Although watching the game might now have been so pretty, the result, 34-6 win over Navy, was enough for Notre Dame to move up a spot in the latest USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll.
The Top-5 remained the same, although Alabama jumped Cincinnati. The biggest mover inside the Top-10 was Michigan State, who lost to Purdue and dropped three spots to No. 9. The Spartans take over for Wake Forest, who lost to North Carolina in a shoot-out on the road, fell to No. 13. This is good for the Irish as their win against the Tar Heels looks much better.
A few new teams popped into the Coaches Poll as well, find out below the updated rankings with last weeks rank in parenthesis.
1 – Georgia (1)
2 – Alabama (3)
3 – Cincinnati (2)
4 – Oklahoma (4)
5 – Ohio State (5)
6 – Oregon (7)
7 – Notre Dame (8)
8 – Michigan (10)
9 – Michigan State (6)
10 – Oklahoma St. (11)
11 – Texas A&M (12)
12 – Ole Miss (15)
13 – Wake Forest (9)
14 – Iowa (16)
15 – BYU (20)
16 – UTSA (18)
17 – Houston (19)
18 – Baylor (13)
19 – NC State (22)
20 – Auburn (14)
21 – Coastal Carolina (21)
22 – Pitt (25)
23 – Penn State (23)
24 – Wisconsin (NR)
25 – ULL (NR)