The No. 13 ranking given to Notre Dame football in Monday's preseason Top 25 from The Associated Press came with an interesting piece of trivia.
The last time the Irish were ranked No. 13 in the preseason AP poll came in 1988, which was also the last time Notre Dame finished the season ranked No. 1 in the AP poll. The Irish have been ranked in 25 of the preseason AP polls since that national championship season, but the lucky No. 13 hadn't been the starting point until this year.
Notre Dame was joined in the preseason Top 25 by three opponents on its 2023 schedule: No. 3 Ohio State, No. 6 USC and No. 9 Clemson. Four others received at least one vote in the poll: Pittsburgh, Louisville, Duke and NC State.
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Notre Dame was also ranked No. 13 in the preseason coaches poll that was released last week. The preseason FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll, for which Inside ND Sports copublisher Eric Hansen is a voter, will be released Tuesday. Hansen shared his ballot Sunday.
Below is the complete preseason AP Top 25.
1. Georgia
2. Michigan
3. Ohio State
4. Alabama
5. LSU
6. USC
7. Penn State
8. Florida State
9. Clemson
10. Washington
11. Texas
12. Tennessee
13. Notre Dame
14. Utah
15. Oregon
16. Kansas State
17. TCU
18. Oregon State
19. Wisconsin
20. Oklahoma
21. North Carolina
22. Ole Miss
23. Texas A&M
24. Tulane
25. Iowa
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