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2023 Week 5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
confirmd_am_engineer 2
FeliceDot27 3 122
BlueSCar 5
crownebeach 5
ShogunAshoka 6
MADBuc49 7 If the season were to end right now: based on this poll, they’d go to Orange Bowl as the Big Ten/SEC/Notre Dame representative
52hoova 8
blahblehblahwhoru 8
cyberchaox 8
eclectic_tastes 8
GilBrandt 8
magnumweiner 8
12panther 9
arrow_dynamics 9
DataDrivenPirate 9
GatorBolt 9 I had to drop them behind who I think the top 8 teams in the country are to this point, but still feels unfair dropping them further given that the game against Ohio State went to the wire. If only they remembered how to count the la...
GenialGiant 9
hendarvich 9 - | Same story as above
Keener1899 9
No11223456 9
pileatedloon 9
TaylorLeprechaun 9 -1
ThaCarter 9
TheJeemTeam 9
311polo 10
Buckeyes2010 10
buckeyes75 10
Cars-and-Coffee 10
deadtofall12 10
Dropbackandpunt 10
Due_Connection179 10 Last Week #9 vs #7 Ohio State : Lost 14 - 17. The Irish are possibly 1 man away from being in the top 5 as they fielded only 10 players on the Ohio State go ahead TD. Why do they have this ranking? 21-pt win over 3-1 NC State. Outscored opponents 139 - 23 (not counting the NC State or Ohio State games). You shouldn't lose too many spots losing to the #5 team by 3 pts. We will find out whether this ranking is worthy pretty quick with their next 3 opponents being a combined 12 - 0. Next Week at #12 Duke - 5.5 pt favorites - Prediction : win and cover the spread
fredmerc111 10
GeauxTri 10
hascogrande 10
Hobbes_121 10
IceColdDrPepper_Here 10
JohnWickStuntDouble 10
jrluhn 10
monkeymatt1836 10
Muffinnnnnnn 10
oghawks18 10
ProbablyRickSantorum 10
PumpSmash 10
RollWarTideEagle 10
SlaminSammons 10 That's a heartbreaker. The Irish were the better team imo, but better doesn't always equate to wins.
Sometimeswelose 10
stripes361 10
TDenverFan 10
teddythe3rd 10
Terminal_BAS 10
vanburen1845 10 Really impressive crowd. Best 11th man in the country
washington_jefferson 10
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 11
BearsAreGreat1 11
bernkastel87 11
Bill3ffinMurray 11
Blooblod 11
BorisNumber1 11
boxbeat 11
Cassiyus 11
cinciforthewin 11
Corgi_Koala 11
cornholesurfer 11
creative_penguin 11
dan4223 11
DarkLegend64 11
darkra01 11
dasani3x 11
DrKennethJNoisewater 11
Extra_Excrement 11
Feral_Squirrel 11
fourpinz8 11
fshi 11
galacticdude7 11
GoBlueScrewOSU7 11
Hackasizlak 11
IAmAChemicalEngineer 11
icklebush 11
jjjoebox 11
Johnnycockseed 11
LeWoofle 11
lillipup03 11
Megalomanizac 11
Mr_Brews 11
MrTheSpork 11
nemoran 11
noodlethebear 11
one98d 11
Pikachu1989 11
PromEmperorHarbaugh 11
r0sco 11
Red261 11
RegionalBias 11 Impressed in defeat, but it was defeat
RegulatorRWF 11
RiffRamBahZoo 11
ryseing 11
scronko 11
seaotter2 11
SteemieRayVaughn 11
strikersteve60 11
Techwid 11
texas2089 11
The_Good_Constable 11
TheReformedBadger 11
TimeBroken 11 Rank: #14
TopGoose 11
TossedRightOut 11
TouchdownHeroes 11
wameron 11
WarEagle9 11
wesman212 11
woakley 11
AlexanderComet 12
arrowfan624 12
BallSoHerd 12
BamaPride95 12
Bank_Gothic 12
BosskOnASegway 12
Branzilla91 12
captain_sasquatch 12
Ch-i-ef 12
chweris 12
CommodoreN7 12
cyclonepsycho 12
d_mcc_x 12
DarthYoda2594 12
fo13 12
G-Aardvark 12
Helifino 12
HieloLuz 12 Points: 48.33 | Wins: 2 T5, 1 T6, 1 T7 | Losses: 1 T2 | 1 LB |
Hugefootballfan44 12 LW: 10
ikindalikelemons 12
JeromesNiece 12
KirbyDumber88 12 In the words of Billy Madison: "YOU BLEW IT!"
