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[click here to jump to polls<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n

After their decisive 38-17 win over then top-10 Stanford, Notre Dame rose slightly in both polls, to #6 in the AP and #7 in the Coaches Poll, also jumping Oklahoma in the AP in the process. Next week the Irish take on a resurgent #24\/#23 Virginia Tech team in Blacksburg.<\/p>\n

While some commentators or fans got the feeling that Stanford might be Notre Dame’s last ranked opponent of the regular season, in reality Virginia Tech had stayed in the rankings in the Coaches Poll even after a freakish upset loss to Old Dominion. The Hokies then rebounded with a strong 17-point win over then-#22\/#23 Duke, to carry what is now a #24\/#23 ranking for Virginia Tech into next Saturday’s primetime contest with the Irish.<\/p>\n\n

Notre Dame opponents Michigan and Stanford remain in the top-15.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame opponent Syracuse nearly knocked off top-5 Clemson on the road, only to get edged out in the final minute. The Orangemen\/Orange, whom Notre Dame has slated for a neutral-site game at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 22, are getting votes in both polls, sitting at de facto #28 in each.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame probably should have jumped ahead of Clemson in the polls.\u00a0 Of special interest will be how Notre Dame and Clemson fare against common opponents, and how close those games are, especially when Notre Dame plays Syracuse on a neutral field in Syracuse’s home state.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame opponents Southern Cal and Florida State have clawed their way back to winning records, and the Trojans are getting votes in the Coaches Poll, although not as many as Syracuse. Several of the earlier losses both teams suffered were to Notre Dame opponents, with Southern Cal having lost to Stanford, while Florida State lost to Virginia Tech and Syracuse. (Southern Cal also picked up an early loss to Texas.)<\/p>\n

The polls are likely to ebb and flow significantly in the coming weeks and months, and the first official College Football Playoff rankings are not due out for a month, set for Oct. 30.<\/p>\n

There already is speculation about whether Notre Dame can run the table in the regular season, and the significance of whether Notre Dame’s opponents are ranked, or how highly.<\/p>\n\n

Yet a peek back at the standings at the end of last year’s regular season reveals that the only team left undefeated was Central Florida.\u00a0 No major program — indeed, no other program besides Central Florida — was undefeated.<\/p>\n

This year, if Notre Dame — as a major program, playing a major program kind of schedule — does manage to finish the 2018 regular season undefeated, they just might find themselves the only team in that position, or perhaps one of a few.\u00a0 It would be bizarre for them to be left out of the playoff in that instance. Alternatively, even if another team, or a few, do manage to stay unbeaten, it seems highly unlikely that there could be four.<\/p>\n

In any event, as Lou Holtz would point out, the team’s job is not to beat everybody in the country.\u00a0 The team’s job is to beat the team they play next.\u00a0 And right now a resurgent Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, might prove even more dangerous than Stanford if Notre Dame does not come loaded for bear.<\/p>\n

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\n(first-place votes in parentheses)<\/em> (Notre Dame opponents marked in dark blue)<\/em><\/p>\n

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AP<\/h3>\n

Rank Team Record Points<\/em>
\n1 Alabama (58) 5-0 1497
\n2 Georgia 5-0 1405
\n3 Ohio State (1) 5-0 1395
\n4 Clemson (1) 5-0 1278
\n5 LSU 5-0 1233
\n6 Notre Dame 5-0 1216<\/span>
\n7 Oklahoma 5-0 1193
\n8 Auburn 4-1 1002
\n9 West Virginia 4-0 998
\n10 Washington 4-1 978
\n11 Penn State 4-1 920
\n12 UCF 4-0 759
\n13 Kentucky 5-0 707
\n14 Stanford 4-1 700<\/span>
\n15 Michigan 4-1 687<\/span>
\n16 Wisconsin 3-1 642
\n17 Miami 4-1 600
\n18 Oregon 4-1 462
\n19 Texas 4-1 403
\n20 Michigan State 3-1 281
\n21 Colorado 4-0 225
\n22 Florida 4-1 210
\n23 NC State 4-0 118
\n24 Virginia Tech 3-1 89<\/span>
\n25 Oklahoma State 4-1 88<\/p>\n

Others receiving votes: Boise State 86, South Florida 83, Syracuse 74<\/span>, Cincinnati 35, Iowa 34, Texas A&M 31, Washington State 14, TCU 13, California 10, Maryland 10, Missouri 8, Boston College 3, Mississippi State 3, BYU 3, Appalachian State 2, Arizona State 2, San Diego State 1, Hawai’i 1, Duke 1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Coaches Poll<\/h3>\n

Rank Team Record Points<\/em>
\n1 Alabama(61) 5-0 1597
\n2 Georgia 5-0 1490
\n3 Ohio State(1) 5-0 1467
\n4 Clemson(2) 5-0 1417
\n5 Oklahoma 5-0 1313
\n6 LSU 5-0 1285
\n7 Notre Dame 5-0 1246<\/span>
\n8 West Virginia 4-0 1055
\n9 Auburn 4-1 1049
\n10 Washington 4-1 1027
\n11 Penn State 4-1 1002
\n12 Wisconsin 3-1 797
\n13 UCF 4-0 763
\n14 Stanford 4-1 753<\/span>
\n15 Kentucky 5-0 690
\n16 Michigan 4-1 627<\/span>
\n17 Miami 4-1 587
\n18 Oregon 4-1 453
\n19 Michigan State 3-1 376
\n20 Texas 4-1 342
\n21 Oklahoma State 4-1 255
\n22 Colorado 4-0 170
\n23 Virginia Tech 3-1 167
\n24 Boise State 3-1 160
\n25 NC State 4-0 121 <\/span><\/p>\n

Others receiving votes: South Florida 109, Florida 105, Syracuse 48<\/span>, Washington State 43, Cincinnati 42, TCU 40, Appalachian State 34, Texas A&M 31, Iowa 23, Missouri 21, Maryland 14, Mississippi State 13, USC 10<\/span>, San Diego State 9, Boston College 9, Arizona State 8, South Carolina 6, Troy 5, California 5, Duke 5, BYU 4, Army 4, Louisiana Tech 2, Fresno State 1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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