Notre Dame football inches closer to Coaches Poll, AP Poll rankings
Notre Dame is not ranked. But the Fighting Irish are getting closer.
The Irish (3-2) beat then-No. 16 BYU (4-2) by a score of 28-20 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday. It was the first ranked win of head coach Marcus Freeman‘s career. Freeman improved to 3-3 as the man in charge of the Irish.
Notre Dame received 13 votes in the Coaches Poll and 48 in the Associated Press Poll following the victory. The Irish would be ranked No. 34 in the Coaches Poll and No. 30 in the AP Poll. BYU fell out of both polls with its loss to the Irish. The Cougars received 82 votes in the Coaches Poll and 91 in the AP Poll. They’d be ranked No. 26 in the Coaches Poll and No. No. 28 in the AP Poll.
Notre Dame fell out of both polls after losing to Marshall in Week 2 to drop to 0-2. It was the first time Notre Dame had not been ranked in the polls since September 2017, a snapped streak of 80 consecutive rankings. That was good for the fourth-longest streak in the country at the time.
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Notre Dame still has to face three ranked teams in the final six games of the regular season. The Irish travel to No. 18/18 Syracuse on Oct. 29, host No. 5/5 Clemson (6-0) on Nov. 5 and travel to No. 6/7 USC on Nov. 26.
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Second CFP Top 25
Newest CFP rankings are out
Here are both updated polls.
AP Top 25 following Week 6
- Georgia (6-0) (32 first-place votes)
- Ohio State (6-0) (20)
- Alabama (6-0) (11)
- Clemson (6-0)
- Michigan (6-0)
- Tennessee (6-0)
- USC (6-0)
- Oklahoma State (5-0)
- Ole Miss (6-0)
- Penn State (5-0)
- UCLA (6-0)
- Oregon (5-1)
- TCU (5-0)
- Wake Forest (5-1)
- NC State (5-1)
- Mississippi State (5-1)
- Kansas State (5-1)
- Syracuse (5-0)
- Kansas (5-1)
- Utah (4-2)
- Cincinnati (5-1)
- Texas (4-2)
- Kentucky (4-2)
- Illinois (5-1)
- James Madison (5-0)
Receiving votes:North Carolina 98, Baylor 91, BYU 61, Coastal Carolina 61, Notre Dame 58, Florida 56, Tulane 42, Purdue 34, Florida State 18, South Carolina 12, Washington State 10, Minnesota 5, LSU 4, Maryland 4, San Jose State 1
Coaches Poll following Week 6
- Alabama (6-0) (35 first-place votes)
- Georgia (6-0) (18)
- Ohio State (6-0) (10)
- Michigan (6-0)
- Clemson (6-0)
- USC (6-0)
- Oklahoma State (5-0)
- Tennessee (5-0)
- Ole Miss (6-0)
- Penn State (5-0)
- Oregon (5-1)
- UCLA (6-0)
- NC State (5-1)
- Wake Forest (5-1)
- TCU (5-0)
- Kansas State (5-1)
- Mississippi State (5-1)
- Syracuse (5-0)
- Utah (4-2)
- Kansas (5-1)
- Cincinnati (5-1)
- Kentucky (4-2)
- Baylor (3-2)
- Texas (4-2)
- North Carolina (5-1)
Receiving votes: BYU (82), Illinois (77), James Madison (70), Coastal Carolina (55), Florida (52), Tulane (32), South Carolina (21), Minnesota (14), Notre Dame (13). and UCF (10).