mellolizard 12
myghtymouse 12
Nathanael-Greene 12
Our-Gardian-Angel 12
PalmettoFace 12
peachios 12 close one, if they win out they are fine, duke (ranked) as well as usc and clemson to show they belong
royrules22 12
sasmith2015 12
SpadeRyker 12
Staind075 12
tdeff19 12
The-Gothic-Castle 12
tjstanley 12
ttsci 12
w8w8 12 Interchangable with #11 Utah. If they win big against Duke they could hope Oregon and Utah assuming no major movement up the list.
WolverineDDS 12
ya111101 12
Zloggt 12 Tough loss, but a win against Duke can help remedy it...
_fastball 13
BabyBladder 13
Blazeth 13
bretticus33 13 Notre Dame blew it against Ohio State, plain and simple. However the offensive execution was a bit unnerving to me. ND went out and got Sam Hartman to make a difference, but he could only lead ND to 14 points and that’s rarely enough, especially against the likes of Ohio State. ND has a chance at redemption against Duke next weekend.
BRNXB0MBERS 13
bties 13
CharlemagneOfTheUSA 13
conchobor 13
Conglossian 13 -1
DampFrijoles 13
Drexlore 13
ExternalTangents 13
Foxmcbowser42 13
halldaylong 13
HelioOne 13
justsaynotoreddit 13 0.7735
kdcoltred 13
Lex_Ludorum 13
luckroy 13 Pot 3
malowry0124 13
owlalwaysloveyew 13
Pollaski 13
practicallybert 13
Pure_Protein_Machine 13
Rakarei 13
retnuh101 13
RobertNeyland 13
ScarletFever333 13
SCsprinter13 13
soonerfreak 13
Sophocles5 13
srs_house 13
thexraptor 13
Ticklebump 13
typicaliconoclast 13
ucieaters33 13
VerySeriousBanana 13
Wescat 13
Acm0028 14
ALStark69 14 -4
bannista7 14
ChaseTheFalcon 14
ChickenTaco 14
CptCheese 14
DaewooLanosMFerrr 14
DavoinShower-handle 14
digdat0 14
esoterik 14
falconlover79 14
huskerfan4life520 14
HUSKEROYAL 14
hypercube42342 14
JCiLee 14
jeedf 14
jmac_21 14
JonesUCF34 14
Maladroit44 14
nburt13 14
NotSoSuperNerd 14 3.31
outthawazoo 14
romulusjsp 14 (-2) Hard to punish ND too much for their loss, but Freeman has some serious explaining to do
ryumast3r 14
tdoger 14
Texasagsman 14
TheZachster 14
UMeister 14
AudiieVerbum 15
Casaiir 15
Cecil_Hardboner 15
Chucky1539 15
D1N2Y 15
Darth_Ra 15
fadingthought 15
Meany_Vizzini 15 17.7 (-2.9), -5
Polarbear1914 15
ReallyCreative 15
ruwisc 15
T-nawtical 15
tallg8tor 15
the_neverdoctor 15
Arteza147 16
BlueFalcon89 16
BUSean 16
coletheredditer 16 “Lost to Ohio State at home, had 10 men on the field the final plays, besides the first game that’s all I can really remember this year.”
