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BYU Football Reaches Highest AP Top 25 Ranking in 42 Years After Stunning Notre Dame

BYU football made history on Saturday with a dramatic 28-24 upset victory over Notre Dame, ending the Fighting Irish’s 16-game winning streak and securing the Cougars’ highest AP Top 25 ranking in 42 years. The win vaulted BYU to No.

2 in the latest poll, their best position since 1984, while also marking the first time in school history they’ve defeated a ranked opponent since topping No. 1 Miami in 1990.

Quarterback Bear Bachmeier led the charge with 224 passing yards and three total touchdowns, while Kalani Sitake’s team remained undefeated at 6-0 midway through their third straight season. The game’s climax came on a game-sealing stop at the goal line, preserving BYU’s lead after Notre Dame’s QB CJ Carr orchestrated a late drive into Cougar territory.

The upset was part of a historic Week 7 in college football, as five of the top eight teams in the AP poll lost, including No. 1 Georgia and No.

2 Notre Dame—a first since the poll’s inception in 1936. BYU’s only remaining ranked opponent is No.

11 Utah, setting up a high-stakes Holy War on Nov. 7 in Salt Lake City, where the Cougars will look to extend their undefeated season in the Big 12.

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