Notre Dame, and four of those Big East teams would have suffered more than one conference loss in the SEC, Pac-10, Big 10 and yes, even the Big 12.

Louisville is the only team that would have had a chance to get out with less than two losses. And even Louisville failed in the one game that they played a team that was really gunning for them. The perceived top teams in the aforementioned conferences face much tougher teams in road games and in blood bath rivalries.