Colton3690 16
COLU_BUS 16
CPiGuy2728 16
ewolfy13 16 Stayed in there all game but folded down the stretch
Jakesnake42 16 70.09 Last Week: #12
jimbobbypaul 16 LY: 19 TY: 19
MahjongDaily 16
nin478 16
nw____ 16 Tough loss right at the end of the game. They played well. I am a bit concerned about the offense kind of turtling up against the first real defense they played, but I also have a ton of respect for Jim Knowles--he can do that to you if you aren't super careful. Not sure how much to credit tOSU's defense vs. how much to worry about ND's lack of WRs.
posiitively 16
rain_parkour 16
Striker743 16 Down 3 - tough loss
udubdavid 16
Archaic_1 17
boxman151515 17
eSpiritCorpse 17 0.9323
JaxofAllTrades13 17
MoneyManeVick 17
olmsted 17
Sproded 17
UNC_Samurai 17
Xtremeloco 17
ChemicalOle 18
e8odie 18
EpicSchwinn 18 I hate to say “quality loss” but COME ON. That was my GOTY. And to lose it on the 1 yard line at the buzzer? I can’t kick them too far down for that. And if they beat USC they’ll be alright.
Inkblot9 18
jalexjsmithj 18
jlh2b 18
jthomas694 18 I think Notre Dame is a legit playoff contender who is probably better than ten of the teams ahead of them. But I have a hard time putting them any higher given the loss.
noahthearc 18
plannedsickdays 18
sirgippy 18
studio_sally 18
AlphaH4wk 19
CambodianDrywall 19
cota1212 19
djowen68 19
kflinderman 19
LiptonCB 19
RheagarTargaryen 19
shadowwingnut 19 322.38 - Down from 6th last week
SwissArmyScythe 19 -8
thomasosu 19
trumpet_23 19
bwburke94 20 +16.4534726 (Final 2022: #21)
hythloday1 20
Longvols 20
Chris-P-Creme 21
dabul-master 21
HHcougar 21
MarlinsGuy 21
spsellers 21
DisraeliEers 22
goblue10 22
PrimalCookie 22 0.940
SkiFlashing 22
70stang 23 Notre Dame is in their own 6th tier, being the first one-loss team in the ranking, but also a team that has played one more game than anybody else in this ranking. They have beaten 1 P5 team, 2 G5 teams, and 1 FCS team, with a single loss against a P5 team at home.
BigBoutros 23
Corporal_Hicks 23
Daigotsu 23
NyquillusDillwad20 23
velociraptorfarmer 23
CFBHurts 24
corundum9 24
Joester09 24
Pablo49 24
realclean 24
T-Thugs 24 Notre Dame is 4-1 with a loss to Ohio State (4-0) and a win over NC State (3-1). Chance to move back up my rankings this week with a game against Duke (4-0)
ThePelvicWoo 24
cfbguy 25
Charlemagne42 25 Computer ranking: 34 //// Computer's top 25 not ranked here: 17. Kansas // 19. Syracuse // 23. Texas A&M // 24. Kansas State
Hey_Its_Roomie 25 Not featured is the lowest rated undefeated team, Fresno State. They host a horrific SoS at the moment and discounted slightly for having one of the few OT wins on the year so far. This keeps them pretty low. USC is similar, but higher still, just not enough to be ranked this week.
skuhlke 25 5.01667

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
ndbfsu22 5
meowrkatt 6
carsonivey72 7
josh55134 7
oneforthehaters 7
Sebene 7
zenverak 7
10catsinspace 8 Close loss to tOSU - high ceiling
DeerPrison 8 LW: 11
grtgbln 8
leadbymight 8
Midnight-Mustang 8 Notre Dame drops from 5 to 8 this week. I still think they're elite, and have a path to the playoff-- but you don't get to stay in the top 5 at this point if you have a loss. Even if it's the most "quality loss" in college football right now. But... REALLY?! 10 PLAYERS ON A GOALLINE STAND???????? TEN??????????????????????????????????
