Week nine of the ESP has arrived off the Notre Dame bye week. Over the week Notre Dame improved it's strength of schedule to first in the country according to the AV ranking below. This ranking is somewhat skewed as the AV strength of schedule (SOS) takes into account only the opponents you have already played. Notre Dame's SOS ranking will obviously dip over the next few weeks as we enter the weakest portion of our schedule. All that the same, we have still played a tougher eight first games than any other team in the country.
For the sake of argument (or lack thereof) Sagarin also has our SOS ranked number one in the country (link here). He, however, does take into account all the opponents on the schedule.
The ESP ranking: 
The 8 team ESP playoff bracket:
The AV ranking 1-25:
The strength of schedule (SOS) , adjusted win percentage (AWP), quality win/loss (QWL), and margin of victory (MOV) rankings:
