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BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED : ND @ PUR Preview

Posted on September 27, 2011 at 10:39 AM.

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Matchup Preview | October 1, 2011

#20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
(3-1, 1-1 Away)

Purdue Boilermakers
(2-1, 1-1 Home)

Injury Report
None		RB - Ralph Bolden High ankle sprain - 1 week

Game Notes
NOTRE DAME -Senior Dayne Crist will get the start at quarterback for the Irish. -Defensive coordinator Bob Diaco has got to get them to play better. The defense has been awful. Linebacker Dan Fox has been replaced by Carlo Calabrese. -Tight end Tyler Eifert returns from back injury. Purdue -The Boilermakers will be without starting running back Ralph Bolden. Senior back Sean Matti will start. -The defense for Purdue had been excellent to start the year. Notre Dame's offense has totaled alot of yards, but turned the ball over to much. Purdue will look to force more turnovers.

Weekly review

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Oct 1, 2011
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	3	Stanford	3	0	1504
2	4	Ohio State	4	0	1424
3	5	Oklahoma State	4	0	1413
4	6	Florida State	4	0	1336
5	7	Boise State	4	0	1198
6	8	Wisconsin	4	0	1127
7	9	Auburn	4	0	1058
8	10	TCU	4	0	990
9	1	Alabama	3	1	960
10	13	Arkansas	4	0	958
11	11	Oregon	3	1	913
12	12	Nebraska	4	0	881
13	2	LSU	3	1	778
14	15	Oklahoma	1	2	613
15	16	South Carolina	3	1	604
16	17	Texas	3	0	578
17	18	Georgia	3	1	517
18	-	West Virginia	3	1	471
19	19	Michigan State	3	1	455
20	22	NOTRE DAME	3	1	337
21	23	Utah	3	0	305
22	24	Virginia Tech	3	1	259
23	25	UCF	4	0	241
24	20	Texas A&M	1	2	172
25	-	Mississippi State	2	2	164

Losses to Tulsa and #4 FSU has dropped Oklahoma to #14.
#10 Arkansas demolished #9 Alabama 66-14. Many thought Arkansas should have been higher after beating Alabama when they were #1.
#13 LSU lost to #18 West Virgina 14-40. LSU was #2.
Entering the top 25 was #25 Mississippi State and #18 Virginia Tech.
Dropping out of the top 25 was Florida and Michigan. Florida lost to Kentucky while Michigan lost to San Diego State.