SOUTH BEND, Ind. — No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 4 Clemson may be tired of each other’s company by the time this season is over. Notre Dame won a double-overtime thriller over Clemson earlier this season. They will meet again in the ACC championship game on Saturday. The Irish are also No. 2 in the playoff rankings and Clemson is third. It is not entirely out of the question that the two could meet for a third time in the postseason.
UNDATED — Virginia is not going to a bowl game. A week before bowl announcements are due, the Cavaliers announced they will not be entertaining an invitation to a postseason game. The decision came after team captains and other leaders met to discuss the postseason. The Cavaliers finish the season 5-5 after a 33-15 loss at Virginia Tech. Two other ACC teams, Boston College and Pittsburgh, have also decided not to play in bowls this season.
UNDATED — The first top-10 shakeup in more than a month pushed Coastal Carolina to No. 9 in The Associated Press college football poll. Alabama was a unanimous No. 1, followed by Notre Dame, Ohio State, Clemson and Texas A&M as those teams held their spots for a sixth straight week. Surprising losses by Florida and Miami shuffled the rest of the top 10. No. 6 Cincinnati and No. 7 Indiana each moved up one spot and No. 8 Iowa State jumped two. Then come the unbeaten Chanticleers, the first Sun Belt team to crack the AP’s top 10.
