Notre Dame faces first real test as unbeaten BYU hosts the Fighting Irish in top-10 clash

Rankings in college sports can be a bit misleading.

It really is hard to say who has the best team.

One week you can be great; the next, you can suffer.

Everyone is relying on people who will go do almost anything other than play professionally.

Teams carry over 50 players, and only two or three from most teams will advance to the professional ranks.

Maybe more at some of the best schools.

Tonight, we have the #2 team in the country taking on the #8.

Do either deserve their ranking? Notre Dame comes into the game with a 6-0 record for the season, but I’ll be the first to tell you that I don’t believe in this team.

I know there is plenty of talent on their roster, but they aren’t exactly challenged with their schedule.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Beating up on teams that will combine to have a losing record isn’t exactly a major accomplishment.

Are CJ Carr’s 1,378 passing yards and 16 touchdowns as impressive as, say, Julian Sayin’s 1,772 yards and 17 touchdowns? Sayin has at least faced Iowa and Texas this season.

This season, the Fighting Irish have played Wisconsin, Rice, Michigan State, Purdue, North Carolina and Stanford.

That combination of teams isn’t the worst in football by any means, but they also aren’t ranked teams.

They do have three teams coming up on their schedule who are ranked – today against BYU, Nov.