SOUTH BEND, IN - AUGUST 30: Head coach Brian Kelly of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish yells at players on the sidelines after a score by the Rice Owls at Notre Dame Stadium on August 30, 2014 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

AP Poll Week 9: How high does Notre Dame climb?

Well?

How high can Notre Dame climb? Well for now, they are up to No. 9 in the AP Poll.

The newest edition of the poll released on Sunday put the Fighting Irish up in the Top 10 after a win over USC, as Notre Dame solidly jumped Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Washington. This is now setting up for a matchup with No. 14 N.C. State next week.

Outside of that, there wasn't a lot of movement near the top of this week's poll thanks to a combination of several teams on BYE weeks, as well as nearly zero upsets near the top. The full poll can be seen below.

1. Alabama (61)
2. Penn State
3. Georgia
4. TCU
5. Wisconsin
6. Ohio State
7. Clemson
8. Miami
9. Notre Dame
10. Oklahoma
11. Oklahoma State
12. Washington
13. Virginia Tech
14. N.C. State
15. Washington State
16. Michigan State
17. South Florida
18. Central Florida
19. Auburn
20. Stanford
21. USC
22. West Virginia
23. LSU
24. Memphis
25. Iowa State