NDs best team list is the 1988 Team at #18 on the list
Here are the Irish teams to make the list;
18. 1988 Notre Dame (12-0)
Coach: Lou Holtz
The Fighting Irish won their first national title in 11 seasons (and, at this writing, their most recent) with a stifling defense and a punishing ground game. Notre Dame won 10 games by at least 10 points, including its last two games, a 27-10 dismantling of No. 2 USC in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the 34-21 defeat of undefeated No. 2 West Virginia in the Fiesta Bowl. This Irish team, however, will be best remembered for its other defeat of a top-3 team, the 31-30 victory over No. 1 Miami in South Bend, Indiana. The Irish won by stopping a two-point conversion late in the game. Miami coach Jimmy Johnson maintains to this day that instant replay would have overruled a called fumble by Canes running back Cleveland Gary at the Irish goal line. Defensive lineman Frank Stams and linebacker Michael Stonebreaker made the consensus All-America team. Sophomore quarterback Tony Rice led the team with 700 rushing yards and threw for nearly 1,200 more. His poise, despite his inexperience, justified Holtz's belief in him.
Alabama's Sugar Bowl loss made Rece Davis cry in the tub
ESPN announcer & Alabama alum Rece Davis recalls how heartbroken he was after Notre Dame defeated his Crimson Tide in the 1973 Sugar Bowl.
28. 1973 Notre Dame (11-0)
Titles: AP, FWAA, NFF (Alabama won coaches)
Coach: Ara Parseghian
Led by: QB Tom Clements, TE Dave Casper
What to know: Defeated No. 6 USC and No. 20 Pittsburgh, and No. 1 Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. Against the Crimson Tide, Notre Dame rallied from deficits three times, falling behind 23-21 on a halfback-to-quarterback pass. But Clements led the Irish on a 79-yard scoring drive in which his 30-yard pass to Casper set up a go-ahead field goal
59. 1947 Notre Dame (9-0)
Titles: AP
Coach: Frank Leahy
Led by: QB Johnny Lujack, lineman George Connor, end Leon Hart, lineman Ziggy Czarobski
What to know: The national champions held eight opponents to 7 points or less. The Irish beat No. 3 USC 38-7 and No. 9 Army 27-7; Notre Dame, whose roster included seven future CFB Hall of Famers, averaged 32.3 points per game and held opponents to 5.8 points per game. QB Johnny Lujack took home the Heisman.
80. 1977 Notre Dame (11-1)
Titles: AP, UPI, FWAA, NFF
Coach: Dan Devine
Led by: QB Joe Montana, TE Ken MacAfee, DL Ross Browner, DB Luther Bradley, RB Jerone Heavens
What to know: The Fighting Irish won its last 10 after a 20-13 loss at Ole Miss. Notre Dame went 4-0 vs ranked opponents, including blasting No. 1 Texas 38-10 in the Cotton Bowl to win the national championship.
86. 1946 Notre Dame (8-0-1)
Titles: AP
Coach: Frank Leahy
Led by: QB Johnny Lujack, lineman George Connor, lineman George Mastrangelo, lineman George Strohmeyer
What to know: The Fighting Irish defense never allowed more than six points in any game and pitched five shutouts. Notre Dame's famous 0-0 tie vs Army, which won the title in 1944 and 1945, earned the Irish the No. 1 ranking and national title.
106. 1930 Notre Dame (10-0)
Titles: HAF, NCF (Alabama won CFRA)
Coach: Knute Rockne
Led by: QB Frank Carideo, HB Marchmont Schwartz, G Bert Metzger
What to know: The Irish won their third and final national championship under Rockne, who was killed in a plane crash the next spring. It was also the season in which Notre Dame Stadium debuted. The Irish defeated their 10 opponents by a combined score of 256-74, including a 7-6 win over Army in Chicago, which was the Black Knights' only loss of the season.
107. 1924 Notre Dame (10-0)
Titles: CFRA, HAF, NCF
Coach: Knute Rockne
Led by: QB Harry Stuhldreher, HB Don Miller, HB Jim Crowley, FB Elmer Layden
What to know: Rockne's first national championship team featured the most famous backfield in college football -- Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden -- who were famously dubbed the "Four Horsemen" by legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice after a 13-7 win over Army at the Polo Grounds in New York. The Irish held eight opponents to seven points or fewer and beat Stanford 27-10 in the Rose Bowl in their first bowl game.
112. 1949 Notre Dame (10-0)
Titles: AP
Coach: Frank Leahy
Led by: E Leon Hart, QB Bob Williams
What to know: The Irish won their third national championship and went unbeaten for the fourth straight year by outscoring their opponents 360-86. Notre Dame beat three ranked opponents by a combined 84 points, but needed a late touchdown to knock off 4-4-1 SMU 27-20 in the finale. Hart won the Heisman Trophy.
