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College football rankings 2012: Notre Dame stays at No. 5 in BlogPoll

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish remain the No. 5 team in the SB Nation BlogPoll this week after a narrow win over BYU.

By Jeff Briggs
Jonathan Daniel

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are ranked No. 5 in the SB Nation BlogPoll for the second week in a row. Notre Dame did not move up or down in the rankings after coming from behind to defeat the BYU Cougars, 17-14, on Oct. 20 and improving to 7-0 on the season.

The ballot breakdown for the Irish shows that they received one first-place vote, down from four first-place votes last week. Most bloggers ranked Notre Dame fifth on their ballots, but they were ranked as low as 13th by one blogger.

Notre Dame has a chance to impress the voters on Saturday when they travel to Norman, Okla., to take on the No. 8 Oklahoma Sooners.

The Northern Illinois Huskies moved a bit closer to the top 25, coming in at 30th overall after defeating the Akron Zips. Northwestern still received a few votes after falling to Nebraska by one point; Illinois received no votes in the BlogPoll.

College Football Rankings 2011

Results for Week 8

# School Points/blog SD Delta
1 Alabama Crimson Tide (55) 24.41 1.05 --
2 Florida Gators (16) 23.19 1.37 Arrow_up 1
3 Oregon Ducks (2) 23.00 1.22 Arrow_down -1
4 Kansas St. Wildcats (4) 22.61 1.75 --
5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1) 20.92 1.53 --
6 LSU Tigers 18.62 2.12 --
7 Oregon St. Beavers 18.15 2.70 Arrow_up 1
8 Oklahoma Sooners 17.48 2.95 Arrow_up 1
9 Ohio St. Buckeyes (1) 15.34 5.12 Arrow_up 1
10 USC Trojans 15.03 3.38 Arrow_up 2
11 Florida St. Seminoles 14.51 3.40 --
12 Mississippi St. Bulldogs 12.51 3.22 Arrow_up 2
13 Texas Tech Red Raiders 11.24 3.98 Arrow_up 5
14 Clemson Tigers 11.09 3.54 Arrow_up 2
15 Georgia Bulldogs 10.97 3.84 Arrow_down -2
16 Louisville Cardinals 10.35 3.72 Arrow_down -1
17 South Carolina Gamecocks 9.97 3.72 Arrow_down -10
18 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 9.20 3.72 Arrow_up 1
19 Stanford Cardinal 7.19 4.02 Arrow_up 3
20 Ohio Bobcats 5.10 4.31 Arrow_up 3
21 Texas A&M Aggies 4.70 3.95 Arrow_down -1
22 Michigan Wolverines 4.15 3.18 Arrow_up 3
23 Boise St. Broncos 4.09 3.58 Arrow_up 3
24 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 1.82 2.56 Arrow_up 5
25 West Virginia Mountaineers 1.54 2.42 Arrow_down -8
Others Receiving Votes: Texas Longhorns | Wisconsin Badgers | Toledo Rockets | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Northern Illinois Huskies | Penn St. Nittany Lions | Duke Blue Devils | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | Cincinnati Bearcats | TCU Horned Frogs | Arizona St. Sun Devils | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | North Carolina Tar Heels | Arizona Wildcats | UCLA Bruins | Michigan St. Spartans | Nevada Wolf Pack | ULM Warhawks | N.C. State Wolfpack | Kent St. Golden Flashes | Northwestern Wildcats | Ball St. Cardinals
Updated: Oct 23, 2012 7:00 AM PDT

SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Rankings 2011