What a day.
First we get Notre Dame’s 2020 football schedule finally released, we have to say goodbye to the Navy game for the first time in almost a century and now we have a sure-sign of the dog days of summer and college football approaching as the Amway Coaches poll powered by USA TODAY Sports has been released.
Who gets the No. 1 ranking? Where does Notre Dame come in? And where do Notre Dame’s opponents for 2020 check-in?
It’s all below:
Preseason Amway Coaches Poll:
- Clemson
2. Ohio State
3. Alabama
4. Georgia
5. LSU
6. Oklahoma
7. Penn State
8. Florida
9. Oregon
10. Notre Dame
11. Auburn
12. Wisconsin
13. Texas A&M
14. Texas
15. Michigan
16. Oklahoma State
17. USC
18. Minnesota
19. North Carolina
20. Utah
21. UCF
22. Cincinnati
23. Iowa
24. Virginia Tech
25. Iowa State
Notre Dame sneaks into the top ten and is scheduled to face two teams appearing in the preseason top 25: No.1 Clemson and No. 19 North Carolina.
If ranked No. 1 on November 7, Clemson will be the first top-ranked team in the nation to come to Notre Dame Stadium since USC in the famed 2005 “Bush Push” game.
Notre Dame will kickoff the 2020 season when they play host to unranked Duke on September 12.