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Notre Dame Football: 5 Reasons the Fighting Irish should just join the ACC

By Michael Collins

Nov 28, 2015; Stanford, CA, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Brian Kelly leads his team onto the field against the Stanford Cardinal at Stanford Stadium. Stanford won 38-36.Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 28, 2015; Stanford, CA, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Brian Kelly leads his team onto the field against the Stanford Cardinal at Stanford Stadium. Stanford won 38-36.Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 21, 2015; Boston, MA, USA; Boston College Eagles defensive back Justin Simmons (27) makes an interception during the third quarter against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 21, 2015; Boston, MA, USA; Boston College Eagles defensive back Justin Simmons (27) makes an interception during the third quarter against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports /

No. 3 – Raise the Level of Competition in the ACC Once Again

Just 20 years ago we would have been snickered at for talking about a football champion coming from the ACC – the ultimate basketball conference.

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But each time the ACC adds a premier program – FSU, Miami, Virginia Tech, etc – the level of recruiting and play among the other members has exponentially gotten better, and the ACC now rivals some of the oldest football conferences in the nation with teams involved in or winning the national championship nearly every season.

The addition of Notre Dame would further solidify the ACC as a top football conference, and would bring even better players and coaches to the lower-tier programs in the conference. This would make those ACC-SEC Bowl matchups even better.

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