Notre Dame Sticks At #3

Saturday’s big Notre Dame-Miami showdown just got a little bit bigger with the release of the latest College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday night.

The undefeated Hurricanes (8-0) moved up from 10th to 7th in new rankings while the Irish (8-1) held their spot at #3 behind Georgia and Alabama.

Saturday night’s primetime matchup in Miami Gardens between Notre Dame and Miami will essentially serve as an elimination game with the loser unlikely to find a path back to the top four while the victor will be in a strong spot to control its own destiny.

Clemson maintained its spot at #4 and Oklahoma kept pace at #5 and while TCU moved up from #8 to #6.

Wisconsin is now the highest-ranked Big Ten team at #8 with Ohio State and Penn State both losing on Saturday. The Buckeyes fell all of the way to #13 while the Nittany Lions dropped to #14.

#9 Washington and #10 Auburn round out the Top 10.

There are a couple other Top 10 matchups this weekend with #1 Alabama facing #10 Auburn and #5 Oklahoma and #6 TCU squaring off as well.

COMPLETE RANKINGS

1. Georgia (9-0)

2. Alabama (9-0)

3. Notre Dame (8-1)

4. Clemson (8-1)

5. Oklahoma (8-1)

6. TCU (8-1)

7. Miami (8-0)

8. Wisconsin (9-0)

9. Washington (8-1)

10. Auburn (7-2)

11.  USC (8-2)

12. Michigan State (7-2)

13. Ohio State (7-2)

14. Penn State (7-2)

15. Oklahoma State (7-2)

16. Mississippi State (7-2)

17. Virginia Tech (7-2)

18. UCF (8-0)

19. Washington State (8-2)

20. Iowa (6-3)

21. Iowa State (6-3)

22. Memphis (8-1)

23. NC State (6-3)

24. LSU (6-3)

25. Northwestern (6-3)