Notre Dame jumped one spot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll after beating Stanford 58-7 on Saturday.
The Fighting Irish are now behind only Georgia. The rest of the top five consists of Miami (FL), Ohio State and Indiana.
Big movers included Oregon, who fell out of the poll entirely after losing to UCLA, and Texas, which dropped six spots after losing to Oklahoma. LSU
fell 12 places after losing to Kentucky.UCLA ended up moving up nine places, while Kentucky rose 11. Northwestern is now in the poll.
The remaining top 10 includes Alabama, Texas, BYU, Ole Miss and Texas Tech.
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— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) October 11, 2026
Georgia takes over at No. 1 while Texas tumbles and Oregon drops out in the AP Top 25. See where your team landed. pic.twitter.com/lGk13Nazqk
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This article originally appeared on Fighting Irish Wire: Notre Dame moves in the AP Top 25 poll for the first time in a while
