AP Top 25 (ND #11)

[CoachB]

In my unbiased, way too early, top 10. I have the Irish at #8.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

CBS's "Tomorrow's Top 25 Today" had ND moving up ONE spot to 15.

Washington dropped to 11, and Wazzu 12th. Both were sandblasted by shit teams.

 

[CoachB]

CBS's "Tomorrow's Top 25 Today" had ND moving up ONE spot to 15.

Washington dropped to 11, and Wazzu 12th. Both were sandblasted by shit teams.

That is crazy how you could possibly have either Washington team above ND at this point based on what they have done. I could kind of see WSU, as they have a good win over USC, but they did lose by 34 to Cal...so....

 

[TheChosen1]

ND’s ranking on October 15th doesn’t matter, check back with me in two weeks.

 

[drayer54]

Yucky question... do we root for Michigan @ Penn State next week?

Yes. We do. Take a shower before and after, you'll get over it if MSU plays for a Big Ten Championship and PSU already has a loss. Wisconsin needs to trip and fall somewhere too.

Beating Miami and USC should get us the respect needed to advance to the credible top ten spot.

Not losing to Navy would be nice too. This is the kind of season where you need a conference championship.

 

[snoopdog]

Speaking of Big Ten.

Wisconsin’s schedule is a cakewalk. They will make it to week ten having played sub par competition.

They should walk into the big 10 championship no problem. If they win it?

 

[TheChosen1]

Yucky question... do we root for Michigan @ Penn State next week?

Yes but Michigan’s offense is horrendous. If PSU scores 28 it’s over.

 

[wizards8507]

Hoping for #13 in AP. USC should be #10. Miami up to #8 I'd assume.

Besides Navy losing, this was a pretty perfect weekend for our playoff chances.

USC ahead of us is a joke. We have much better wins than they do and a much better loss as well.

 

[wizards8507]

Speaking of Big Ten.

Wisconsin’s schedule is a cakewalk. They will make it to week ten having played sub par competition.

They should walk into the big 10 championship no problem. If they win it?

Zero chance. Wisconsin will lose the Big 10 championship by 20 no matter if it's Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, or Michigan State.

 

[Pointman02]

USC ahead of us is a joke. We have much better wins than they do and a much better loss as well.

Let's just hope the Irish deliver the punchline on Saturday.

 

[stlnd01]

USC ahead of us is a joke. We have much better wins than they do and a much better loss as well.

A week from now this week's rankings won't much matter, will they?

 

[IrishFanJMercy]

Biggest thing we could hope for is nc state making it to the acc championship over Clemson they are in first now still play Clemson head to head, Clemson still has NC state Florida state and Georgia tech left which are all gonna be tough games

 

[wizards8507]

Biggest thing we could hope for is nc state making it to the acc championship over Clemson they are in first now still play Clemson head to head, Clemson still has NC state Florida state and Georgia tech left which are all gonna be tough games

Nope. NC State winning the ACC could get them in ahead of us. We want them to lose two. Our SOS is good enough where we don't have to worry about it. It's much more important that teams winning conferences have two losses, even if those are teams on our schedule.

 

[SoIll]

Nd wins this week, the committee will have them 6-10

 

[dad4aa]

Nope. NC State winning the ACC could get them in ahead of us. We want them to lose two. Our SOS is good enough where we don't have to worry about it. It's much more important that teams winning conferences have two losses, even if those are teams on our schedule.

They already have one loss and we would be their number 2 loss.

 

[texbender]

the simple answer is to take one game at a time and win it.

 

[wizards8507]

They already have one loss and we would be their number 2 loss.

My bad I was thinking they were undefeated.

 

[stlnd01]

the simple answer is to take one game at a time and win it.

Of course. But what would we talk about then?

If - big if - we go 11-1 we're probably in the playoffs, given how Georgia is playing and the rest of our SOS is shaping up. But if someone we beat - USC, NC State, Miami? - winds up a conference champion, it would be really really hard to keep us out.

 

[NDVirginia19]

16 in Coaches poll

 

[BGIF]

Here's the full updated Coaches Poll top 25:
1 Alabama (first-place votes (63)
2 Penn State
3 Georgia
4 TCU
5 Wisconsin
6 Ohio State
7 Miami
8 Clemson
9 Oklahoma
10 USC
11 Oklahoma State
12 Washington
13 South Florida
14 Virginia Tech
15 Michigan
16 Notre Dame
17 NC State
18 Washington State
19 Michigan State
20 UCF
21 Auburn
22 Stanford
23 West Virginia
24 Texas A&M
25 LSU

Dropped out: San Diego State, Utah , Navy
Others receiving votes: Kentucky 64; Memphis 50; Virginia 42; San Diego State 39; South Carolina 19; Utah 14; Navy 9; Mississippi State 6; Boise State 4; Colorado State 4; Marshall 3; Florida 2; Georgia Tech 2; Iowa State 2.

 

[drayer54]

If Penn State and Georgia went head to head, I think Georgia wins by at least two TD's. Still not sure why everyone loves PSU so much.

 

[Free Manera]

If Penn State and Georgia went head to head, I think Georgia wins by at least two TD's. Still not sure why everyone loves PSU so much.

Agreed. Their ranking is more about 2016 than 2017 right now. Suspect O line even against weak opposition and their defense hasn’t been challenged yet. However they will have their chances to prove themselves. Michigan has a terrible offense but a legit top 5 defense and OSU has turned it around.

All the undefeateds and 1 lossers are in the same boat. Need to prove yourself worthy in the second half.

 

[wizards8507]

Lmao the coaches' poll is so trash.

 

[GoldenDomer]

Things will change on Saturday night!

 

[NDBoiler]

Florida State isn't ranked? WTF

 

[NDVirginia19]

Florida State isn't ranked? WTF

Should there be italics?

 

[NDBoiler]

Should there be italics?

Not sure if serious?

Thought that was pretty obvious....

 

[stlnd01]

WTH?
What is the argument for putting Va Tech ahead of Notre Dame?
What has Oklahoma State done to be ranked 11th?
Michigan?
Why does the coaches poll even exist anymore?

 

[clashmore_mike]

Up to 13 in the AP poll

 

[wizards8507]

Trash.