re: How come SEC teams don't play Notre Dame more often?

NOTRE DAME VS. THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE

• Notre Dame has won 60 percent of its games (19-13-0) vs. teams that currently make up the Southeastern Conference, with 17 of those games coming vs. LSU (10) and Tennessee (7).

• Tennessee was the only meeting Notre Dame had against an SEC opponent in 04 and the first contest against an SEC school since the Irish lost to the Volunteers by a 28-13 score on Nov. 3, 2001.

• Notre Dame owns a .500 or better record against five of the eight SEC teams it has faced.

• The Irish are 7-7 all-time on the road against current SEC teams.

• Tennessee (5-2) and Georgia (1-0) are the only SEC schools to have winning records against Notre Dame.

• Notre Dame has played the following SEC schools: Alabama (5-1), Florida (1-0), Georgia (0-1), LSU (5-5), Mississippi (1-1), South Carolina (3-1), Tennessee (2-5) and Vanderbilt (2-0).