Irish receive special honor

While the EMUs of Eastern Michigan (0-9) remained No. 1, the Bottom Ten gave a career lack-of-achievement award to No. 20 Notre Dame.

USA Today pointed out that over the last 16 years, the Fitful Irish are 1-9 in bowl games, 7-25 against teams in the top 10, and 22-40-1 against ranked opponents – true Bottom Ten-type numbers.

Notre Dame’s latest setback came against Navy, a team that had thrown 28 passes in six previous games – none against Wake Forest.

So what happened?

Navy attempted three passes in a 23-21 win over the Irish and afterward a Notre Dame defensive tackle said Navy had “outschemed us.”

What, Navy ran left more than it ran right?

Wreck	Last Loss	Next Loss
1. E. Michigan (0-9)	6-50, No. Ill.	W. Michigan
2. New Mex. (0-9)	14-45, Utah	BYU
3. W. Kentucky (0-9)	20-40, Troy	La-Monroe
4. Miami (Ohio) (1-9)	32-34, Temple	Bowling Green
5. Ball State (1-8)	17-20, Ohio (Ohio)	N. Illinois
6. San Jose St. (1-7)	7-62, Nevada	Utah State
7. Vanderbilt (2-8)	3-27, Florida

8. North Texas (2-7)

6-33, La-Mon.

Fla. Int.

9. Washington St. (1-8)

7-48, Arizona

UCLA

10. Fla. Int. (2-7)21-48, Mid Tenn

North Texas

11. Maryland (2-7); 12. Syracuse (3-6); 13. Tulane (3-6); 14. Memphis (2-7); 15. Florida State (4-5); 16. Michigan (5-5); 17. Out of the country on business; 18. Tie among Notre Dame, Penn State, Iowa (all winless in November).

Crummy game of the week: North Texas (2-7) at Florida International (2-7).

Rout of the week: Brigham Young (7-2) at New Mexico (0-9).

Milestones: Oklahoma, a 3-10 loser to Nebraska, fell out of the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time since 2005.

Jurisprudence: Texas Christian, a frequent member of the Bottom Ten in the 1970s, has been banned for life for winning its first nine games this year.