Truth Staff

With its triple overtime win over Pittsburgh Saturday night, the Notre Dame football team clings to its No. 4 ranking in the latest Associated Press college football poll.

Notre Dame rounds out a quartet of 9-0 teams at the top of the rankings: Alabama, Oregon and Kansas State are ahead of the Irish in Sunday morning’s poll. About 100 points behind the Irish, 8-1 Georgia and 10-0 Ohio State are tied for the No. 5 position.

Notre Dame’s next two opponents, Boston College and Wake Forest, are not ranked, but Southern California, which suffered a shootout loss to Pac-12 foe Oregon Saturday night, comes in at No. 21 in the latest rankings.



The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 3, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv

1. Alabama (60) 9-0 1,500 1

2. Oregon 9-0 1,421 2

3. Kansas St. 9-0 1,395 3

4. Notre Dame 9-0 1,318 4

5. Georgia 8-1 1,198 7

5. Ohio St. 10-0 1,198 6

7. Florida 8-1 1,112 8

8. Florida St. 8-1 1,057 9

9. LSU 7-2 1,029 5

10. Clemson 8-1 931 10

11. Louisville 9-0 862 12

12. South Carolina 7-2 836 11

13. Oregon St. 7-1 796 13

14. Oklahoma 6-2 765 14

15. Texas A&M 7-2 700 16

16. Stanford 7-2 655 15

17. UCLA 7-2 446 25

18. Nebraska 7-2 441 21

19. Louisiana Tech 8-1 355 22

19. Texas 7-2 355 NR

21. Southern Cal 6-3 237 18

22. Mississippi St. 7-2 187 17

23. Toledo 8-1 146 NR

24. Rutgers 7-1 99 NR

25. Texas Tech 6-3 97 20

Others receiving votes: N. Illinois 64, Kent St. 61, Michigan 53, TCU 38, Northwestern 32, Oklahoma St. 27, Ohio 22, UCF 15, Boise St. 11, Washington 9, Penn St. 8, San Diego St. 7, Tulsa 6, Arizona 5, Utah St. 4, Fresno St. 2.