I'm not impartial, but I think ND only got flat out lucky a normal amount of times, mostly the Pitt kicker missing the FG; they did, however, quite often play "above their talent".
Basically if they replayed the season a million times the results would probably average around 3 loses, maybe 4, and LSU or Oregon would have ended up playing Alabama in the title game.
That being said, rankings and bowl games are based on results, not on who people think the better team is.
The luckiest team I can remember was the 2002-2003 Ohio State team, especially that last play.
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