Notre Dame Football: Brian Kelly’s record against the AP Top 25 is better than you think New, 11 comments From a ranking standpoint anyways over the last 3 years. He is yet to accomplish what he and every Notre Dame fan are most desirous for but his run has been a significant improvement compared to the decade-and-a-half of coaches that proceeded him. Author: JohnDoe (1214 Posts - Original UHND Member) Posted at 5:31 pm on Sep 10, 2017. It also marked Brian Kelly’s 11th straight road loss to a top-20 team as Notre Dame coach, dating to wins at No. ... How for yet another time in his decade run, Brian Kelly has failed to show improvement of a quarterback their second year starting. This rhetoric is a direct corollary to that used to lampoon Kelly’s 3-7 record against top-10 teams and Notre Dame’s lack of a top-5 win in 14 years. Both were away games. How College Football's Coaches Have Fared Against Top-25 Teams Stanford's Shaw Has the Best Win Percentage, While Oklahoma's Stoops Has the Most Impressive Record Updated Aug. 19, 2014 9:05 pm ET David Shaw vs. Brian Kelly: One-Sided Thrillers ... Cardinal that they are currently riding into the 2018 showdown that finds both teams ranked in the top 10. "Think about the storied history of Notre Dame football. Brian Kelly. Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly is the fifth best head coach in all of college football, so says the college football writers at CBS Sports. 101: Notre Dame has scored 101 points over its first two games (35 at Louisville; 66 vs. New Mexico) which is the highest two-game total for the team since 1932 (135 points, 73-0 vs. Haskell; 62-0 vs. Drake). On the field, Brian Kelly 2.0 has been an objective success. That logic is flawed. 10 … Especially one who is coming off a bye week. Outscored 243-124 in those games. That 2005 victory, a 17-10 topping of No. 2009 was the last year Notre Dame Stadium hosted a Top-10 opponent. Replies to: Brian Kelly 11-15 against top 25 teams while coaching at ND. But maybe a more pressing objective for Fighting Irish coach Brian Kelly is to do something he hasn’t done in more than five years: Beat a top 20 team on the road in the regular season. From 1962-1967 the AP only did a top 10 ranking. The Count compiled the records of all 64 major-conference coaches (plus Notre Dame's Brian Kelly) against AP top-25 opponents. 8 … "I don't keep track of those records but I'm sure there's been some really good games in … Career Record: 16 Years, 145-59, .711 Win% (at major schools) Bowl Record: 12 Games, 7-5, .583 Win% (at major schools) More bio, uniform, draft info

Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly checks in at No. Average Score of 34.7 - 17.7 in those games.

NDNation is the independent voice on Notre Dame. This time, Michigan’s at home to face one of its most familiar opposing coaches, Brian Kelly, who is 3-3 against the Wolverines since 2010.

Current FBS/D1A teams ranked by winning %, vs opponents that are ranked in top 10 at game time in either the AP or Coaches Polls, through the 20010 season.

In the Brian Kelly era, Notre Dame has played a game in nine of the top 10 media markets across the country and 13 of the top 20. Kelly is 25-19 (.568)* in his career against Associated Press Top 25 teams, which ranks fifth among active FBS coach with at least 25 such games; Ranks first among active FBS coaches with 263 wins*, as well as seventh among active FBS coaches in winning percentage (.735)* NDNation.com: The popular alumni site for Notre Dame football, basketball, baseball and recruiting. The first was in head coach Lou Holtz’s final season in 1996, when No. Contrast that with Kelly, who is now 11-14 (.440) against teams ranked in the Top 25 at the time of the game. By its placement in its preseason rankings, Athlon Sports sees another successful season coming for Notre Dame. Kelly is also 1-5 against teams ranked No.

“When we first started here, we didn’t have a top … Since 1993, Notre Dame actually won two top 10 vs. top 10 matchups, but both were in the opponent’s stadium. "Yeah, playing top-20 teams on the road, it's hard to beat top-20 teams on the road," Kelly said. 153.3 Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly checks in at No. 1-6 vs. Top-10 Opponents. The Athletic reporters Bruce Feldman and Stewart Mandel have released their annual Top 25 lists of college football coaches. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Notre Dame, a position he has held since December 2009.Kelly was previously head coach at Grand Valley State University (1991–2003), Central Michigan University (2004–2006), and the University of Cincinnati (2006–2009). Twice so far this year, Jim Harbaugh has racked up losses against top-15 teams, Wisconsin and Penn State.

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