After a win over #1 Miami, Notre Dame sky rockets six spots to #5 while Indiana dropped five spots to #9 in the latest College Football Playoff Rankings.

“We talked last week on the show that Notre Dame had a lot of respect from the committee, a dominant team, a balanced team on both sides of the ball but had yet to have that signature win,” CFP Committee Chair Hunter Yurachek said on ESPN’s CFP Rankings Show. ” They had that opportunity Saturday night and they looked like the Notre Dame team that should be ranked #5. They were up 24-3, they were dominating that game. Miami kind of found their way with their offense. And then you look what happened in front of Notre Dame with BYU losing, Ole Miss losing, an easy time to move them to #5.”

Miami dropped six spots from #1 to #7 despite just a 7 point loss on the road to the #5 team in the country while playing without one of the best players in the country in Malachi Toney.

Georgia, Utah, Alabama and UCLA are the top 4 teams and would receive 1st round byes if the playoffs started today.

With Boston College, SMU and Syracuse to close out the regular season, the Irish have an excellent chance to get a 1st round bye this year if they can win out. If the playoffs started today, Notre Dame would host Boise State (the highest ranked Group of 6 team) in the opening round and then face UCLA in the quarterfinals.

Indiana would open on the road at Tennessee with the winner facing #1 Georgia.

1. Georgia (9-0)
2. Utah (9-0)
3. Alabama (7-2)
4. UCLA (9-0)
5. Notre Dame (8-1)
6. Texas (7-2)
7. Miami (8-1)
8. Tennessee (7-2)
9. Indiana (8-1)
10. BYU (7-2)
11. Kentucky (7-2)
12. Texas Tech (8-1)
13. Wake Forest (8-1)
14. Houston (7-2)
15. Iowa (7-2)
16. Oregon (6-3)
17. South Carolina (6-3)
18. USC (7-2)
19. Ole Miss (6-3)
20. Ohio St (6-3)
21. LSU (6-3)
22. Missouri (6-3)
23. Arizona (7-2)
24. Boise St (6-1)
25. Oklahoma St (6-3)