GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more college football coming today....

The Irish take care of Navy last Saturday.  Preview of NOTRE DAME vs Northwestern (away)- link 1, link 2 & link 3.  GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The game starts at 7pm et on espn tonight.

the rankings before the weekend:

Amway Coaches Poll 

HOW THE POLL WORKS 

The Amway Coaches Poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of head coaches at FBS schools. The panel is chosen by random draw, conference by conference plus independents, from a pool of coaches who have indicated to the American Football Coaches Association their willingness to participate. Each coach submits a Top 25 with a first-place vote worth 25 points, second place 24, and so on down to one point for 25th.
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BIGGEST MOVERS

BIGGEST RISE: 

Orange 

RANK

24th 

CHANGE

20

BIGGEST FALL: 

Longhorns 

RANK

15th 

CHANGE

8

FULL RANKINGS

TOP 25 TEAMS, WEEK 10

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	1ST PLACE VOTES	PREV	CHANGE	HI/LOW
1	Alabama	8-0	1598	62	1	–	1/1
2	Clemson	8-0	1537	2	2	–	2/4
3	Notre Dame	8-0	1458	0	3	–	3/11
4	Louisiana State	7-1	1403	0	4	–	4/24
5	Michigan	7-1	1295	0	5	–	5/22
5	Georgia	7-1	1295	0	6	1	2/6
7	Oklahoma	7-1	1190	0	8	1	5/11
8	Ohio State	7-1	1096	0	9	1	2/9
9	Central Florida	7-0	1082	0	10	1	9/23
10	West Virginia	6-1	992	0	12	2	6/20
11	Washington State	7-1	962	0	15	4	11/NR
12	Kentucky	7-1	932	0	14	2	12/NR
13	Penn State	6-2	791	0	16	3	8/16
14	Florida	6-2	743	0	11	-3	11/NR
15	Texas	6-2	721	0	7	-8	7/NR
16	Utah	6-2	620	0	24	8	16/NR
17	Houston	7-1	380	0	NR	12	17/NR
18	Iowa	6-2	356	0	18	–	18/NR
19	Washington	6-3	285	0	13	-6	6/19
20	Utah State	7-1	281	0	NR	7	20/NR
21	Mississippi State	5-3	226	0	NR	11	14/NR
22	Virginia	6-2	207	0	NR	11	22/NR
23	Fresno State	7-1	191	0	NR	8	23/NR
24	Syracuse	6-2	183	0	NR	20	24/NR
25	Boston College	6-2	171	0	NR	–	25/NR

*Hi/Low Rankings 

Hi/Low = The highest and lowest ranking each team has held during the designated season. Any team that starts the season unranked and/or falls out of the top 25 during the season will reflect a "NR" (not ranked) designation as its lowest rank.

Schools Dropped Out

No. 17 Texas A&M, No. 19 Wisconsin, No. 20 South Florida, No. 21 Oregon, No. 22 NC State, No. 23 Stanford, No. 25 Miami. 

Others Receiving Votes

Texas A&M 167; Cincinnati 116; South Florida 87; Michigan State 48; Wisconsin 41; NC State 40; Northwestern 40; Miami 38; Georgia Southern 32; Oklahoma State 31; UAB 24; Stanford 21; Auburn 21; Oregon 20; San Diego State 16; Buffalo 14; Army 13; South Carolina 11; Iowa State 6; Florida International 6; Virginia Tech 5; Pittsburgh 3; Duke 3; Boise State 2. 

List of Voters

The Amway Board of Coaches is made up of 65 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2018 season: Blake Anderson, Arkansas State; Major Applewhite, Houston; Dino Babers, Syracuse; Mike Bloomgren, Rice; John Bonamego, Central Michigan; Terry Bowden, Akron; Jeff Brohm, Purdue; Neal Brown, Troy; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Rod Carey, Northern Illinois; Bill Clark, Alabama-Birmingham; Dave Clawson, Wake Forest; Geoff Collins, Temple; David Cutcliffe, Duke; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; Bob Davie, New Mexico; Butch Davis, Florida International; Dana Dimel, Texas-El Paso; DJ Durkin, Maryland; Herm Edwards, Arizona State; Luke Fickell, Cincinnati; Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M; P.J. Fleck, Minnesota; James Franklin, Penn State; Willie Fritz, Tulane; Scott Frost, Nebraska; Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech; Turner Gill, Liberty; Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State; Bryan Harsin, Boise State; Clay Helton, Southern California; Tom Herman, Texas; Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia; Mike Jinks, Bowling Green; Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech; Brad Lambert, Charlotte; Mike Leach, Washington State; Lance Leipold, Buffalo; Tim Lester, Western Michigan; Seth Littrell, North Texas; Rocky Long, San Diego State; Chad Lunsford, Georgia Southern; Mike MacIntyre, Colorado; Gus Malzahn, Auburn; Doug Martin, New Mexico State; Urban Meyer, Ohio State; Jeff Monken, Army; Dan Mullen, Florida; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Ken Niumatalolo, Navy; Jay Norvell, Nevada; Barry Odom, Missouri; Ed Orgeron, LSU; Gary Patterson, TCU; Chris Petersen, Washington; Bobby Petrino, Louisville; Nick Saban, Alabama; Scott Satterfield, Appalachian State; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Charlie Strong, South Florida; Dabo Swinney, Clemson; Jeff Tedford, Fresno State; Kyle Whittingham, Utah; Everett Withers, Texas State.

