Notre Dame at #9 in AP Poll

Alabama is 7th and Stanford, which Notre Dame plays in the final game of the season, is ranked a spot ahead of Notre Dame at #8.

On January 9, his parents, Phillicia and Ken, will drop him off in South Bend, Ind., and the plan is to make enough of an impression in winter conditioning and spring practice to get into the two-deep for the Fighting Irish. With seconds remaining in its contest with Georgia Tech, Florida State elected to try a field goal 56-yards deep with the score tied at 16, which resulted in GT blocking the kick and returning it for a game-winning touchdown score.

5 Notre Dame now holds the hardware in all five of its “trophy games” after adding the Jeweled Shillelagh versus USC last week. 1-3, while LSU and Michigan State swapped places at No. 4 and 5.

“Academically we feel Notre Dame is a great place and, with the football history, it’s tough to deny it’s a great program”, said Ken Kareem. Duke and Stanford also were among his 38 offers. The Irish did not tally a touchdown on special teams in the three prior seasons from 2012-14, a first since the early 1960s.

For the third straight week, Notre Dame is on the rise. The other two times the Fighting Irish finished unblemished at home were in 1998 and 2012 with 6-0 ledgers.

Notre Dame will come out of their bye-week with a trip to Philadelphia against #21 Temple.

With this commitment, the Irish now have 17 total commitments in the class, including six from four-star recruits, which puts them at No. 13 in the country, per the 247Sports Team Rankings.

At the end of the first half, Duke trailed Notre Dame, 1-0.