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3 teams cited all competed at highest levels in postseason.. by Scoop80

2015 MBB team took unbeaten UK team down to final possession. They had already beaten Duke in ACCT and went 2-1 v. Duke HTH. They could compete w/ anyone.

This year's baseball team arguably should've beaten CWS champ MS St. in 2 straight in super-regional played at MSU. They could compete w/ anyone.

2008 hockey team would've been w/in 1 goal and would've had momentum in NC game had it not been for bogus replay review.

2012 ND FB team (citded in this thread) was shellacked by AL, they would've lost decisively to UGA had UGA pulled out SEC final, and they likely would've lost to Meyer's first tOSU team had tOSU not been on probation. That team could NOT compete w/ anyone.

I already addressed 2005 FB team in this thread.

Last ND FB team that clearly could compete w/ anyone was 1993. That begs question as to why visibly lower priority programs have done so much more recently.