{"id":5096,"date":"2018-11-05T01:42:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T06:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/leprechaun-express\/irish-update-notre-dame-football-news\/?p=5096"},"modified":"2018-11-06T01:54:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T06:54:02","slug":"college-football-rankings-notre-dame-holds-down-3-spot-in-ap-and-coaches-poll-after-win-at-big-ten-west-leading-northwestern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/leprechaun-express\/irish-update-notre-dame-football-news\/college-football-rankings-notre-dame-holds-down-3-spot-in-ap-and-coaches-poll-after-win-at-big-ten-west-leading-northwestern\/","title":{"rendered":"COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS: Notre Dame holds down #3 spot in AP and Coaches Poll after win at Big Ten West-Leading Northwestern"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Undefeated Notre Dame (9-0) hung onto their #3 ranking in the AP and Coaches Polls after their 31-21 win in Evanston over Northwestern, the leader of the B1G\/Big Ten West.<\/p>\n

The only remaining undefeated teams in Div. I-A\/FBS are #1 Alabama, #2 Clemson, #3 Notre Dame and #11 Central Florida.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n\n

Alabama did beat LSU this weekend, who had benefited from an inflated then-top-5 ranking, with LSU even being ahead of Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff Rankings.\u00a0 Yet now, LSU, with two losses, is clinging to a still-vastly-inflated #9\/#10 ranking, despite LSU having also lost to a Florida team that now has three losses.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Michigan (8-1), whose only loss was by a touchdown at Notre Dame in the season opener, jumped to #4 after blowing out Penn State while LSU lost.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Future Notre Dame opponent Syracuse (7-2) climbed to #13 after beating Wake Forest handily. Additionally, Notre Dame opponents Pitt and Northwestern are getting votes in both polls.<\/p>\n

Fans will have to wait until Tuesday to see how the second installment of the College Football Playoff Rankings play out, especially given what seems to be a strong bias in favor of the SEC.<\/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) 9-0 1500
\n2 Clemson 9-0 1435
\n3 Notre Dame 9-0 1381<\/span>
\n4 Michigan 8-1 1304<\/span>
\n5 Georgia 8-1 1263
\n6 Oklahoma 8-1 1181
\n7 West Virginia 7-1 1065
\n8 Ohio State 8-1 1025
\n9 LSU 7-2 1020
\n10 Washington State 8-1 1010
\n11 UCF 8-0 1001
\n12 Kentucky 7-2 780
\n13 Syracuse 7-2 624<\/span>
\n14 Utah State 8-1 586
\n15 Texas 6-3 559
\n16 Fresno State 8-1 506
\n17 Boston College 7-2 490
\n18 Mississippi State 6-3 486
\n19 Florida 6-3 400
\n20 Washington 7-3 342
\n21 Penn State 6-3 278
\n22 NC State 6-2 264
\n23 Iowa State 5-3 230
\n24 Michigan State 6-3 215
\n25 Cincinnati 8-1 141<\/p>\n

Others receiving votes: Utah 110, Auburn 93, Wisconsin 37, Army 32, UAB 31, Northwestern 28<\/span>, Iowa 17, Boise State 15, Purdue 14, Buffalo 11, Oregon 9, San Diego State 5, Duke 4, Texas A&M 3, Houston 3, Texas Tech 2<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Coaches Poll<\/h3>\n

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

1 Alabama(63) 9-0 1599
\n2 Clemson(1) 9-0 1537
\n3 Notre Dame 9-0 1464<\/span>
\n4 Michigan 8-1 1390<\/span>
\n5 Georgia 8-1 1347
\n6 Oklahoma 8-1 1272
\n7 Ohio State 8-1 1109
\n8 West Virginia 7-1 1108
\n9 Washington State 8-1 1076
\n10 LSU 7-2 1063
\n11 UCF 8-0 1054
\n12 Kentucky 7-2 761
\n13 Syracuse 7-2 625<\/span>
\n14 Boston College 7-2 580
\n15 Mississippi State 6-3 567
\n16 Utah State 8-1 565
\n17 Fresno State 8-1 490
\n18 Washington 7-3 463
\n19 Texas 6-3 433
\n20 Penn State 6-3 375
\n21 Florida 6-3 340
\n22 NC State 6-2 327
\n23 Cincinnati 8-1 207
\n24 Utah 6-3 184
\n25 Iowa State 5-3 151<\/p>\n

Others receiving votes: Michigan State 144, Auburn 106, Iowa 87, UAB 64, Wisconsin 64, Oregon 51, Houston 41, Army 34, Buffalo 22, Texas A&M 16, San Diego State 15, Purdue 13, Boise State 12, Duke 11, Pittsburgh 10<\/span>, South Florida 10, South Carolina 7, Missouri 2, Appalachian State 2, North Texas 1, Northwestern 1<\/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 annual mix, and multi-year rotation, worked out with the ACC itself. Another third of Notre Dame’s schedule this year is against the B1G\/Big Ten and PAC-12, 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

Central Florida was the only undefeated team in Div. I-A\/FBS last year, yet the NCAA College Football Playoff Committee left them out of the College Football Playoff, instead inviting not one, but two, SEC teams with losses.\u00a0 Central Florida responded by beating yet another SEC team in a major bowl game, beating Auburn in the Peach Bowl.<\/p>\n

Once again, Alabama and Georgia do not play in the regular season.\u00a0 Georgia has not played in Tuscaloosa in more than a decade, not since 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[click here to jump to polls] Undefeated Notre Dame (9-0) hung onto their #3 ranking in the AP and Coaches Polls after their 31-21 win in Evanston over Northwestern, the leader of the B1G\/Big Ten West. The only remaining undefeated teams in Div. I-A\/FBS are #1 Alabama, #2 Clemson, #3 Notre Dame and #11 Central Florida. 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