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AP Top 25 Heat Check: Voters quick to invest in Notre Dame

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2017, file photo, Notre Dame running back Josh Adams runs down the sideline the team's NCAA college football game against Temple in South Bend, Ind. The first regular-season AP Top 25 was released Tuesday and while the top was mostly unchanged–save a big drop by No. 10 Florida State–there was some shuffling at the bottom. Among the two newly ranked teams is the bluest of blue bloods: Welcome, No. 24 Notre Dame. Coming off a 4-8 season, the Fighting Irish were third among the others receiving votes in the preseason poll. So it was not too surprising that a 49-16 victory against Temple would lure in some voters. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2017, file photo, Notre Dame running back Josh Adams runs down the sideline the team's NCAA college football game against Temple in South Bend, Ind. The first regular-season AP Top 25 was released Tuesday and while the top was mostly unchanged–save a big drop by No. 10 Florida State–there was some shuffling at the bottom. Among the two newly ranked teams is the bluest of blue bloods: Welcome, No. 24 Notre Dame. Coming off a 4-8 season, the Fighting Irish were third among the others receiving votes in the preseason poll. So it was not too surprising that a 49-16 victory against Temple would lure in some voters. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

By Associated Press 6 min read

Texas out. Notre Dame in.

Those brand-name teams often get the benefit of the doubt early in the season from AP college football poll voters – though that doesn’t necessarily last very long.

The first regular-season AP Top 25 was released Tuesday and while the top was mostly unchanged, save a big drop by No. 10 Florida State, there was some shuffling at the bottom.

Texas, which got a preseason endorsement from voters, got the boot after a sloppy home loss to Maryland. The Longhorns, who were 5-7 last season, went from No. 23 to not receiving a vote.

Among the two newly ranked teams is the bluest of blue bloods: Welcome, No. 24 Notre Dame. Coming off a 4-8 season, the Fighting Irish were third among the others receiving votes in the preseason poll. So it was not too surprising that a 49-16 victory against Temple would lure in some voters.