Notre Dame moved up two spots in the AP Top 25 poll to No. 8 after beating Florida State 52-3. The Irish are back on some experts' lists, too. Joel Klatt now has the Fighting Irish as No. 10 in his top 10,

Notre Dame may have slipped a little in the AP Top 25 poll, but Danny Kanell and Joel Klatt have the Fighting Irish back on their radar. Kanell has the Irish back in his top 10 while Klatt has them getting an “almost” vote.

While Notre Dame’s matchup against Florida State didn’t have as much anticipated juice as it did preseason, the Irish still handled business a won convincingly 52-14. The story of the game was Notre Dame’s defense,