Carry On Up The Charts | by Jeff

With twenty-five games in the books, Weis continues to stack up well against the pantheon of Notre Dame coaches who proceeded him. Comparing '06 to '05, the losses were bigger and the wins were closer, but ND has posted it's best two year record since Holtz went 21-2-1 in 1992-93. After 15 games, Weis was tied for 8th place among ND coaches and after 20 games, he moved to 6th. He currently he resides in 5th place, exactly matching Devine's margin of victory total. With some key personnel losses this season, staying on track in '07 might be tough, but the future certainly looks bright.

Coach	First 25	Win Pct.	MOV	Career Pct.
Knute Rockne	22-1-2	.920	+539	.881
Jessee Harper	22-3	.880	+740	.863
Ara Parseghian	21-3-1	.860	+552	.836
Frank Leahy	20-2-3	.860	+413	.855
Charlie Weis	19-6	.760	+239	?
Elmer Layden	18-6-1	.740	+172	.770
Dan Devine	18-7	.720	+239	.764
Terry Brennan	18-7	.720	+165	.640
Bob Davie	16-9	.640	+97	.583
Hunk Anderson	15-8-2	.640	+369	.630
Lou Holtz	15-10	.600	+220	.765
Ty Willingham	15-10	.600	+1	.568
Gerry Faust	12-13	.480	+125	.535
Joe Kuharich	10-15	.400	-53	.425

The last four times we posted 3-loss seasons ('05, '02, '00, '98), I was pretty satisfied with the result. So despite being disappointed with 10-3, the overall feeling is that things are definitely moving in the right direction. Thanks, coach.