With several top teams falling, Notre Dame is in prime position to make a significant leap in the rankings this week

Notre Dame by 26 1/2. Series record: Florida State leads 6-5. The 10th-ranked Fighting Irish also find themselves No. 10 in the first CFP rankings, giving them a potential lane to the expanded 12-team playoff field.

While Notre Dame’s matchup against Florida State didn’t have as much anticipated juice as it did preseason, the Irish still handled business a won convincingly 52-14. The story of the game was Notre Dame’s defense,