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2020 Preseason Notre Dame Fighting Irish Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
monkeymatt1836 4
Pieisgood186 5
thegreendalegelf 5
arrowfan624 6
Ersatzself 6
King-Clover 6
MarlinsGuy 6
pileatedloon 6
Acm0028 7
DrKennethJNoisewater 7
galacticdude7 7
grjohnst 7
Lex_Ludorum 7
Mario_Speedwagon 7
PaulWall31 7
SCRx 7
tdeff19 7
4thPlumlee 8
BallSoHerd 8
BlueSCar 8
coogs35 8
dabul-master 8
DarkLegend64 8
DkS_FIJI 8 Good returning talent alongside proven coaching staff. The ACC schedule is going to be very favorable for them as well.
Dropbackandpunt 8
jjjoebox 8
jmac_21 8
malowry0124 8
MoneyManeVick 8
nbingham196 8
ThePUNisher96 8
TopheryG8er 8
ucfskuba 8
vanburen1845 8
311polo 9
52hoova 9
bgr308 9
CambodianDrywall 9
Ch-i-ef 9
cmdrcaboose2 9
D1amondDude 9 Honestly, I'm not too sure what my actual opinion of Notre Dame is.  They have a lot of talent and generally perform well against their regular schedule.  This year is different.  Their schedule actually got (mostly) easier.  This year also confirms what we already knew: Notre Dame is basically in the ACC and needs to just go ahead and join.  Watch them get waxed by Clemson but blow through the rest of the teams they face.
GenialGiant 9 Notre Dame has themselves a good football team.
Hobbes_121 9
jeedf 9
joebob431 9
Johnnycockseed 9
KittiesHavingSex 9
ndhuskerpower 9
NyquillusDillwad20 9 Notre Dame has been a consistently solid team the past few years. I would expect them to remain in the top 10 throughout the year, but I don't see them unseating Clemson at the top of the ACC.
orbania 9
Pikachu1989 9
RollWarTideEagle 9
ShamusJohnson13 9
Striker743 9
UNC_Samurai 9
Xtremeloco 9
AlphaH4wk 10
bakonydraco 10
bwburke94 10
captain_sasquatch 10
Cars-and-Coffee 10
CFBHurts 10
Charlemagne42 10 The Irish are playing in a conference for the first time in any CFB fan's lifetime. This significantly increases their odds of making the Playoff and winning the Championship, even if they lose their only challenging game to Clemson.
Chucky1539 10
CockADoodleBOOM 10
DampFrijoles 10
dicky_________seamus 10
fo13 10
GeauxAllDay 10
goodnames679 10
Hey_Its_Roomie 10
jnoobs13 10
Longvols 10
Mr_Brews 10
MrTheSpork 10
nburt13 10
nemoran 10
one98d 10
Red261 10
soonersthebetter 10
steelcitygator 10 Just join the ACC for God's sake.  They are just so above-average, they'll finish the season 8-15 every year.
TDenverFan 10
TehAlpacalypse 10
thexraptor 10
tmothy07 10
ToeInDigDeep 10
Zloggt 10
3RDnKING 11
Blazeth 11
BosskOnASegway 11
deadtofall12 11
Jakesnake42 11
kamiller2020 11
Maladroit44 11 -3 | 75.3 | Notre Dame tested fans mightily by having better overall stats in 2019 than in 2018, yet having a significant drop in production for QB Ian Book and a worse record. In the ACC this year, their season will revolve around the early-November showdown with Clemson.
Papytendo 11
peachios 11 jumping onto the acc so they can play should be easy except clemson
PHubbs 11
stesser 11
TopGoose 11
ttsci 11
Feral_Squirrel 12
fireinvestigator113 12
hypercube42342 12
jputna 12
Our-Gardian-Angel 12
practicallybert 12
RatherBeYachting 12
roaddogg 12
Staind075 12
TaylorLeprechaun 12
TheJeemTeam 12
_fastball 13
djowen68 13
Fmeson 13
halldaylong 13
TheReformedBadger 13
emueagles 14
goblue10 15
seaotter2 15
crownebeach 16 Notre Dame lost a lot on defense. Like, a *lot*. The offense is in better shape, but they're going to look like a Wisconsin clone -- run the ball effectively, but struggle to adapt if they can't run over you. They're killing it in recruiting, though; they'll be back in the national title hunt by next year.
notyogrannysgrandkid 16

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
Blue = Human
Red = Computer
Green = Hybrid

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