 | L, 32-47 |
| BYU | 27.0 | 28.0 | W, 41-20 |
| Tennessee | 20.3 | 15.8 | W, 29-13 |
| Navy | 28.7 | 28.3 | W, 41-22 |
| Syracuse | 19.0 | 20.0 | W, 33-12 |
| Stanford | 26.0 | 34.0 | W, 47-19 |
