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Well the Irish have done it... They are back in the good graces of the only College football poll that matters! The SBNation Blog Poll. Fir the first time in a long, long, long, long, long, long really long time Notre dame is ranked in the Blog Polls top 10, and they have earned it.
I still have the Irish *just* outside of the top ten. In my heart of hearts I wanted to put them there but I just could not really justify bumping anyone ranked above them. Besides the Irish still have a ton of time to make up ground and a schedule which will let them do just that.
| Blog Poll | # | Bull Run |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama Crimson Tide (76) | 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide |
| Oregon Ducks (3) | 2 | Oregon Ducks |
| Florida St. Seminoles (1) | 3 | Georgia Bulldogs |
| LSU Tigers | 4 | Florida St. Seminoles |
| Georgia Bulldogs (1) | 5 | LSU Tigers |
| Kansas St. Wildcats (2) | 6 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
| South Carolina Gamecocks | 7 | Kansas St. Wildcats |
| West Virginia Mountaineers | 8 | West Virginia Mountaineers |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1) | 9 | Ohio St. Buckeyes |
| Texas Longhorns | 10 | Florida Gators |
| Florida Gators | 11 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
| Ohio St. Buckeyes | 12 | USC Trojans |
| Oregon St. Beavers (1) | 13 | TCU Horned Frogs |
| USC Trojans | 14 | Texas Longhorns |
| TCU Horned Frogs | 15 | Clemson Tigers |
| Clemson Tigers | 16 | Oklahoma Sooners |
| Oklahoma Sooners | 17 | Louisville Cardinals |
| Stanford Cardinal | 18 | Mississippi St. Bulldogs |
| Louisville Cardinals | 19 | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs |
| Northwestern Wildcats | 20 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights |
| Mississippi St. Bulldogs | 21 | Ohio Bobcats |
| Nebraska Cornhuskers | 22 | Texas Tech Red Raiders |
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights | 23 | Oregon St. Beavers |
| UCLA Bruins | 24 | Cincinnati Bearcats |
| Ohio Bobcats | 25 | Northwestern Wildcats |