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Few major changes in this week’s Amway Coaches Poll

It was an eventful week in college football, just not at the top of the polls.

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It was certainly a newsworthy week of college football, but there just weren’t many big-time losses.

As a result, this week’s Amway Coaches Poll, powered by USA TODAY, remains mostly unchanged at the top. Minnesota and Baylor fell out of the top ten after each suffered their first losses of the season.

Alabama and Georgia swapped spots with the Crimson Tide dropping from four to five and the Bulldogs taking their place. That, I’d guess, is mostly due to Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa suffering a dislocated hip against Mississippi State, knocking him out for the season.

LSU, Ohio State and Clemson are the top three teams in the poll, in that order.

In the Big Ten, Penn State rose two spots from No. 11 to No. 9. Minnesota fell from No. 7 to No. 11. Michigan (No. 12), Wisconsin (No. 14), and Iowa (No. 20) round out the conference’s ranked teams.

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Midweek Mailbag – Get Your Questions In!

Your questions can be anything in regards to Notre Dame or college football for that matter.  They can be incredibly serious and big-picture or something small and funny.  I’ll pick out the best ones from the following places:

Last week we debuted the “Midweek Mailbag” and answered five of your best questions we could come up with.  They ranged from hypotheticals such as “IF Brian Kelly were to leave who would be the first three people you’d target who would be REALISTIC candidates, not dream ones?” and there was a solid one about being independent and if players prefer that or conference-life.

If you missed it, you can check out last week’s right here.  I was even asked if I even liked Notre Dame because I dared to repeat information that Paul Finebaum gave, even though his info appears to have been correct.

Your questions can be anything in regards to Notre Dame or college football for that matter.  They can be incredibly serious and big-picture or something small and funny.  I’ll pick out the best ones from the following places:

1. Leave a comment on this or any other post on Fighting Irish Wire

2. Leave a question on our Facebook page – either on one of our posts or on our wall

3. Tweet us @IrishWireND or me personally @Shep670

4. Leave a comment on our Instagram Page. And even if you don’t leave a question – you should go follow it as it’s going to become a lot more active soon.

Now get asking those questions and see if yours makes the cut.  Get-on, now!

What Would The College Football Playoff, New Year’s Six Be After The Second Rankings?

What would the College Football Playoff and New Year’s Six be after the first rankings, released November 12th.

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What would the College Football Playoff and New Year’s Six be after the first rankings, released November 12th.

The second rankings for the 2019 season were released. If the season ended right now, what would the College Football Playoff and the New Year’s Six matchups likely be?

What would the playoff be if there was an eight-team format with all six Power Five conference champions, a top Group of Five champ, and two wild-cards?

To go even crazier, what would a 16-team College Football Playoff be based off of the most recent rankings? Going off of the rankings right now …

FOUR TEAM FORMAT

New Year’s Six Matchups Would Likely Be …

GoodYear Cotton Bowl Classic

Saturday, December 28
12:00 ET, ESPN
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX
at-large vs. at-large

Projection: Cincinnati vs. Utah

Capital One Orange Bowl

Monday, December 30
8:00 ET, ESPN
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL
ACC vs. Big Ten or SEC

Projection: Virginia Tech vs. Florida

Rose Bowl

Wednesday, January 1
5:00 ET, ESPN
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
Big Ten vs. Pac-12

Projection: Minnesota vs. Oregon

AllState Sugar Bowl

Wednesday, January 1
8:45 ET, ESPN
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, New Orleans, LA
Big 12 vs. SEC

Projection: Oklahoma vs. Alabama

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College Football Playoff Would Be …

PlayStation Fiesta Bowl

Saturday, December 28
4:00 or 8:00 ET, ESPN
University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ
CFP vs. CFP

Projection: (1) LSU vs. (4) Georgia

Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl

Saturday, December 28
4:00 or 8:00 ET, ESPN
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, FL
CFP vs. CFP

Projection: (2) Ohio State vs. (3) Clemson

NEXT: What would the College Football Playoff be in an 8 and 16 team format?

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College Football Playoff Rankings: Second Week, November 12

The results from the first round of the College Football Playoff rankings, released November 12th.

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The results from the first round of the College Football Playoff rankings, released November 12th.

Last week’s College Football Playoff rankings in parentheses.

25. Appalachian State Mountaineers 8-1 (NR)

24. Kansas State Wildcats 6-3 (16)

23. Navy Midshipmen 7-1 (24)

22. Oklahoma State Cowboys 6-3 (23)

21. Boise State Broncos 8-1 (22)

20. Iowa Hawkeyes 6-3 (18)

19. Texas Longhorns 6-3 (NR)

18. Memphis Tigers 8-1 (21)

17. Cincinnati Bearcats 8-1 (20)

16. Notre Dame Fighting Irish 7-2 (15)

15. Michigan Wolverines 7-2 (14)

14. Wisconsin Badgers 7-2 (13)

13. Baylor Bears 9-0 (12)

12. Auburn Tigers 7-2 (11)

11. Florida Gators 7-2 (10)

10. Oklahoma Sooners 8-1 (9)

9. Penn State Nittany Lions 8-1 (4)

8. Minnesota Golden Gophers 9-0 (17)

7. Utah Utes 8-1 (8)

6. Oregon Ducks 8-1 (7)

5. Alabama Crimson Tide 8-1 (3)

4. Georgia Bulldogs 8-1 (6)

3. Clemson Tigers 10-0 (5)

2. Ohio State Buckeyes 9-0 (1)

1. LSU Tigers 9-0 (2)

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Better Job: Florida State or USC?

On this week’s episode of the College Football News Podcast with myself and Pete Fiutak we recap the LSU/Alabama slug-fest from Saturday while getting into what the playoff rankings will look like tonight when the new top-25 is released. Listen to …

On this week’s episode of the College Football News Podcast with myself and Pete Fiutak we recap the LSU/Alabama slug-fest from Saturday while getting into what the playoff rankings will look like tonight when the new top-25 is released.

Listen to the episode RIGHT HERE!

Is Alabama now out of the CFP and if so, who will be the team with the best case to replace them?  Pac-12 champion, perhaps?  Or maybe Georgia or even Oklahoma, assuming Baylor doesn’t go unbeaten?

Finally the guys look ahead to the weekend of games while also finding time to remember Charles Rogers.

The conversation also discusses current and potential head coach openings at Florida State and USC as the guys discuss where each of those jobs currently rank.  Check it out and subscribe and rate if you’re a college football fan and haven’t already.

As always thanks for listening and go Irish!