1Subject 9
bread_bird 9
colton_97 9
ehoefler 9 88.86 | -8
FigletPiglet 9
HideNZeke 9
PerfectZeroKnowledge 9
swdanley17 9
TommyTwoTaps 9
usernamegoeshere763 9
Yung_Carrot 9
AdministrativeAnt683 10
AlphaMemory2 10
ard8 10
BoukenGreen 10
Dan20698 10
Dawg-Bite 10 Prolly should have won but still came up short. Still think they’re a top 10 team
demolisty24 10
DownshiftGD 10
ETHTrillionaire 10
FlashSpider-man 10 Quality losses are weird and a hard stat to rank. I feel I may be overrating ND, which a lot of people do and is annoying, but it was a really close game with a good Ohio State team. I don't like putting them ahead of good undefeated teams but Saturday will answer if they deserve it or not. I'm really looking forward to that game.
ianmcmoney 10
IT_JUST_MEANS_JORT 10
JustYourAvrageWorker 10
MuhMuhManRay 10
narwhalz27 10 v 2
NINFAN300 10
patriots230 10
PattyKane16 10
Protoco2 10
soonertiger 10
SortaDecent 10
spmartin1993 10
SpursUpSoundsGudToMe 10 Tough break, what a massive coaching mistake. I still think this roster is really good and an elite OL.
TheBeekman8 10 Played a heck of a game against OSU, this team is for real but just lost on a last minute drive.
TheFalconGuy 10
TheSlyPudding 10
ziggysaysnada 10
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_ 11 Silly mistakes cost them an important win. It's not a death blow by any stretch, but it certainly puts a damper on proceedings.
ActuallyJasonPrice 11
AnAngryPanda1 11
Astone1996 11
Beck4ou 11
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY 11
CaptainScuttlebottom 11 It sucks they had to fall this far, it's just crowded up there still. I think some of the teams above will shake out and they'll end up back in the top 10 pretty quick.
Cooliamabeast 11
daredassdude 11
DillyDillySzn 11
donbagert 11
Effective-Lead-6657 11 (-1)
evil_muffins_5436 11
Foriegn_Picachu 11
GeyWeyner12 11
hoovereatscowpoop 11
ilikepie145 11
Jacob_Sumner 11
JoeFreshwata 11
journey1986 11 Fire DJ Brown into the sun.
knon24 11
Kodak6lack 11
Luarean 11 (LW:9, -2)
mcdsmaster8824 11
Morrgs 11
ogpeplowski64 11
orbania 11
OSUfan88 11
Pyroblockx 11
saquad69 11
spencej98 11
StateOfTheArt- 11
StumpVanDerHuge 11
Swaggy-7 11
TheGlassRemains 11
thejawa 11
TinderForMidgets 11
True_Ad5324 11
TXUSAW 11
youngs2309 11
666haha 12
bethe2ndmouse 12
bruhstevenson 12 #9 team from last week, moves down in a close loss to Ohio State. Still a better showing in a ranked matchup than Alabama and LSU have had.
Cascadia-Rising 12
chillmagic420 12
Chipsahoy523 12
divey043 12
EmotionalAd4185 12
FsuNolezz 12
J4ckiebrown 12
KansasChaser2021 12
Key_Spinach 12
Loopylime 12
luciusetrur 12
Maize_n_Boom 12
ManiacalBlazer 12
moyboi2112 12
mport97 12
pianoprofiteer 12
PythonLemon 12
samtaylor92 12
Serenityy8 12
Sflabuckeye13 12
SharkMovies 12
siggyrambler 12
SIMBONEGTP 12
sly2bfox 12
soneill06 12
thatoneguyD13 12
thehornedlamb 12
throwaway_6786 12 I'm not going to drop Notre Dame too much for that loss. They were facing a top 3 team in the country and they gave OSU everything they could handle before losing at the very last second by just a few inches. Obviously, the Irish will have to hope that OSU continues to win to make their loss to the Buckeyes look better, but the players have nothing to be ashamed about (different story for the coaches; how do you not put 11 guys out there for the final play of the game?).
Tight_Discipline_134 12
Viselli 12 Sloppy mistakes cost them the game against Ohio State.