121. 1970 Notre Dame (10-1)
Titles: None (Nebraska won AP; Texas won coaches)
Coach: Ara Parseghian
Led by: QB Joe Theismann, DE Walt Patulski, WR Thom Gatewood
What to know: The Fighting Irish were 9-0 and ranked No. 1 before they lost to USC 38-28 to spoil their chances at winning another national championship. The Irish bounced back and upset No. 1 Texas 24-11 in the Cotton Bowl, which ended the Longhorns' 30-game winning streak. Notre Dame finished No. 2 in the final AP poll
125. 1966 Notre Dame (9-0-1)
Titles: AP, FWAA, UPI (split NFF with Michigan St.)
Coach: Ara Parseghian
Led by: QB Terry Hanratty, HB Nick Eddy, LB Jim Lynch, DE Alan Page
What to know: The Irish led the nation in scoring (36.2 points per game) and scoring defense (3.8 ppg allowed) and shut out six opponents, including road wins at No. 10 Oklahoma (38-0) and No. 10 USC (51-0). Late in the season, Parseghian chose to run out the clock against No. 2 Michigan State instead of trying to win, preserving a controversial 10-10 tie that preserved Notre Dame's national title.
128. 1929 Notre Dame (9-0)
Titles: CFRA, HAF, NCF
Coach: Knute Rockne
Led by: L Jack Cannon, QB Frank Carideo
What to know: Despite a leg infection that left Rockne in bed or off his feet for a good part of the season - he coached two games from a wheelchair - the Irish excelled. They didn't blow anyone out, never scoring more than 26 points. But they edged a USC team, 13-12, that went on to humble Pitt, 47-14, in the Rose Bowl.
136. 1919 Notre Dame (9-0)
Titles: Split NCF with Texas A&M and Harvard; (Harvard won HAF; Illinois and Harvard split CFRA)
Coach: Knute Rockne
Led by: B George Gipp
What to know: Rockne's second team, and his first great one, featured Gipp, whom Rockne called "the greatest football player Notre Dame ever produced." The team featured four players - Eddie Anderson, Hunk Anderson, Slip Madigan and Buck Shaw - who became prominent coaches. This Notre Dame team showed a knack for the comeback, coming from behind at Nebraska, at Army and at Purdue
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Here are the Irish teams to make the list;
18. 1988 Notre Dame (12-0)
Coach: Lou Holtz
The Fighting Irish won their first national title in 11 seasons (and, at this writing, their most recent) with a stifling defense and a punishing ground game. Notre Dame won 10 games by at least 10 points, including its last two games, a 27-10 dismantling of No. 2 USC in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the 34-21 defeat of undefeated No. 2 West Virginia in the Fiesta Bowl. This Irish team, however, will be best remembered for its other defeat of a top-3 team, the 31-30 victory over No. 1 Miami in South Bend, Indiana. The Irish won by stopping a two-point conversion late in the game. Miami coach Jimmy Johnson maintains to this day that instant replay would have overruled a called fumble by Canes running back Cleveland Gary at the Irish goal line. Defensive lineman Frank Stams and linebacker Michael Stonebreaker made the consensus All-America team. Sophomore quarterback Tony Rice led the team with 700 rushing yards and threw for nearly 1,200 more. His poise, despite his inexperience, justified Holtz's belief in him.
Alabama's Sugar Bowl loss made Rece Davis cry in the tub
ESPN announcer & Alabama alum Rece Davis recalls how heartbroken he was after Notre Dame defeated his Crimson Tide in the 1973 Sugar Bowl.
28. 1973 Notre Dame (11-0)
Titles: AP, FWAA, NFF (Alabama won coaches)
Coach: Ara Parseghian
Led by: QB Tom Clements, TE Dave Casper
What to know: Defeated No. 6 USC and No. 20 Pittsburgh, and No. 1 Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. Against the Crimson Tide, Notre Dame rallied from deficits three times, falling behind 23-21 on a halfback-to-quarterback pass. But Clements led the Irish on a 79-yard scoring drive in which his 30-yard pass to Casper set up a go-ahead field goal
59. 1947 Notre Dame (9-0)
Titles: AP
Coach: Frank Leahy
Led by: QB Johnny Lujack, lineman George Connor, end Leon Hart, lineman Ziggy Czarobski
What to know: The national champions held eight opponents to 7 points or less. The Irish beat No. 3 USC 38-7 and No. 9 Army 27-7; Notre Dame, whose roster included seven future CFB Hall of Famers, averaged 32.3 points per game and held opponents to 5.8 points per game. QB Johnny Lujack took home the Heisman.
