For the Record: After week 1

Since I usually have a hard time remembering how these things progressed after the season is over, I'm going to track ND's ranking (here's hoping they remain ranked all season!) week to week..

Going into Week 1, the Irish looked like this:

AP: #2
USA Today/Coaches: #3 (tied with Southern Cal)

with Ohio State the consensus #1.

Now, heading out of week 1, the Irish have, not unexpectedly, dropped:

AP: #4
Coaches: #5

A win followed by a drop in the polls is usually followed, itself, by a loud uproar from the fans of the descending team-- how can you drop a winning team, they howl.

No such uproar has been heard from the reputedly 'whiney', 'spoiled', 'unrealistic' (if you believe Mark May and others of his ilk on the sports page) Notre Dame Nation... I think we're all reasonably confident that, should ND win out the rest of the season, there will be no question where we should be placed in the polls.

So for now, we remain respectfully silent... and hopeful for next week's game against Penn State.