AP Poll voters forget to include Notre Dame in the top 25

Notre Dame was nowhere to be found in one AP voter’s rankings

Notre Dame held steady in this week’s AP poll, landing at No. 12. The recorded AP votes are a matter of public record. Everyone can see exactly where every eligible voter places each team every week.

With this in mind, questions were immediately asked of ABC11 by Raleigh’s Kate Rogerson when she did not include Notre Dame in her top 25 voting despite the Irish being 6-1 and coming off an impressive 31-13 loss to Georgia Tech in Atlanta came.

Was Kate trying to emphasize how little she thinks about Notre Dame? No. She claims she entered her ballot incorrectly, causing this error.

We’ve all been there.

While this is a completely believable reason for the accident, it’s fair to ask. Did Kate just completely forget about Notre Dame?

Notre Dame is out of sight, out of mind for many people because of its independence

While it certainly seems like this was an innocent procedural error on Kate’s part, it does add to a bigger picture concept about Notre Dame and its position in the sport of college football.

Sometimes it feels like the Irish exist on an island all alone because they are independent. And this is accompanied by positive and negative sides.

Many fans and media across the country have become so preoccupied and engrossed in conference races and matchups that the independent Irish are falling through the cracks and out of sight and out of mind for many weeks of the season.

How can Notre Dame try to avoid this problem in the future? Be a legitimate title contender that no one can forget.

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