Notre Dame football didn’t have its best night against Michigan State, but that didn’t matter much as it still managed to come away with a 27-10 victory and no change in the latest US LBM Coaches Poll.
The Irish remained at No. 3, with the top-5 being unchanged. The movement started after those teams, as the rest of the coaches poll looked different from last week. The Biggest riser was Louisville, who wasn’t ranked last week and is now No. 19 after a win over SMU, who fell nine spots to No. 25. The biggest faller was Texas A&M, who saw a former Irish quarterback engineer Kentucky’s upset. Notre Dame hosts the Mustangs for its home finale.
Another future Irish opponent in BYU entered the top-10 at No. 9. Find out below the complete coaches poll
with last week’s ranking in parenthesis followed by their season record, and if Notre Dame added any more first place votes from last week’s single tally.
25 - SMU Mustangs (16) 2-1
24 - Oklahoma Sooners (21) 2-1
23 - Washington Huskies (24) 3-0
22 - Florida Gators (NR) 3-0
21 - Missouri Tigers (22) 3-0
20 - Texas A&M Aggies (8) 2-1
19 - Louisville Cardinals (NR) 2-1
18 - Michigan Wolverines (19) 3-0
17 - Iowa Hawkeyes (20) 3-0
16 - Oregon Ducks (18) 2-1
15 - Utah Utes (17) 3-0
14 - Penn State Nittany Lions (15) 3-0
13 - Tennessee Volunteers (14) 3-0
12 - USC Trojans (11) 4-0
11 - LSU Tigers (7) 2-1
10 - Texas Tech Red Raiders (12) 3-0
9 - BYU Cougars (13) 3-0
8 - Alabama Crimson Tide (10) 3-0
7 - Ohio State Buckeyes (6) 2-1
6 - Ole Miss Rebels (9) 3-0
5 - Miami Hurricanes (5, first place votes: 1) 3-0
4 - Indiana Hoosiers (4, first place votes: 9) 3-0
3 - Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3, first place votes: 2) 3-0
2 - Georgia Bulldogs (2, first place votes: 16) 3-0
1 - Texas Longhorns (1, first place votes: 46) 3-0
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This article originally appeared on Fighting Irish Wire: Notre Dame holds steady after Week 3 in US LBM Coaches Poll
