Notre Dame Irish Unanimous No. 1 in AP Poll

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The Notre Dame Irish are pulling off a dream season, one we’ve not seen the likes of since the late eighties/early nineties. But Brian Kelly and company have gotten this team into the National Championship and the Irish are one game away from once again being the kings of college football.

The first step to that was winning last night against USC, now it’s up to the polls and so far so good for Notre Dame. The AP Poll was released today and the Irish are the unanimous No. 1 team in the country. Should the Irish can beat either Georgia or Alabama in the tile game, they’d become the first team since BYU in 1984 to finish the season as the AP No. 1 after beginning the same season unranked.

AP Top 25
RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Notre Dame (60)	12-0	1500
2	Alabama	11-1	1400
3	Georgia	11-1	1331
4	Ohio State	12-0	1294
5	Florida	11-1	1262
6	Oregon	11-1	1242
7	Kansas State	10-1	1079
8	Stanford	10-2	1061
9	LSU	10-2	1056
10	Texas A&M	10-2	1043
11	South Carolina	10-2	916
12	Oklahoma	9-2	834
13	Florida State	10-2	764
14	Nebraska	10-2	704
15	Clemson	10-2	667
16	Oregon State	8-3	528
17	UCLA	9-3	505
18	Kent State	11-1	355
19	Northern Illinois	11-1	349
20	Utah State	10-2	274
21	Michigan	8-4	217
22	Northwestern	9-3	189
23	Texas	8-3	185
24	Oklahoma State	7-4	174
25	Boise State	9-2	145

With a win over Florida State the Gators have moved into the Top 5 in the AP Poll and as was the case last week the Alabama Crimson Tide roll in at No. 2 with the Georgia Bulldogs coming in at No. 3.

Despite being BCS bowl ineligible this year, the undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes are No. 4 in the AP Poll.

But what matters here is that the Irish are No. 1 in the AP Poll, are No. 1 in the USA Today Coaches poll and are without a doubt the No. 1 team in the BCS. The ride isn’t over yet and there’s a lot of waiting to do from now and January 7th when Notre Dame would play their next game but for now, the Irish can get ready for one more game — the most important game they’ll play all year long.