EXCELLENCE ON THE FIELD
Championship Teams Notre Dame prides itself on competing with the best in every sport it fields. Eight different programs have won national championships since Notre Dame began its first varsity team, football in 1887. With more consensus national championships in football than any other school, other programs have begun to emerge on the national scene in the 14 years since Notre Dame joined the BIG EAST Conference.
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National championships (11 in football, seven in fencing, two in women’s soccer, two in men’s tennis, one in men’s golf, men’s cross country and women’s basketball) won by Notre Dame.
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BIG EAST Conference championships won by Notre Dame in 14 seasons of league play.
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Conference championships won by Irish teams during the 2008-09 year (eight BIG EAST, plus Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Great Western Lacrosse League).
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Irish programs which finished their 2008-09 season nationally ranked.
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Consecutive years in which Notre Dame has finished in the top 25 of the United States Sports Academy Division I Directors’ Cup, sponsored by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletcs. With a 21st-place finish in 2009, Notre Dame matched its finish from the previous year.
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