Michigan still sucks, Purdue away is tough but definitely winnable minus Painter and Sheets, Michigan St. loses Ringer, Pitt is winnable minus McCoy but I'll mark it as a loss, Uconn loses D. Brown and Stanford is always horrible.
Michigan sucks: For all their faults the average ND homer is still sumpremely cocky. I say this team looks past Michigan at the Big House and gets caught.
Michigan State has plenty of replacements behind Ringer, and lets be honest, Ringer wasnt a flyer. The offensive line that moved asses out of his way will still be there. MSU also has an improving defense.
Pitt will win. Pitt will be in their late season win for a bowl game stretch run.
UCONN has a pretty good defense
Stanford is my pick for most improved team of the year, and the defense will do more than enough to shut down the domers offensive offense.
Notre Dame is what will always be. A 5-7 - 6-6 team which will keep making bowl games off cream puffs, occasionally get lucky enough to screw a deserving team out of a BCS bid, and then get throttled on the national stage.