What a night that was, with Irish quarterback Jack Coan going from the goat to the hero in a matter of a few quarters and Notre Dame retained their ranking from last week in the updated USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll.
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It wasn’t easy for the Irish last night, they had to battle all 40-minutes but it was worth it. Kicker Jonathan Doerer was clutch once again, nailing the game-winning field goal with under a minute remaining in the contest.
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Around the country there were some big time upsets, No. 1 Alabama lost to unranked Texas, A&M, No. 10 BYU did the same falling at home to Boise State. The Red River Rivalry was another fantastic game, that saw Spencer Rattle getting replaced and true freshman Caleb Williams engineering a comeback victory for the Sooners over Texas.
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In the top-5 matchup of Big Ten teams, No. 3 Iowa came back at home to defeat No. 4 Penn State. Even though some of the teams inside the top-10 lost, they didn’t drop enough for Notre Dame to really make a move north in the polls. There was however a new No. 1 team.
Here is the latest Coaches Poll, with last week’s ranking in parenthesis.
1 – Georgia (2)
2 – Iowa (3)
3 – Oklahoma (5)
4 – Cincinnati (6)
5 – Alabama (1)
6 – Ohio State (7)
7 – Michigan (8)
8 – Penn State (4)
9 – Michigan State (11)
10 – Oregon (9)
11 – Kentucky (14)
12 – Oklahoma State (12)
13 – Notre Dame (13)
14 – Ole Miss (17)
15 – Coastal Carolina (15)
16 – Wake Forest (20)
17 – Florida (18)
18 – Texas A&M (NR)
19 – Arkansas (16)
20 – BYU (10)
21 – NC State (22)
22 – Arizona State (25)
23 – SMU (24)
24 – San Diego State (NR)
25 – Clemson (21)