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Undefeated Notre Dame (8-0) hung onto their #3 ranking in what is the final AP and Coaches Polls before the season’s first NCAA College Football Playoff Rankings are announced on Tuesday, Oct. 30<\/a>.\u00a0 The Fighting Irish continue to be the only top-5 team that has beaten another top-5 team, as currently ranked. That fact alone should have propelled Notre Dame into the #1 spot, since neither #1 Alabama nor #2 Clemson can make the claim that they have beaten a top-5 opponent.<\/p>\n

With a loss by South Florida, the only remaining undefeated teams in Div. I-A\/FBS are #1 Alabama, #2 Clemson, #3 Notre Dame and #9 Central Florida.<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Meanwhile, Notre Dame opponent Michigan (7-1), whose only loss was a close game at Notre Dame in the season opener, hung in at #5 after their bye week, most recently beating Michigan State.<\/p>\n

Future Notre Dame opponent Syracuse (6-2) finally jumped into the rankings at #22\/#24 after beating then-ranked North Carolina State, making the Orangemen the only team besides Clemson to beat the Gamecocks.\u00a0 Stanford (5-3) dropped out of the rankings after losing to top-10 Washington State.\u00a0 Yet Notre Dame opponents Stanford, Virginia Tech and Pitt are getting votes in at least one poll, as well as Northwestern, whom Notre Dame takes on next weekend\u00a0 in Evanston.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>While, of course, both the AP and Coaches Poll will issue rankings all the way until the season’s end, their relevance will morph somewhat after the first official NCAA College Playoff Rankings come out on Tuesday, Oct. 30<\/a> (after deliberations and discussion by the College Football Playoff Committee<\/a> in accordance with the College Football Playoff Selection Committee Voting Process<\/a>).<\/p>\n\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 (60) 8-0 1500
\n2 Clemson 8-0 1433
\n3 Notre Dame 8-0 1374<\/span>
\n4 LSU 7-1 1317
\n5 Michigan 7-1 1240<\/span>
\n6 Georgia 7-1 1202
\n7 Oklahoma 7-1 1132
\n8 Ohio State 7-1 1022
\n9 UCF 7-0 1014
\n10 Washington State 7-1 938
\n11 Kentucky 7-1 905
\n12 West Virginia 6-1 891
\n13 Florida 6-2 734
\n14 Penn State 6-2 733
\n15 Texas 6-2 719
\n16 Utah 6-2 593
\n17 Houston 7-1 403
\n18 Utah State 7-1 340
\n19 Iowa 6-2 323
\n20 Fresno State 7-1 261
\n21 Mississippi State 5-3 204
\n22 Syracuse 6-2 192
\n23 Virginia 6-2 175
\n24 Boston College 6-2 169
\n25 Texas A&M 5-3 132<\/p>\n

Also receiving votes:<\/em> Washington 120, Northwestern 86, Georgia Southern 62, Michigan State 51, Cincinnati 45, Iowa State 42, South Florida 29, Stanford 26<\/span>, Oklahoma State 24, UAB 17, Oregon 13, Wisconsin 12, Auburn 7, San Diego State 6, Army 6, NC State 5, California 2, Buffalo 1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Coaches Poll<\/h3>\n

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

1 Alabama (62) 8-0 1598
\n2 Clemson (2) 8-0 1537
\n3 Notre Dame 8-0 1458<\/span>
\n4 LSU 7-1 1403
\n5 Michigan 7-1 1295<\/span>
\nGeorgia 7-1 1295
\n7 Oklahoma 7-1 1190
\n8 Ohio State 7-1 1096
\n9 UCF 7-0 1082
\n10 West Virginia 6-1 992
\n11 Washington State 7-1 962
\n12 Kentucky 7-1 932
\n13 Penn State 6-2 791
\n14 Florida 6-2 743
\n15 Texas 6-2 721
\n16 Utah 6-2 620
\n17 Houston 7-1 380
\n18 Iowa 6-2 356
\n19 Washington 6-3 285
\n20 Utah State 7-1 281
\n21 Mississippi State 5-3 226
\n22 Virginia 6-2 207
\n23 Fresno State 7-1 191
\n24 Syracuse 6-2 183<\/span>
\n25 Boston College 6-2 171<\/p>\n

Also receiving votes: Texas A&M 167, Cincinnati 116, South Florida 87, Michigan State 48, Wisconsin 41, Northwestern 40<\/span>, NC State 40, Miami 38, Georgia Southern 32, Oklahoma State 31, UAB 24, Auburn 21, Stanford 21<\/span>, Oregon 20, San Diego State 16, Buffalo 14, Army 13, South Carolina 11, Florida Intl 6, Iowa State 6, Virginia Tech 5, Pittsburgh 3<\/span>, Duke 3, Boise State 2 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

Notre Dame, of course, partners with the ACC, with roughly half of Notre Dame’s schedule being against ACC teams, with the mix worked out with the ACC itself. Another third of Notre Dame’s schedule this year is against the PAC-12 and B1G\/Big Ten, plus one SEC opponent. So Notre Dame plays a mix of ten power conference opponents, plus Navy (of the American), plus one MAC opponent.<\/p>\n

Next week, Alabama does play nominal-#4 LSU.\u00a0 The SEC already has yet another three-way trail of losses on the year, with LSU having lost to two-loss Florida, Georgia having just routed Florida, with LSU completing the circle by having routed Georgia earlier in the year.\u00a0 The AP and Coaches Poll have LSU and Georgia crowding the top-6.<\/p>\n

Quite truthfully, Michigan should have been ranked ahead of LSU since Michigan’s only loss was to undefeated top-3 Notre Dame, while LSU lost to two-loss Florida.<\/p>\n

Alabama and Georgia do not play in the regular season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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