Phil Steele: Notre Dame To Go Undefeated In 2021

While many preseason magazines and national pundits continue to doubt Notre Dame - despite its recent success - Phil Steele continues to be bullish on the Fighting Irish. Steele predicted Notre Dame to be the #1 surprise team in 2018, a season in which the Irish went undefeated. In his mammoth preseason magazine the long-time analyst predicted Notre Dame to run the table in the regular season.

"While most of my power ratings forecast a loss or two, my main set of ratings has them going 12-0 this year," Steele wrote in his preseason magazine, which is always worth having on your shelf. "All 8 of their units make my Top Units in the front of the magazine and new QB Jack Coan led Wisconsin to a #10 ranking in the regular season of 2019 giving them a veteran QB."

Steele has Notre Dame ranked seventh in his preseason Top 40. His emphasis in that portion of the magazine once again focuses on the fact that while Notre Dame has a challenging schedule (#23 toughest) he also notes that there are no "non-winnable" games.

Simply put, despite Notre Dame's heavy personnel losses the Irish have a more talented roster than anyone they face in the 2021 regular season.

Cincinnati ranked 10th in his preseason Top 40 while Wisconsin ranked 11th, North Carolina ranked 12th, USC ranked 13th and Stanford ranked 40th.

Steele had four Notre Dame players named All-Americans in his preseason list. Safety Kyle Hamilton was a first-team All-American, guard Cain Madden was a second-team All-American, running back Kyren Williams was a third-team All-American and Jarrett Patterson was listed as a third-team All-American guard.

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