AP Top 25 Poll - Week 10

Poll Released: Oct 28

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Rank	Trend	Team	Conference	Record	Points	Game scores	Share
1	-	Alabama	SEC	8-0	1,500(60)	_	Share
2	-	Clemson	ACC	8-0	1,433	@ Florida State W59-10	Share
3	-	Notre Dame	Division I FBS Ind	8-0	1,374	@ Navy W44-22	Share
4	-	LSU	SEC	7-1	1,317	_	Share
5	-	Michigan	Big Ten	7-1	1,240	_	Share
6	1	Georgia	SEC	7-1	1,202	vs Florida W 36-17	Share
7	1	Oklahoma	Big 12	7-1	1,132	vs Kansas State W51-14	Share
8	3	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-1	1,022	_	Share
9	1	UCF	The American	7-0	1,014	_	Share
10	4	Washington State	Pac-12	7-1	938	@ Stanford W 41-38	Share
11	1	Kentucky	SEC	7-1	905	@ Missouri W 15-14	Share
12	1	West Virginia	Big 12	6-1	891	vs Baylor W 58-14	Share
13	4	Florida	SEC	6-2	734	@ Georgia L 36-17	Share
14	3	Penn State	Big Ten	6-2	733	vs Iowa W30-24	Share
15	9	Texas	Big 12	6-2	719	@ Oklahoma State L 38-35	Share
16	7	Utah	Pac-12	6-2	593	@ UCLA W 41-10	Share
17	-	Houston	The American	7-1	403	vs South Florida W57-36	Share
18	-	Utah State	Mountain West	7-1	340	vs New Mexico W61-19	Share
19	1	Iowa	Big Ten	6-2	323	@ Penn State L 30-24	Share
20	-	Fresno State	Mountain West	7-1	261	vs Hawaii W 50-20	Share
21	-	Mississippi State	SEC	5-3	204	vs Texas A&M W28-13	Share
22	-	Syracuse	ACC	6-2	192	vs North Carolina State W51-41	Share
23	-	Virginia	ACC	6-2	175	vs North Carolina W 31-21	Share
24	-	Boston College	ACC	6-2	169	vs Miami (FL) W 27-14	Share
25	9	Texas A&M	SEC	5-3	132	@ Mississippi State L 28-13	Share

Others Receiving Votes:
Others receiving votes:Washington 120, Northwestern 86, Georgia Southern 62, Michigan St. 51, Cincinnati 45, Iowa St. 42, South Florida 29, Stanford 26, Oklahoma St. 24, UAB 17, Oregon 13, Wisconsin 12, Auburn 7, San Diego St. 6, Army 6, NC State 5, California 2, Buffalo 1.

Poll Methodology

The AP Top 25 Poll is determined by a simple points system based on how each voter ranks college football's best teams. A team receives 25 points for each first place vote, 24 for second place and so on through to the 25th team, which receives one point. The rankings are set by listing the teams' point totals from highest to lowest. The mathematical formula is the same as the one used for the AP Pro 32 rankings and the AP Top 25 rankings for men's and women's basketball.

History Of The Poll

The Associated Press began its college football poll on Oct. 19, 1936, and it is now the longest-running poll of those that award national titles at the end of the season. The preseason poll was started in 1950. A panel of 61 sports writers and broadcasters from around the country votes on the poll weekly. All of the voters have an extensive background in covering college football. Alabama's ten AP national titles lead the way, with Notre Dame sitting second with eight. Oklahoma has seven, while Miami and Southern California have five each. Each team's ranking will be mentioned in AP stories throughout the preseason and the regular season, along with a link to the Top 25: collegefootball.ap.org/poll