Rankings (Updated 10/14)

[BGIF]

Michigan dropped out of the rankings. Nice.

Associated Press Top 25 Sagarin S.O.S. Added on right.
1. Alabama 78
2. Oregon 96
3. LSU 103
4. Florida State 176
5. Georgia 114
6. South Carolina 58
7. Kansas State 81
8. Stanford 24
9. West Virginia 94
10. Notre Dame 15
11. Florida 32
12. Texas 97
13. Southern California 28
14. Ohio State 108
15. TCU 151
16. Oklahoma 91
17. Clemson 41
18. Oregon State 5
19. Louisville 116
20. Michigan State 36
21. Mississippi State 155
22. Nebraska 125
23. Rutgers 143
24. Boise State 33
25. Baylor 107

I added Sagarin's Strength of Schedule ( games played to date). ND didn't get to 4-0 playing the Savannah States of college football.

 

[TheChosen1]

11 in coaches

 

[peoriairish]

I added Sagarin's Strength of Schedule ( games played to date). ND didn't get to 4-0 playing the Savannah States of college football.

Nice touch. It drives me crazy when people don't realize that, or they try to compare out non-top 25 teams to the FBS D1-AA or FCS teams the higher ranked teams play. It's not even close.

 

[BGIF]

USA Today | Sports | NCAAF | Polls

ND +4
OU -10
KSU +5

ND jumped over UF guess the SEC coaches didn't want to be too greedy.

It appears voters in both polls were more impressed by ND's stellar defensive play than they were unimpressed with ND's lack of record setting offense.

 

[ohara831]

AP on ESPN has us at #10 now, up from #11.

 

[NDhoosier]

the only team with a respectable schedule so far ahead of us is Stanford, everyone else has a laughable schedule

 

[DomerInHappyValley]

Pollstalker
Does the AP have a process for removing bad voters because this is just ridiculous.

 

[irishfan]

Three of the six BCS computer rankings are up right now. Sagarin has ND #5, Billingsley has ND #5, and Colley's has ND #7.

These three rankings now have us at #3, #5, and #2 respectively.

 

[Ndaccountant]

I should be getting at least 10:1 odds since its basically a parlay, but what the hell....its just fake money. Let's do it. You're on.

(You too, FLDomer.)

Well, looks like Miami came thru for me. Miami beat GT.

 

[FLDomer]

the only team with a respectable schedule so far ahead of us is Stanford, everyone else has a laughable schedule

KState has played a decent schedule, thus far.

 

[NDhoosier]

The guy on Pollstalker needs to be fined by the NCAA or something...

 

[FLDomer]

Well, looks like Miami came thru for me. Miami beat GT.

I was at this game, and Miami really fought hard is this. Morris looked good but I think our Dline will be in his face aaaallll day, but looking at it Miami is probably the most balanced offense we play all year. I hope our oline straightens things out so we can get a running game going.

 

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

Scott Wolf is terrible.

Pollstalker

 

[KPENN]

Scott Wolf is terrible.

Pollstalker

Wow.

 

[PraetorianND]

Scott Wolf is terrible.

Pollstalker

I would expect nothing less. This guy is sh!t stain.

 

[BobD]

^ or v or - after our bye week?

 

[TheChosen1]

^ or v or - after our bye week?

Should move to 9

 

[BGIF]

Up 1 in the Coaches Poll as SU lost.

Move up 1 inAP as SU drops down but UTX could move ahead of idle ND negating the gain.

 

[IrishLax]

Up to #9 in AP. VERY close to passing WVU for #8.... looks like the inability to play any defense only goes unnoticed in the SEC.

EDIT: #10 in coaches. Texas at #9 SMH. Washington beats a top 10 team and can't even crack the top 25... but Boise who hasn't beaten anyone can! This poll needs to be done away with.

 

[tommyIRISH23]

hopefully we slide up a spot in the coaches poll too. I wish Miami wouldve ranked. MSU fell out, we better start praying some of the teams we beat start winning and getting ranked

 

[Kaneyoufeelit]

Pollstalker

Look at all of those votes at #5. Hmmm, oh well

Again, Scott Wolf FTW

 

[Buster Bluth]

Despite the "please don't look ahead" mentality we all should have, this week could provide a huge opportunity for Notre Dame to move up with a convincing win.

