Here are the teams in the current Coaches Poll and their opponents this weekend. ND's down at #28 but with some cooperation from the teams in play around them they could re-enter the Top 25. The 15 teams that have completed their scheudules are marked done in the Opponents, OPP, Column.
Teams currently with 2 losses are less aren't going to impact ND's leap back into the Top 25. ND's only getting back in through attrition. ND needs teams with 3 losses to lose and slide out of the Top 25. I've marked the games likely to impact ND's fortune with an * (asterisk) following the Team Name. Baylor at #18 would drop to 8-4 but they have some good wins which could keep them ahead of ND even with a loss. The problem with a loss is that would Texas jumps over ND and BU could still stay in the Top 25. A WVU loss to USF would drop them out of the Top 25 and boost ND Strenght of Schedule a bit with a USF win. ND needs Cl to lose to VT. A Southern Miss loss to HOU would drop them pack in the ORV Category. A CON win over UC would knock UC out of the Top 25. FSU, GT, and ND all would rise probably in the same order with losses above them. Another problem is OH v NIU and the ARKST game. The winner of the first and ARKST with a win could both jump over an idle ND so they've have to be enough losers ahead of ND to create enough room and keep it.
Teams currently with 2 losses are less aren't going to impact ND's leap back into the Top 25. ND's only getting back in through attrition. ND needs teams with 3 losses to lose and slide out of the Top 25. I've marked the games likely to impact ND's fortune with an * (asterisk) following the Team Name. Baylor at #18 would drop to 8-4 but they have some good wins which could keep them ahead of ND even with a loss. The problem with a loss is that would Texas jumps over ND and BU could still stay in the Top 25. A WVU loss to USF would drop them out of the Top 25 and boost ND Strenght of Schedule a bit with a USF win. ND needs Cl to lose to VT. A Southern Miss loss to HOU would drop them pack in the ORV Category. A CON win over UC would knock UC out of the Top 25. FSU, GT, and ND all would rise probably in the same order with losses above them. Another problem is OH v NIU and the ARKST game. The winner of the first and ARKST with a win could both jump over an idle ND so they've have to be enough losers ahead of ND to create enough room and keep it.
HTML:
RK TEAM W/L PTS PVS OPP SPREAD
1 LSU 12-0 1475 1 v UGA -13.5
2 ALA 11-1 1411 2 DONE
3 VT 11-1 1291 4 @ CL -7
4 SU 11-1 1289 5 Done
5 OKS 10-1 1245 6 V OU -3.5
6 HOU 12-0 1096 7 v USM -13
7 ORE 10-2 1041 9 v UCLA -31.5
8 BSU 10-1 1033 8 v NM -48.5
9 MSU 10-2 941 10 @ WIS 9.5
10 ARK 10-2 937 3 Done
11 OU 9-2 882 11 @ OKS 3.5
12 WIS 10-2 852 12 v MSU -9.5
13 SCA 10-2 833 13 Done
14 UGA 10-2 816 14 v LSU 13.5
15 KSU 9-2 681 15 v ISU -10.5
16 UM 10-2 658 16 Done
17 TCU 9-2 534 18 v UNLV -39
18 BU* 8-3 457 20 v UTX -2.5
19 NEB 9-3 390 22 Done
20 WVU* 8-3 295 23 @ USF -1.5
21 CL* 9-3 286 17 v VT 7
22 PSU 9-3 192 19 Done
23 USM* 10-2 173 NR @ HOU 13
24 FSU 8-4 86 NR Done
25 UC* 8-3 56 NR v CON -9
26 UTX* 7-4* 51 @ BU 2.5
27 GT 8-4 42 21 Done
28 BYU* 8-3 29 NR v UHI -7.5
28 ND 8-4 29 24 Done
30 NIU* 9-3 19 NR @ OH -3.5
31 MU 7-5 16 NR Done
32 ARST* 9-2 13 NR v Troy -17.5
33 OH* 9-3 8 NR v NIU 3.5
34 UVA 8-4 8 25 Done
35 RU 8-4 6 NR Done
36 LAT 8-4 4 NR Done