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BYU is at No. 6, followed by Tennessee, Notre Dame, Miami, and Alabama. The final two teams inside the top-12 are Ole Miss and Georgia. Due to the rules including a Group of Five school, the Bulldogs wouldn’t make the playoff, Boise State would instead.

Former Notre Dame coach Gerry Faust, who was hired directly from the high school ranks in the 1980s, died on Monday, the school confirmed in a statement. He was 89. Faust was hire

Though Gerry Faust, who died Monday at 89, had a 30-26-1 record coaching Notre Dame, he said he "was the happiest guy in the world."

Faust, also known as "Fuzzy," spent 18 years as Moeller's head coach before leaving to coach at the University of Notre Dame. He finished with a record of 178-23-2, Moeller reported.

Gerry Faust, the gravel-voiced Cincinnati high school coach who lived a dream by becoming the coach at Notre Dame, has died. He was 89. Notre Dame said in an email to The Associated Press on Tuesday that the family confirmed Faust's death.