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Notre Dame jumps to No. 5 in the CFP rankings

Plus, CJ Carr's Heisman push and a one-day delay for Veterans Day trash pickup.

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Notre Dame climbs to No. 5 in the College Football Playoff rankings

Notre Dame sits fifth in the latest top 10

No.TeamRecord
1Georgia8-1
2Utah9-0
3Alabama7-2
4UCLA9-0
5Notre Dame8-1
6Texas7-2
7Miami8-1
8Tennessee7-2
9Indiana8-1
10BYU7-2

Source: WNDU

Notre Dame climbed six spots to No. 5 in Tuesday night's College Football Playoff rankings, up from No. 11 a week ago. Georgia took the top spot, and the Irish now sit two places ahead of Miami, which fell to No. 7 after Saturday's 31-24 loss in South Bend. Indiana dropped to No. 9 after a bye week.

The top four teams in the final rankings get first-round byes, which leaves the Irish one spot outside that line. If the season ended tonight, they'd host 12th-seeded Boise State in the first round.

  • Boise State: No. 24, the highest-ranked team
  • Indiana next: No. 18 USC this weekend
  • Bracket set: Dec. 6, after three more rankings shows

Notre Dame has three regular-season games left

  1. Nov. 14Notre Dame hosts Boston College at 3:30 p.m.
  2. Nov. 21Notre Dame hosts SMU at Notre Dame Stadium.
  3. Nov. 28Notre Dame plays at Syracuse.

Sources: UHND.com, ABC57

Notre Dame Football

CJ Carr's big night against Miami has him in the Heisman conversation

Sophomore CJ Carr had the best game of his career in Notre Dame's 31-24 win over then-No. 1 Miami, and the Heisman talk followed. He's now the Heisman favorite on multiple platforms, and Las Vegas oddsmakers flipped to put him ahead of Miami's Darian Mensah after Carr's last drive of the first half. Fans stormed the field afterward.

Carr threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns against Miami

29 of 40
passes completed
319
passing yards
3
touchdown passes

Sources: WSBT, CBS Sports

“Dude, let me go celebrate this sucker. We earned this thing.”

CJ Carr, after the game

Notre Dame built a 24-3 lead less than 90 seconds into the second half, then had to fend off two Miami rallies. On fourth-and-2 early in the fourth quarter, Carr found Nolan James Jr. for 36 yards, and James scored on a 1-yard dive for a 31-17 lead. Micah Gilbert led the team with nine catches for 98 yards and two touchdowns.

  • Miami's Darian Mensah: threw just his second interception of the season
  • Miami's Malachi Toney: sat out with an ankle injury
  • Irish turnovers: none

Notre Dame beat top-ranked Miami 31-⁠24

  • Miami24
    Notre Dame31
    FinalNotre Dame took a 3-0 lead early and never trailed.

Sources: WSBT, USA TODAY

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Notre Dame jumps to No. 5 in the CFP rankings

Plus, CJ Carr's Heisman push and a one-day delay for Veterans Day trash pickup.

The TLDR

  1. Notre Dame climbs to No. 5 in the CFP rankings
  2. CJ Carr's big night puts him in the Heisman talk
  3. Veterans Day: South Bend trash pickup runs a day late
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