College Football Playoff & AP Top 25 Rankings
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Notre Dame Moves Up in CFP Rankings, in Position for Home Playoff Game
If the college football season ended today, Notre Dame would host a playoff game inside Notre Dame Stadium based on the current CFP Rankings. The Irish moved up two spots…
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Seeding More Important Than Rankings for Notre Dame While Scoreboard Watching
With two weeks left in the regular season for Notre Dame, the Fighting Irish completely control their destiny. Beat #24 Army this weekend, archrival USC next weekend, and the Irish…
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Notre Dame Jumps Two Spots in CFP Rankings But Still 9 Seed
Notre Dame moved up two spots to #8 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday night, but because of the seeding rules, the Irish would still be the…
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AP Voter Submits Rankings ‘Incorrectly’, Forgets to Rank Notre Dame
Notre Dame stayed at #12 in the rankings this week with BYU jumping the Irish despite a close, last-second win at home over a team now under .500. Part of…
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Notre Dame Surprisingly Leapfrogged by BYU in Latest AP Top 25
Notre Dame remained at #12 in this week’s AP Top 25 poll despite an 18-point road win over Georgia Tech on Saturday and several teams ahead of them losing. However,…
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Despite Blowout, Notre Dame Falls in Latest Rankings
Notre Dame’s 49-7 win over Stanford this weekend didn’t do much to impress the voters in the AP Top 25. The Irish fell one spot to #12 on the heels…
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Notre Dame Continues to Climb, Jumps Two Spots in Most Recent AP Poll
Notre Dame’s 31-24 win over then #15 ranked Louisville helped the Fighting Irish move up two spots in the most recent AP Poll released Sunday. The Irish entered the weekend…
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Notre Dame Football Leapfrogs Michigan in Latest AP Poll
Notre Dame’s 66-7 shellacking of Purdue on Saturday was enough for the AP Poll to temporarily forget about last week’s loss to NIU and push the Irish up one position,…
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CFP Chair: Would be Surprised if Coaching Situation Impacted Notre Dame’s Final Ranking
College Football Playoff chair Gary Barta was on ESPN’s College Gameday on Saturday and confirmed what most media felt would be the case regarding Notre Dame’s evaluation and the coaching…
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Making Notre Dame’s Case: Brian Kelly Starts Politicking
Before he was a football coach, Brian Kelly was in politics. He used that experience on Saturday when he started politicking for his team’s playoff case following Notre Dame’s 55-0…
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Notre Dame Jumps Back Into Top 10 Following Dismantling of Wisconsin
After three underwhelming performances to start the season and then three relatively underwhelming quarters of football on Saturday, Notre Dame’s fourth-quarter explosion against Wisconsin not only vaulted them to a…
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Notre Dame Opens Season Ranked Highest in Coaches Poll in Brian Kelly Era
Notre Dame opened the season a bit higher than many might have expected in the Pre-Season Coaches Poll at #7. It is also the highest that Notre Dame has been…
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Prominent College Football Analysts Still Think Notre Dame Will Make Playoffs
Yesterday’s blowout at the hands of Clemson was not the way anyone wanted the season the end – especially the players and coaching staff of the Fighting Irish. Notre Dame…
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Pre-Season Coaches Poll Ranks Notre Dame in Top 10
The 2019 Pre-Season USA Today Top 25 was released on Thursday afternoon, and Notre Dame checked in at #9 marking the first time they are starting the season in the…
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As Ridiculous Debates Roar, Final Playoff Rankings Are Obvious
We are just a couple hours away from the final College Football Playoff Rankings being announced and the official play pairings becoming official. Thank God because in the less than…
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Notre Dame Ranked 4th in Initial 2018 Playoff Rankings
Notre Dame is starting 4th in the 2018 College Football Playoff rankings – one spot where they reside currently in both the AP and Coaches Poll. The Irish, despite an…
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Notre Dame Moves up to #4 in Both Polls Even After Close Call
Notre Dame did not look overly impressive in their five point win over Pitt on Saturday, but thanks to the first really wild Saturday of the season, the Irish moved…
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Notre Dame Surprisingly Holds Steady at #8 in Polls
Notre Dame was not very impressive this weekend against a MAC opponent. That kind of performance usually leads to a drop in the rankings. For Notre Dame this week though,…
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Notre Dame Jumps Back Into Top 10 After Michigan Win
It did not take long for Notre Dame to jump back into the top 10. All it took was a win over rival Michigan to start the season and the…
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Notre Dame Opens 2018 Season #11 in Coaches Poll
Notre Dame is starting the 2018 season right where they left off in 2017 – at #11 in the polls. Well at least in the Coaches Poll anyway, but that…
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Notre Dame Stays in Playoff Rankings Top 10 at #8
There was a bit more drama – in a bad way – for Notre Dame this week with the College Football Playoff rankings release. Unlike last week when the Irish…
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Notre Dame Road to the Playoffs ’17: Week 11 Game Guide
For the second weekend in a row Notre Dame is ranked 3rd in the College Football Playoff Rankings. This weekend however, the Irish are playing in the marquee games of…
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Notre Dame Remains in #3 in Week 11 College Playoff Rankings
We have our second set of College Football Playoff Rankings and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish remain ranked third for the second week in a row. While a bit of…
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What Notre Dame’s #3 Ranking in 1st CFP Rankings Means
The College Football Playoff Committee raised a few eyebrows on Tuesday night when they ranked Notre Dame 3rd in their first set of rankings over every other 1-loss team and…
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Notre Dame Ranked #3 In First ’17 Playoff Rankings!
The College Football Playoff committee released their first rankings for 2017 on Tuesday and the Irish find themselves sitting pretty at #3! The Irish come in as the highest ranked…
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