{"id":8208,"date":"2025-09-07T15:47:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T19:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/leprechaun-express\/irish-update-notre-dame-football-news\/?p=8208"},"modified":"2025-09-12T23:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T03:41:55","slug":"winless-notre-dame-rises-in-ap-and-coaches-poll-during-bye-week-irish-now-only-winless-team-in-top-25-reminiscent-of-unranked-irish-jumping-into-top-20-after-losing-holtzs-first-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/leprechaun-express\/irish-update-notre-dame-football-news\/winless-notre-dame-rises-in-ap-and-coaches-poll-during-bye-week-irish-now-only-winless-team-in-top-25-reminiscent-of-unranked-irish-jumping-into-top-20-after-losing-holtzs-first-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Winless &#8216;Notre Dame&#8217; rises in AP and Coaches Poll during bye week; Irish now only winless team in Top-25; Reminiscent of unranked Irish jumping into top-20 after losing Lou Holtz&#8217;s first game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another week into the season, &#8216;Notre Dame&#8217; is now the only winless team in the top-25.The Irish rise to #8 in both the AP and Coaches Poll, still sitting at 0-1 after an early bye week.<\/p>\n<p>One recalls how, in Lou Holtz&#8217;s first game at &#8216;Notre Dame,&#8217; the Irish became the first, possibly only, team to open the season unranked, only to jump into what was then the top-20 after losing their first game.<\/p>\n<p>However, that Irish team, after a losing record under Gerry Faust in 1985, played quite well in Lou Holtz&#8217;s 1986 debut, only to lose 24-23 to a #3-ranked, Bo Schembechler-coached Michigan team.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, the 2024 Irish and their opening-game opponent looked decidedly lackluster.<\/p>\n<p>As a residual carryover from last year&#8217;s achievements, they both still enjoy inflated rankings carrying over from the preseason, at least thus far.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish improvement from #9 to #8 during a bye week was due to 1-1 Clemson dropping multiple places after struggling against Troy.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8211; AP &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>1 Ohio State 2-0<br \/>\n2 Penn State 2-0<br \/>\n3 LSU 2-0<br \/>\n4 Oregon 2-0<br \/>\n5 <strong>Miami (Fla.)<\/strong> 2-0<br \/>\n6 Georgia 2-0<br \/>\n7 Texas 1-1<br \/>\n8 <strong>Notre Dame<\/strong> 0-1<br \/>\n9 Illinois 2-0<br \/>\n10 Florida State 2-0<br \/>\n11 South Carolina 2-0<br \/>\n12 Clemson 1-1<br \/>\n13 Oklahoma 2-0<br \/>\n14 Iowa State 3-0<br \/>\n15 Tennessee 2-0<br \/>\n16 <strong>Texas A&amp;M<\/strong> 2-0<br \/>\n17 Ole Miss 2-0<br \/>\n18 South Florida 2-0<br \/>\n19 Alabama 1-1<br \/>\n20 Utah 2-0<br \/>\n21 Texas Tech 2-0<br \/>\n22 Indiana 2-0<br \/>\n23 Michigan 1-1<br \/>\n24 Auburn 2-0<br \/>\n25 Missouri 2-0<\/p>\n<p><em>Also receiving votes:<\/em>\u00a0 Arizona State 94, BYU 92, Georgia Tech 78, Florida 70, <strong>USC<\/strong> 64, TCU 58, Mississippi State 52, Louisville 49, SMU 26, Nebraska 10, Tulane 9, Baylor 7, UNLV 5, <strong>Pittsburgh<\/strong> 3, <strong>Navy<\/strong> 2, Vanderbilt 1, Memphis 1<\/td>\n<td>&#8211; AFCA Coaches Poll &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>1 Ohio State 2-0<br \/>\n2 Penn State 2-0<br \/>\n3 Georgia 2-0<br \/>\n4 LSU 2-0<br \/>\n5 Oregon 2-0<br \/>\n6 <strong>Miami (Fla.)<\/strong>\u00a02-0<br \/>\n7 Texas 1-1<br \/>\n8 <strong>Notre Dame<\/strong> 0-1<br \/>\n9 Illinois 2-0<br \/>\n10 South Carolina 2-0<br \/>\n11 Clemson 1-1<br \/>\n12 Florida State 2-0<br \/>\n13 Iowa State 3-0<br \/>\n14 Ole Miss 2-0<br \/>\n15 Tennessee 2-0<br \/>\n16 Oklahoma 2-0<br \/>\n17 <strong>Texas A&amp;M<\/strong> 2-0<br \/>\n18 Alabama 1-1<br \/>\n19 Indiana 2-0<br \/>\n20 Texas Tech 2-0<br \/>\n21 Utah 2-0<br \/>\n22 Michigan 1-1<br \/>\n23 South Florida 2-0<br \/>\n24 Arizona State 1-1<br \/>\n25 BYU 2-0<\/p>\n<p><em>Also receiving votes:<\/em> Missouri 142, Louisville 88, SMU 87, <strong>USC<\/strong> 87, Florida 68, Auburn 57, Tulane 55, TCU 36, Georgia Tech 26, Nebraska 19, <strong>Navy<\/strong> 16, Mississippi State 15, Washington 15, Memphis 11, Baylor 9, Vanderbilt 7, Kansas 4, UNLV 3, <strong>Pittsburgh<\/strong> 1, <strong>NC State<\/strong> 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another week into the season, &#8216;Notre Dame&#8217; is now the only winless team in the top-25.The Irish rise to #8 in both the AP and Coaches Poll, still sitting at 0-1 after an early bye week. 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