AP Top 25 Poll

#9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

2023
Overall Record
4-0
Last Game
vs Central Michigan W 41-17
Conference Record
0-0
Next Game
@Ohio State 09/23/2023
Ohio State coach Ryan Day has settled on Kyle McCord as his for-sure starting quarterback. Now he wants to get the Buckeyes’ offense running more smoothly.
While Sam Hartman’s strong passing game is all the rage at No. 9 Notre Dame, it’s still the bulldozing ground game that keeps the Fighting Irish offense chugging along.
Audric Estime ran for an 80-yard touchdown on the first play after an extended weather delay, and Sam Hartman threw for four scores to help No. 10 Notre Dame beat North Carolina State 45-24.
Saturday’s game between No. 10 Notre Dame and North Carolina State has resumed after a 1-hour, 45-minute delay due to weather concerns.
No. 10 Notre Dame visits North Carolina State on Saturday in a nonconference game. The Fighting Irish have won 28 straight regular-season games against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents.
Tenth-ranked Notre Dame visits North Carolina State on Saturday. The Fighting Irish will look for a 29th straight regular-season win against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents as part of their annual scheduling partnership with the league.
No. 10 Notre Dame’s defense is off to a promising start. Now the Fighting Irish must prove they can be just as suffocating against a Power Five foe, North Carolina State.
Sam Hartman passed for 194 yards and two touchdowns and Notre Dame’s defense didn’t allow a touchdown for a second straight game as the No. 13 Irish beat Tennessee State 56-3.
ATLANTA (AP) — Clint Castleberry had one glorious season at Georgia Tech, a whirlwind of a player whose star burned bright.
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — This time, there was no Clelin Ferrell, Damon Arnette or Alex Leatherwood going much higher than projected in the NFL draft, a sure indication the Jon Gruden/Mike Mayock era genuinely is over for the Las Vegas Raiders.
METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Three of the first four players the New Orleans Saints selected in the NFL draft were linemen, including the first player they traded up to take.
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — A noticeable void at tight end made the Las Vegas Raiders an attractive destination for Michael Mayer.
METAIRIE, La. (AP) — When Notre Dame all-time sack leader Isaiah Foskey was growing up east of the San Francisco Bay, New Orleans Saints career sack leader Cameron Jordan was a college star at Cal.
Notre Dame transfer Tyler Buchner has committed to Alabama, where he will be reunited with former Fighting Irish offensive coordinator Tommy Rees.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A look at football players in the Atlantic Coast Conference this spring who are poised to have standout seasons this fall in the now division-less league:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Forgive the Jacksonville Jaguars if they’re not completely comfortable drafting at No. 24.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The group that puts on the Holiday Bowl is branching out with a college basketball tournament that will feature an inaugural field of Southern California, Oklahoma, Seton Hall and Iowa during the Thanksgiving holiday.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Shane Beamer has more than doubled his salary for next season with a new contract worth more than $33 million over the next five years.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Sam Hartman is transferring to Notre Dame, giving the Fighting Irish a dynamic quarterback for coach Marcus Freeman’s second season.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Olivia Miles and KK Bransford scored 17 points apiece as No. 5 Notre Dame dominated Atlantic Coast Conference foe Boston College 85-48 on Sunday.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Joe Milton passed for 251 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 6 Tennessee finished off its best season in more than two decades by topping No. 10 Clemson 31-14 in the Orange Bowl on Friday night.
Tyler Buchner accounted for five touchdowns to help offset two interceptions returned for TDs, and No. 19 Notre Dame beat 20th-ranked South Carolina 45-38 in a wild TaxSlayer Gator Bowl.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — No one should expect Notre Dame and South Carolina to look — or probably play — like they did late in the regular season.
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl: No. 19 Notre Dame (8-4, No. 21 CFP) vs No. 20 South Carolina (8-4, No. 19 CFP), Dec. 30, 3:30 p.m. Eastern (ESPN).
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Marcus Freeman was named the head coach at Notre Dame last December and he has learned from early mistakes he made a year ago.
Highly rated defensive back Peyton Bowen, who backed off a verbal commitment to Notre Dame and said he was going to attend Oregon, ended up signing with Oklahoma.
Bryce Young and Will Anderson Jr. decided they had unfinished business at Alabama, even if it won’t include another shot at a national championship.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Shane Beamer believes the 20th-ranked Gamecocks are surging forward, no matter how many players they’ve lost to the NCAA transfer portal or the NFL draft since the regular season ended.
Quarterback John Matocha, who has led Colorado School of Mines to the Division II championship game, leads The Associated Press D-II All-America team released Wednesday.
No. 20 South Carolina (8-4, Southeastern; No. 19 CFP) vs. No. 19 Notre Dame (8-4, FBS Independent, No. 21 CFP), Dec. 30, 3:30 p.m. ET