80. 1977 Notre Dame (11-1)
Titles: AP, UPI, FWAA, NFF
Coach: Dan Devine
Led by: QB Joe Montana, TE Ken MacAfee, DL Ross Browner, DB Luther Bradley, RB Jerone Heavens
What to know: The Fighting Irish won its last 10 after a 20-13 loss at Ole Miss. Notre Dame went 4-0 vs ranked opponents, including blasting No. 1 Texas 38-10 in the Cotton Bowl to win the national championship.
86. 1946 Notre Dame (8-0-1)
Titles: AP
Coach: Frank Leahy
Led by: QB Johnny Lujack, lineman George Connor, lineman George Mastrangelo, lineman George Strohmeyer
What to know: The Fighting Irish defense never allowed more than six points in any game and pitched five shutouts. Notre Dame's famous 0-0 tie vs Army, which won the title in 1944 and 1945, earned the Irish the No. 1 ranking and national title.
106. 1930 Notre Dame (10-0)
Titles: HAF, NCF (Alabama won CFRA)
Coach: Knute Rockne
Led by: QB Frank Carideo, HB Marchmont Schwartz, G Bert Metzger
What to know: The Irish won their third and final national championship under Rockne, who was killed in a plane crash the next spring. It was also the season in which Notre Dame Stadium debuted. The Irish defeated their 10 opponents by a combined score of 256-74, including a 7-6 win over Army in Chicago, which was the Black Knights' only loss of the season.
107. 1924 Notre Dame (10-0)
Titles: CFRA, HAF, NCF
Coach: Knute Rockne
Led by: QB Harry Stuhldreher, HB Don Miller, HB Jim Crowley, FB Elmer Layden
What to know: Rockne's first national championship team featured the most famous backfield in college football -- Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden -- who were famously dubbed the "Four Horsemen" by legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice after a 13-7 win over Army at the Polo Grounds in New York. The Irish held eight opponents to seven points or fewer and beat Stanford 27-10 in the Rose Bowl in their first bowl game.
112. 1949 Notre Dame (10-0)
Titles: AP
Coach: Frank Leahy
Led by: E Leon Hart, QB Bob Williams
What to know: The Irish won their third national championship and went unbeaten for the fourth straight year by outscoring their opponents 360-86. Notre Dame beat three ranked opponents by a combined 84 points, but needed a late touchdown to knock off 4-4-1 SMU 27-20 in the finale. Hart won the Heisman Trophy.
121. 1970 Notre Dame (10-1)
Titles: None (Nebraska won AP; Texas won coaches)
Coach: Ara Parseghian
Led by: QB Joe Theismann, DE Walt Patulski, WR Thom Gatewood
What to know: The Fighting Irish were 9-0 and ranked No. 1 before they lost to USC 38-28 to spoil their chances at winning another national championship. The Irish bounced back and upset No. 1 Texas 24-11 in the Cotton Bowl, which ended the Longhorns' 30-game winning streak. Notre Dame finished No. 2 in the final AP poll
125. 1966 Notre Dame (9-0-1)
Titles: AP, FWAA, UPI (split NFF with Michigan St.)
Coach: Ara Parseghian
Led by: QB Terry Hanratty, HB Nick Eddy, LB Jim Lynch, DE Alan Page
What to know: The Irish led the nation in scoring (36.2 points per game) and scoring defense (3.8 ppg allowed) and shut out six opponents, including road wins at No. 10 Oklahoma (38-0) and No. 10 USC (51-0). Late in the season, Parseghian chose to run out the clock against No. 2 Michigan State instead of trying to win, preserving a controversial 10-10 tie that preserved Notre Dame's national title.
128. 1929 Notre Dame (9-0)
Titles: CFRA, HAF, NCF
Coach: Knute Rockne
Led by: L Jack Cannon, QB Frank Carideo
What to know: Despite a leg infection that left Rockne in bed or off his feet for a good part of the season - he coached two games from a wheelchair - the Irish excelled. They didn't blow anyone out, never scoring more than 26 points. But they edged a USC team, 13-12, that went on to humble Pitt, 47-14, in the Rose Bowl.
136. 1919 Notre Dame (9-0)
Titles: Split NCF with Texas A&M and Harvard; (Harvard won HAF; Illinois and Harvard split CFRA)
Coach: Knute Rockne
Led by: B George Gipp
What to know: Rockne's second team, and his first great one, featured Gipp, whom Rockne called "the greatest football player Notre Dame ever produced." The team featured four players - Eddie Anderson, Hunk Anderson, Slip Madigan and Buck Shaw - who became prominent coaches. This Notre Dame team showed a knack for the comeback, coming from behind at Nebraska, at Army and at Purdue
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