1 Florida (54) 4-0 1486 2 Texas (1) 4-0 1416 3 Alabama (5) 5-0 1404 4 LSU 5-0 1290 5 Virginia Tech 4-1 1200 6 Boise State 5-0 1185 7 USC 4-1 1108 8 Cincinnati 5-0 1004 9 Ohio State 4-1 994 10 TCU 4-0 940 11 Miami (FL) 3-1 931 12 Iowa 5-0 823 13 Oregon 4-1 676 14 Penn State 4-1 564 15 Oklahoma State 3-1 563 16 Kansas 4-0 513 17 Auburn 5-0 428 18 Brigham Young 4-1 403 19 Oklahoma 2-2 370 20 Mississippi 3-1 357 21 Nebraska 3-1 333 22 Georgia Tech 4-1 311 23 South Florida 5-0 238 24 Missouri 4-0 215 25 South Carolina 4-1 200 I hate to sound like Meph here, but ND was 18th in the poll going into Michigan. They lose on a TD pass with 12 seconds left in the game, drop out of the poll, and now have 9 votes. If that doesn't happen, they're probably sniffing the top 10 if only by sheer attrition. I don't see the huge difference between ND as a team whether they win or lose that UM game, but apparently it makes about 20 ranking spots worth of difference.