#1 Alabama
#2 Oregon (vs. #23 Washington)
#3 Florida State
#4 LSU (@ #10 Florida)
#5 Georgia (at #6 South Carolina)
#6 South Carolina (vs. #5 Georgia)
#7 Kansas State
#8 West Virginia (at #11 Texas)
#9 Notre Dame
#10 Florida (vs. #4 LSU)
#11 Texas (vs. #8 West Virginia)

Again, it would have to be a convincing 15+ point win, but three teams could realistically fall below Notre Dame and Texas and Florida wouldn't necessarily pass the Irish.

I'll take a win regardless.

 

[yankeeND]

Despite the "please don't look ahead" mentality we all should have, this week could provide a huge opportunity for Notre Dame to move up with a convincing win.

#1 Alabama
#2 Oregon (vs. #23 Washington)
#3 Florida State
#4 LSU (@ #10 Florida)
#5 Georgia (at #6 South Carolina)
#6 South Carolina (vs. #5 Georgia)
#7 Kansas State
#8 West Virginia (at #11 Texas)
#9 Notre Dame
#10 Florida (vs. #4 LSU)
#11 Texas(vs. #8 Texas)

Again, it would have to be a convincing 15+ point win, but three teams could realistically fall below Notre Dame and Texas and Florida wouldn't necessarily pass the Irish.

I'll take a win regardless.

Yeah if the Domers come out of this weekend clean could be 6th or seventh. Come out the next 4 clean and we're easily top 5 or higher! Control your own destiny!

 

[gkIrish]

Despite the "please don't look ahead" mentality we all should have, this week could provide a huge opportunity for Notre Dame to move up with a convincing win.

#1 Alabama
#2 Oregon (vs. #23 Washington)
#3 Florida State
#4 LSU (@ #10 Florida)
#5 Georgia (at #6 South Carolina)
#6 South Carolina (vs. #5 Georgia)
#7 Kansas State
#8 West Virginia (at #11 Texas)
#9 Notre Dame
#10 Florida (vs. #4 LSU)
#11 Texas (vs. #8 West Virginia)

Again, it would have to be a convincing 15+ point win, but three teams could realistically fall below Notre Dame and Texas and Florida wouldn't necessarily pass the Irish.

I'll take a win regardless.

Definitely should be rooting for Florida and Texas. Both those teams will lose a couple times down the road. I'll be rooting for South Carolina as well. And obviously Washington. If we win by any score we will jump either South Carolina or Georgia and any other team that loses ahead of us. Florida would jump us with a win even if we blew out Miami

 

[tadman95]

We've gone from the "hunter" to the "hunted" We'll see what kind of heart we have now.

 

[Buster Bluth]

Definitely should be rooting for Florida and Texas.

I think both will win and jump Notre Dame regardless of a win.

 

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

We've gone from the "hunter" to the "hunted" We'll see what kind of heart we have now.

Notre Dame is always the hunted.

 

[RuntheBall]

I think both will win and jump Notre Dame regardless of a win.

I agree. They would definitely leapfrog us with a win vs another top 10. As they should.

But in any case we should pass at least South Carolina/ UGA with a win. Anything after that wont impact us too much immediately as one team will fal behind us and another leapfrogs us. We should still root for the upsets as someone said, so more teams will have loses near the end of the season (hopefully we are still in it at that point!)

 

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

Well if we win it is almost certain we move up one spot because of USCe-Georgia. We just need to keep on winning and everything will fall into place.

 

[tommyIRISH23]

Definitely should be rooting for Florida and Texas. Both those teams will lose a couple times down the road. I'll be rooting for South Carolina as well. And obviously Washington. If we win by any score we will jump either South Carolina or Georgia and any other team that loses ahead of us. Florida would jump us with a win even if we blew out Miami

This is when CFB gets really interesting, especially when ND is good, I get much more into all the games being played. Sadly, overrated FSU isn't going anywhere because they play the most pathetic schedule in the country and are media darlings. I hate WVU, my gf is an alum as are a few friends, they believe they should be ranked right behind Bama. It's funny that they fail to consider the danger of allowing 63 points to Baylor.

What would happen if FSU, ND, Oregon, and Bama all finished without a loss? Bama is automatic...but out of the other 3 teams? Would ND get left out? I'd imagine not because of the hype a Bama vs. ND Natty would create.