The Notre Dame Fighting Irish rang in at No. 14 in the 2013 preseason Associated Press poll released Saturday morning. That is an awfully low ranking for a team coming off a runner-up finish in the BCS National Championship Game. 

And it is largely due to the team being a year ahead of schedule, having played in a game no one expected them to be anywhere near in the first place.

When the USA Today coaches poll was released, it se...

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