Notre Dame rises to No. 9, WSU stays put in AP poll

By Jessica Roberts on October 22, 2017

Photo Credit: Carlos Osorio/AP – OC Register

In the week nine AP Poll, the USC Trojans fell to No. 21 after an embarrassing loss to Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. While Washington State stayed at No. 15 after their first shutout in a conference game in 23 years.

The Trojans were ranked No. 11 in week eight’s poll but fell 10 spots in week nine after their 35-point loss to the Fighting Irish on Saturday night. As a result of that big margin of victory, Notre Dame moved up to No. 9; the Irish’s jump in spots was the largest movement in this week’s top-25.

The Huskies remained at No. 12 because of their bye week; while Stanford moved from No. 22 to No. 20 despite having their bye week as well. There wasn’t enough losses ahead of them in the rankings for either the Cougs or Dawgs to move up.

Iowa State made its first appearance in the AP Poll since 2005 as they rose to No. 25 after demolishing Texas Tech 31-13.

1	Alabama (61) SEC Record: 8-0	PV Rank 1 Points 1,525
2	Penn State Big Ten Record: 7-0	2 1,444
3	Georgia SEC Record: 7-0	3 1,409
4	TCU Big 12 Record: 7-0	4 1,327
5	Wisconsin Big Ten Record: 7-0	5 1,241
6	Ohio State Big Ten Record: 6-1	6 1,165
7	Clemson ACC Record: 6-1	7 1,113
8	Miami (FL) ACC Record: 6-0	8 1,101
9	Notre Dame Division I FBS Independents Record: 6-1	13 1,066
10	Oklahoma Big 12 Record: 6-1	9 1,040
11	Oklahoma State Big 12 Record: 6-1	10 894
12	Washington Pac-12 Record: 6-1	12 836
13	Virginia Tech ACC Record: 6-1	14 791
14	North Carolina State ACC Record: 6-1	16 666
15	Washington State Pac-12 Record: 7-1	15 648
16	Michigan State Big Ten Record: 6-1	18 615
17	South Florida The American Record: 7-0	16 604
18	UCF The American Record: 6-0	20 500
19	Auburn SEC Record: 6-2	21 397
20	Stanford Pac-12 Record: 5-2	22 344
21	USC Pac-12 Record: 6-2	11 319
22	West Virginia Big 12 Record: 5-2	23 196
23	LSU SEC Record: 6-2	24 182
24	Memphis The American Record: 6-1	25 111
25	Iowa State Big 12 Record: 5-2	– 98