the game — No. 10 Michigan State, No. 18 Michi- gan and No. 17 Stanford — during the first half of the 2012 season. The Fighting Irish were the lone Football Bowl Subdivision school to record three. Florida, Ohio State, Oregon, Oregon State and West Virginia had two apiece.
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UNDER THE DOME BY THE NUMBERS
Victories by Notre Dame against teams ranked in the Associated Press top 25 at the time of
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ing when the initial poll was released Oct. 14. Since the start of the first BCS poll in 1998, that is tied for the sec- ond-highest rating in the BCS by Notre Dame, which also climbed to No. 5 in No- vember 2006 prior to losing 44-24 at USC. The highest ranking
Notre Dame's Bowl Cham- pionship Series (BCS) rank-
ever by the program was No. 3 in October 2002 when it was 8-0 prior to losing to Bos- ton College.
of eight held by five different players: James Aldridge (2006, Navy), Mark Green (1987, Bos- ton College), Phil Carter (1980, Air Force), Larry Conjar (1965, Army) and Neil Worden (1952, Oklahoma).
drive, capped by McDaniel, in the 41-3 win versus Miami Oct. 6. Al- though it was somewhat under the radar, that broke the Notre Dame record
ing Notre Dame's final touchdown 9 PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA
Consecutive carries by sophomore running back CAM MCDANIEL dur-
