Notre Dame started 0-2 and dropped to No. 24 in September, but it’s up to No. 10 after six straight wins. Maddie Meyer / Getty Images

Notre Dame moved back into the top 10 of the AP Top 25 college football poll on Sunday, landing at No. 10 after rebounding from an 0-2 start with six straight victories.

For the third straight week, the Big Ten has the top two teams with No. 1 Ohio State (8-0) and No. 2 Indiana (9-0). The Buckeyes received 54 first-place votes and the Hoosiers got 11.

No. 3 Texas A&M also received a first-place vote.

No. 4 Alabama, No. 5 Georgia and No. 6 Oregon and No. 7 Ole Miss also held their places after either winning or having the week off.

The back half of last week’s top 10 was not so fortunate.

Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt and Miami all losing Saturday opened up room for the Fighting Irish, who started the season ranked No. 6, dropped to ninth after losing their opener by three at Miami and then had the rare distinction of being a ranked 0-2 team after losing by one to Texas A&M in Week 3.

The Irish fell to No. 24 but have been steadily climbing back up the rankings since. Notre Dame’s sixth straight victory came Saturday at Boston College, a sloppy 25-10 win that was never really in doubt.

Miami, which has lost two of its past three as a double-digit favorite in the ACC, fell eight places to No. 18.

Georgia Tech’s first loss of the season dropped it eight spots to No. 16. The Yellow Jackets were throttled at NC State on Saturday.

Vanderbilt went from No. 9 to 15 after losing at Texas. The Commodores’ streak of eight straight poll appearances has now doubled its previous best of four in 2008.

Preseason No. 1 Texas (7-2), which fell all the way out of the rankings after losing at Florida during the first weekend of October, continues its climb back, jumping to No. 13.

Joining Notre Dame in entering the top 10 this week was No. 8 BYU, up two spots, and Big 12 rival Texas Tech. The Red Raiders moved up four places to No. 9 to set up a top-10 matchup on Saturday against the Cougars.

No. 12 Virginia has its highest ranking since the Cavaliers reached No. 6 in 2004 under coach Al Groh.

AP Top 25 after Week 10

Rank	Team	Ralph’s vote	Record	Prev
1	Ohio State (54)	1	8-0	1
2	Indiana (11)	3	9-0	2
3	Texas A&M (1)	2	8-0	3
4	Alabama	4	7-1	4
5	Georgia	5	7-1	5
6	Oregon	7	7-1	6
7	Ole Miss	6	8-1	7
8	BYU	9	8-0	10
9	Texas Tech	8	8-1	13
10	Notre Dame	11	6-2	12
11	Oklahoma	13	7-2	18
12	Virginia	20	8-1	15
13	Texas	12	7-2	20
14	Louisville	14	7-1	16
15	Vanderbilt	15	7-2	9
16	Georgia Tech	18	8-1	8
17	Utah	17	7-2	24
18	Miami	10	6-2	10
19	Missouri	21	6-2	19
20	USC	16	6-2	23
21	Michigan	19	7-2	21
22	Memphis	24	8-1	25
23	Tennessee	NR	6-3	14
24	Washington	22	6-2	NR
25	Cincinnati	NR	7-2	17
NR	Iowa	23	6-2	NR
NR	South Florida	25	6-2	NR

Others receiving votes: Iowa 71, James Madison 53, Pittsburgh 35, San Diego State 30, North Texas 27, South Florida 23, SMU 7, Houston 6, Illinois 4, LSU 4, Arizona State 4

Also considered by Ralph: Pitt, Cincinnati, James Madison

This story will be updated.

Nov 2, 2025

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Ralph Russo is a Senior Writer for The Athletic, covering college football. Before joining The Athletic, he spent 20 years as the lead national college football writer for The Associated Press. He also previously worked as the AP’s Mississippi-based sports writer and did a stint with The Denver Post. Ralph is a native New Yorker and a graduate of Fordham University.