Notre Dame remains No. 2 in the AP poll

He may be lonely at the top, but this weekend he was also lonely in the Associated Press’s top 5, with No.2 Notre Dame being the only team to see the action.

While No.4 Clemson – losing 47-40 in double overtime to the Fighting Irish a week earlier – was inactive, No.1 from Alabama, No.3 from Ohio State and the No.5 Texas A&M have canceled games at LSU, Maryland and Tennessee. , respectively, due to coronavirus issues.

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The Head Coach Brian kelly Fighting Irish (8-0, 7-0 in the ACC) retained its second place with a 45-31 victory over Boston College (5-4).

The top-eight were unchanged from last week, as the Indiana Hoosiers continued their surprising 4-0 rise to No.9 after a 24-0 shutout against Michigan State. The Hoosiers then play at Ohio State.

Big Ten member Wisconsin (2-0) also broke the top 10 with a 49-11 dismantling of Michigan 1-3 at Ann Arbor.

Miami fell from 9th to 12th place after a narrow 25-24 victory at Virginia Tech.

Notre Dame, Clemson and Miami remained the three representatives of the ACC in the top 25. North Carolina (6-2), which Notre Dame visits on November 27 for its next contest, had 101 points to be the “first team out “at No. 26. The Irish and Tar Heels have a recess next weekend, with the Notre Dame players in the first half final exam Nov. 16-20.

Alabama received 60 first-place votes, while Ohio State and Notre Dame each received one.

1. Alabama (6-0) – 1,548

2. Notre Dame (8-0) – 1.467

3. Ohio State (3-0) – 1,445

4. Clemson (7-1) – 1,355

5. Texas A&M (5-1) – 1,240

6. Florida (5-1) – 1,222

7. Cincinnati (7-0) – 1,198

8. BYU (8-0) – 1,094

9. Indiana (4-0) – 997

10. Wisconsin (2-0) – 950

11. Oregon (2-0) – 949

12. Miami (7-1) – 940

13. Georgia (4-2) – 824

14. Oklahoma State (5-1) – 750

15t. Coastal Carolina (7-0) – 557

15t. Marshall (7-0) – 557

17. Iowa State (5-2) – 498

18. Oklahoma (5-2) – 497

19. Northwest (4-0) – 378

20. USC (2-0) – 377

21. Freedom (8-0) – 307

22. Texas (5-2) – 296

23. Auburn (4-2) – 187

24. Louisiana (7-1) – 177

25. Tulsa (4-1) – 155

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