Notre Dame slides in the AP Top 25 after losing to BYU
Notre Dame fell in the AP Top 25 after losing to BYU, but the slide isn't catastrophic.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish didn't fall too far in the Associated Press Top 25 poll after falling to the BYU Cougars 28-24 on Saturday.
Notre Dame entered the game at No. 2 in the AP Poll and BYU was No. 8. Now the Fighting Irish have slid down two spots to No. 4.
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Saturday was a day for upsets, with four of the top 7 losing. Georgia , Texas , Indiana and Alabama all fell. Indiana, like Notre Dame, was beaten by another top-10 team in a close game.
The new top five is Miami (FL), which was pushed to double overtime by Florida State , BYU, Ohio State , Notre Dame and Georgia.
The rest of the top 10 is Indiana, Ole Miss , Texas Tech , UCLA and Utah.
Big movers, other than BYU, include Georgia, which fell four spots. Alabama dropped seven spots and Texas fell 12. Houston is up 6.
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