More uNDefeated season for ND FOOTBALL.... GO IRISH!!!!!!!!

NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL rankings in the A.P. POLL  & AMWAY USATODAY POLL are still #3 ranked.  COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF rankings haven't came out yet???
This past Saturday game when ND beat FSU link.   GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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: 

Broncos 

RANK

24th 

CHANGE

14

BIGGEST FALL: 

Wildcats 

RANK

21st 

CHANGE

9

FULL RANKINGS

TOP 25 TEAMS, WEEK 12

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	1ST PLACE VOTES	PREV	CHANGE	HI/LOW
1	Alabama	10-0	1624	64	1	–	1/1
2	Clemson	10-0	1561	1	2	–	2/4
3	Notre Dame	10-0	1490	0	3	–	3/11
4	Michigan	9-1	1415	0	4	–	4/22
5	Georgia	9-1	1369	0	5	–	2/6
6	Oklahoma	9-1	1273	0	6	–	5/11
7	West Virginia	8-1	1173	0	8	1	6/20
8	Ohio State	9-1	1135	0	7	-1	2/9
9	Washington State	9-1	1119	0	9	–	9/NR
10	Louisiana State	8-2	1078	0	10	–	4/24
11	Central Florida	9-0	1042	0	11	–	9/23
12	Syracuse	8-2	849	0	13	1	12/NR
13	Utah State	9-1	698	0	16	3	13/NR
14	Texas	7-3	662	0	19	5	7/NR
15	Penn State	7-3	646	0	20	5	8/20
16	Florida	7-3	604	0	21	5	11/NR
17	Washington	7-3	591	0	18	1	6/19
18	Iowa State	6-3	403	0	25	7	18/NR
19	Utah	7-3	387	0	24	5	16/NR
20	Cincinnati	9-1	383	0	23	3	20/NR
21	Kentucky	7-3	318	0	12	-9	12/NR
22	Boston College	7-3	309	0	14	-8	14/NR
23	Mississippi State	6-4	219	0	15	-8	14/NR
24	Boise State	8-2	129	0	NR	14	17/NR
25	UAB	9-1	102	0	NR	4	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 Fresno State, No. 22 NC State. 

Others Receiving Votes

Northwestern 87; Fresno State 64; Army 58; Buffalo 56; Virginia 44; Duke 38; NC State 37; Pittsburgh 30; Texas A&M 29; Michigan State 20; Auburn 19; Troy 17; Appalachian State 14; Missouri 13; San Diego State 10; Wisconsin 7; Arizona State 2; Tennessee 1. 

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; Herm Edwards, Arizona State; Luke Fickell, Cincinnati; Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M; Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern; 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 12

Poll Released: Nov 11

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Rank	Trend	Team	Conference	Record	Points	Game scores	Share
1	-	Alabama	SEC	10-0	1,525(61)	vs Mississippi State W24-0	Share
2	-	Clemson	ACC	10-0	1,459	@ Boston College W27-7	Share
3	-	Notre Dame	Division I FBS Ind	10-0	1,406	vs Florida State W42-13	Share
4	-	Michigan	Big Ten	9-1	1,327	@ Rutgers W 42-7	Share
5	-	Georgia	SEC	9-1	1,288	vs Auburn W 27-10	Share
6	-	Oklahoma	Big 12	9-1	1,188	vs Oklahoma State W48-47	Share
7	-	West Virginia	Big 12	8-1	1,111	vs TCU W47-10	Share
8	2	Washington State	Pac-12	9-1	1,052	@ Colorado W 31-7	Share
9	1	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-1	1,050	@ Michigan State W26-6	Share
10	1	LSU	SEC	8-2	1,019	@ Arkansas W 24-17	Share
11	-	UCF	The American	9-0	983	vs Navy W35-24	Share
12	1	Syracuse	ACC	8-2	787	vs Louisville W 54-23	Share
13	2	Texas	Big 12	7-3	726	@ Texas Tech W 41-34	Share
14	-	Utah State	Mountain West	9-1	689	vs San Jose State W 62-24	Share
15	4	Florida	SEC	7-3	575	vs South Carolina W 35-31	Share
16	5	Penn State	Big Ten	7-3	542	vs Wisconsin W 22-10	Share
17	3	Washington	Pac-12	7-3	501	_	Share
18	5	Iowa State	Big 12	6-3	497	vs Baylor W 28-14	Share
19	6	Cincinnati	The American	9-1	344	vs South Florida W35-23	Share
20	8	Kentucky	SEC	7-3	337	@ Tennessee L 24-7	Share
21	-	Utah	Pac-12	7-3	307	vs Oregon W 32-25	Share
22	5	Boston College	ACC	7-3	254	vs Clemson L27-7	Share
23	-	Boise State	Mountain West	8-2	147	vs Fresno State W24-17	Share
24	-	Northwestern	Big Ten	6-4	136	@ Iowa W14-10	Share
25	7	Mississippi State	SEC	6-4	133	@ Alabama L24-0	Share

Others Receiving Votes:
Others receiving votes:Army 128, UAB 78, Fresno St. 61, Michigan St. 31, NC State 30, Buffalo 29, Pittsburgh 28, Duke 20, Texas A&M 16, Iowa 8, Arizona St. 6, Stanford 3, Auburn 3, Troy 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