Notre Dame football handled visiting Boston College on Saturday afternoon, 41-7, and it didn’t make much of a difference when the latest US LBM Coaches Poll was released on Sunday.
The Irish entered the week as the No. 3 team, but with Georgia and Utah both winning, there wasn’t any room to move upward. However, Notre Dame did go from having two first-place votes to one, as the Bulldogs siphoned those from both the Utes and Irish.
Not much change in the top-10, but a new SEC challenger has emerged for an at-large bid. Notre Dame’s next opponent, SMU, dropped out of the rankings, but is still receiving votes. It would have been nice to see the Irish getting another ranked win, but that doesn’t look like the case.
Find out below the latest Coaches
Poll, with each team’s record and where they were ranked last week in parenthesis and if they received first place votes.
25 - Florida Gators 6-4 (NR)
24 - Duke Blue Devils 7-3 (NR)
23 - LSU Tigers 6-4 (22)
22 - Louisville Cardinals 7-3 (NR)
21 - Houston Cougars 7-3 (16)
20 - Arizona Wildcats 7-3 (21)
19 - USC Trojans 7-3 (14)
18 - Kentucky Wildcats 7-3 (13)
17 - Ohio State Buckeyes 7-3 (20)
16 - Ole Miss Rebels 6-3 (17)
15 - Boise State Broncos 9-1 (18)
14 - Oregon Ducks 7-3 (19)
13 - Iowa Hawkeyes 8-2 (15)
12 - BYU Cougars 8-2 (12)
11 - Texas Tech Red Raiders 9-1 (10)
10 - Wake Forest Demon Deacons 9-1 (11)
9 - Tennessee Volunteers 8-2 (9)
8 - Texas Longhorns 8-2 (8)
7 - Alabama Crimson Tide 8-2 (7)
6 - Miami Hurricanes 9-1 (6)
5 - Indiana Hoosiers 9-1 (5, first place votes: 3)
4 - UCLA Bruins 10-0 (4)
3 - Notre Dame Fighting Irish 9-1 (3, first place votes: 1)
2 - Utah Utes 10-0 (2, first place votes: 11)
1 - Georgia Bulldogs 9-1 (1, first place votes: 58)
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This article originally appeared on Fighting Irish Wire: Notre Dame loses first place votes in US LBM Coaches Poll post-BC
