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

After undefeated Notre Dame (7-0) rallied to beat Pitt (3-4) by a score of 19-14 — and half of the previous top-10 lost — the Irish jumped into the top-4 in both the Coaches Poll and the AP. The Irish rose to #4 from their previous #5 spot.<\/p>\n

This threshold, of course, will grab the attention of those already caught up in College Football Playoff prognostications, since the playoff, in its present form, is limited to four teams.\u00a0 The first official College Playoff Rankings, however, will not come out for two weeks, on Tuesday, Oct. 30.<\/a>\"File<\/a><\/p>\n

Most interesting for Notre Dame’s strength of schedule purposes, Notre Dame opponent Michigan climbed into the top-10 at #6\/#7 after beating Wisconsin. Michigan’s only loss was to Notre Dame in the season opener.\u00a0 Notre Dame opponent Stanford remained at #24 in the Coaches Poll, with the Cardinal in the “also receiving votes” category of the AP. Southern Cal is “also receiving votes” in both the AP and Coaches Poll, while Virginia Tech is only receiving votes in the Coaches Poll.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, West Virginia, Washington, Penn State and Wisconsin all dropped out of the top-10 in the Coaches Poll after losing. Georgia remained in the top-10 in both polls. (Wisconsin dropped in both polls, yet had only been in the Coaches Poll top-10 the previous week, not that of the AP.)<\/p>\n

At this point, only eight teams in the top-25 are still undefeated, just five in the top-10 — Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson, Notre Dame and Central Florida.\u00a0 Central Florida, the only Div. I-A\/FBS team to go undefeated last year, now sits at #9\/#10.<\/p>\n

Further down in the rankings, North Carolina State also remains undefeated, as do future Central Florida opponents South Florida and Cincinnati.\u00a0 Indeed, the American Athletic Conference currently has three undefeated teams, while the ACC has two, plus ACC partner Notre Dame.<\/p>\n

If current trends continue, looming large will be a regular season finale between undefeated #2 Ohio State and #6\/#7 Michigan, whom Notre Dame beat at the start of the season.<\/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><\/p>\n

1 Alabama 7-0 1,524
\n2 Ohio State 7-0 1,457
\n3 Clemson 6-0 1,392
\n4 Notre Dame 7-0 1,355<\/span>
\n5 LSU 6-1 1,244
\n6 Michigan 6-1 1,146<\/span>
\n7 Texas 6-1 1,144
\n8 Georgia 6-1 1,085
\n9 Oklahoma 5-1 999
\n10 UCF 6-0 979
\n11 Florida 6-1 931
\n12 Oregon 5-1 917
\n13 West Virginia 5-1 700
\n14 Kentucky 5-1 678
\n15 Washington 5-2 640
\n16 North Carolina State 5-0 592
\n17 Texas A&M 5-2 551
\n18 Penn State 4-2 523
\n19 Iowa 5-1 266
\n20 Cincinnati 6-0 243
\n21 South Florida 6-0 242
\n22 Mississippi State 4-2 231
\n23 Wisconsin 4-2 226
\n24 Michigan State 4-2 199
\n25 Washington State 5-1 136<\/p>\n

Also receiving votes:<\/em> Stanford 71<\/span>, San Diego St. 53, Southern Cal 53<\/span>, Appalachian St. 51, Colorado 49, Utah St. 38, Miami 38, Utah 33, Duke 17, Texas Tech 8, Fresno St. 7, Houston 3, Maryland 2, Virginia 2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Coaches Poll<\/h3>\n

Rank Team Record Points<\/em><\/p>\n

1 Alabama(61) 7-0 1597
\n2 Ohio State(1) 7-0 1518
\n3 Clemson(2) 6-0 1484
\n4 Notre Dame 7-0 1408<\/span>
\n5 LSU 6-1 1303
\n6 Georgia 6-1 1163
\n7 Michigan 6-1 1149<\/span>
\n8 Texas 6-1 1138
\n9 UCF 6-0 1034
\n10 Oklahoma 5-1 1019
\n11 Oregon 5-1 927
\n12 Florida 6-1 918
\n13 West Virginia 5-1 768
\n14 Washington 5-2 682
\n15 NC State 5-0 637
\n16 Penn State 4-2 604
\n17 Kentucky 5-1 589
\n18 Texas A&M 5-2 501
\n19 Wisconsin 4-2 399
\n20 South Florida 6-0 346
\n21 Cincinnati 6-0 248
\n22 Iowa 5-1 218
\n23 Washington State 5-1 211
\n24 Stanford 4-2 147<\/span>
\n25 Colorado 5-1 141<\/p>\n

Also receiving votes:<\/em> Miami 124, Mississippi State 110, Michigan State 98, San Diego State 71, Duke 60, Appalachian State 55, Utah State 33, Utah 32, Southern Cal 25<\/span>, Houston 7, Fresno State 6, South Carolina 5, Army 4, Virginia 4, Auburn 4, Virginia Tech 3<\/span>, North Texas 3, Iowa State 3, Boston College 1, UAB 1, Texas Tech 1, Buffalo 1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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