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Last updated: October 14, 2012 1:37 p.m.

Irish land in top 5

Tony Krausz | The Jouranl Gazette

Notre Dame rose again in the polls, and it will find out where it stands tonight in the hunt for a BCS bowl berth.

The Irish, who improved to 6-0 with Saturday’s 20-13 overtime win over Stanford, moved to No. 5 in the Associated Press Top 25 and the USA Today coaches poll today. Notre Dame was ranked No. 7 in both polls last week.

Notre Dame’s top-five position in both polls is the highest the program has been since the week of Sept. 10, 2006. The Irish were No. 2 in the AP Top 25 and No. 3 in the coaches poll that week.

Stanford dropped from to No. 22 from No. 17 in the AP poll and fell to No. 23 from No. 17 in the coaches poll.

The first BCS standings of the season will be released tonight.

The Journal Gazette's Assistant Sports Editor Tony Krausz covers The University of Notre Dame. Krausz, a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and a native of St. Louis, has been assistant sports editor since October 2005. Prior to joining the JG, he worked at two papers in Mississippi covering high school and college athletics.

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