Notre Dame still holding strong after off-week in ESPN Power Index

US LBM Coaches Poll No. 6 Notre Dame is set to jump out of its bye week and prepare for Saturday’s matchup against Navy. ESPN’s College Football Power Index rankings had the Fighting Irish at No. 2 last week . For the second week in a row, Notre Dame remained in that position. The Irish’s FPI is 27.

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US LBM Coaches Poll No. 6 Notre Dame is set to jump out of its bye week and prepare for Saturday’s matchup against Navy.

ESPN’s College Football Power Index rankings had the Fighting Irish at No. 2 last week

. For the second week in a row, Notre Dame remained in that position. The Irish’s FPI is 27.7, which is 0.5 less than Ohio State’s number (28.2). Notre Dame has a projected 10.4-1.6 win-loss record with a 47.3 chance to win the rest of its games.

ESPN is giving the Irish an 82.5% chance of reaching the College Football Playoff, a 25.3% probability of making the CFP National Championship game and a 14.6% chance of winning it all.

Miami (27.5), Georgia (26.5) and Alabama (24.5) rounded out the top-five in the FPI this week.

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