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For the second straight week, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are ranked #7 in both the Coaches Poll and the AP Top 25.
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The AP voters were told to wait one more week before they start including Big 10 teams, but the Coaches Poll did not have such a request. In the preseason Coaches Poll, both the Ohio State Buckeyes and Penn State Nittany Lions were ranked ahead of the Irish.
I suppose in a week or two — even if the Irish are undefeated — they may drop a spot or at the very least jumped by a school that hasn’t played a game because these things are stupid and make no sense at all. The Irish DO have a bye week on October 3, so it wouldn’t surprise me if they do drop.
College football is a strange and extremely weird sport. Add 2020 to the mix and it’s only going to get 1000 times more insane.