Weekly_Flatworm5707 12
CheekyRasta2023 13
corona779 13
DragonFire101Gamer 13
dterp13 13
dubkent 13
FloridaBoy317 13
frone 13
geauxsaints777 13
IBCBJ 13
Jadenflo 13
jaybigs 13
maxwell6233 13
MemeLovingLoser 13 66.75 Their loss to Ohio State was not as painful to them as I would have thought. Go back to wearing blue and they can recover form this.
mikecsiy 13
Mossed26 13
mthompson2320 13 LW: 11
mubert 13
nebsA1 13
newSomberMan 13
OG_Felwinter 13
ReadySetMeow 13
redrhino777 13
redrumsoxLoL 13
rgalexan 13
roll2tide 13
Scott72901 13
Small_Bet_9433 13
TadKosciuszko 13
Thehomelessguy11 13
Underground_Bread 13
WBLwiffleball 13
70277027 14
_TGT7 14 A hard fought game against Ohio State didn’t go Notre Dame’s way, I expect some people to drop them further, but since the game was effectively decided by a dropped interception, it’s unfair to drop the team too far.
Aidanj927 14
Bereft13 14 Power: 9, SoR: 34; LW: 10
BoilerUp28 14
bryophyta_insolitam 14 L 14-17 vs. Ohio State
cmcabrera 14
Consistent_Train128 14
diehardcubforever 14
Fantastic-Calendar-9 14 LW: 11
GhostDosa 14
HAIRY_GORILLA_COCK 14
Harpua99 14
iHasMagyk 14
JustinMSU21 14
llamawhittlings 14 #11 SP+, #20 Resume
MemeofMemeJTG999999 14 (4-1) (down 5) L: 14-17 vs #3 Ohio State (4-0) Next Week: @ #16 Duke (4-0)
Piptit 14
rocco2246 14
samuelbassett 14 Loss to an OSU is not surprising. NBC's commentators are a huge turnoff.
ScaratheBear 14
Shion314 14
stoeseri000 14
titansfan174 14
Tylex123 14
UnkelEarl 14
cartierboy25 15
cfbpeoplespoll 15 Coaching blunders towards the end soured a otherwise tough performance.
cirtnecoileh 15
Devintheroaster 15 776.81 Points
drneilpretenamen 15
mithrandir2398 15
Ok_Elderberry7070 15
Player_1_has_Joined 15
sconbon 15
SpeddyDawg 15
TheRedKing75 15
twr96 15
ViewFrom209 15
WRSpill 15 (9)
chief_sitass 16
Got_That_WeeFee 16 Tough loss but a good loss
Klaassy23 16
OSU_Shecter 16
PSUMediaPA 16
RadiationRichard 16
RJEP22 16 4-1 - 77.881 pts
visor841 16
Xy13 16 Top 15 at this point in the season should be saved for undefeated teams.
Yelich04 16 v7
Arvandu 17 Forgot you can put 11 players on the field
big_thunder_man 17 Sloppy, and struggling offensively. Still, not penalize them too much for losing to a top 5 OSU team.
ChBass 17
Dontworryaboutit1 17
forkedravioli 17
maknasty09 17
Mini-Mussolini 17
Pylon-Cam 17
spaceblev11 17 Marcus Freeman, you seriously only had 10 players on the field on the final play. Pathetic.
Jay682002 18
JetoGrov 18 THE FIRST TEAM WITH A LOSS TO BE RANKED THIS YEAR!!! The win @NCSt is still impressive, the entire game against Ohio State was impressive, only 1 second (and 1 man, oof) away from being a Top 3 team right now. Just a very solid team.
kevinsdomain 18
mill1634 18
RealignmentJunkie 18
StannisGrammarMannis 18
bloodmuffins793 19
drewscottt 19
grahamca 19 T28ᵗʰ W/L, T26ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 11ᵗʰ Team Strength, 10ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
heelxtiger 19 76.7
IDropFatLogs 19
losbullitt 19
JamoRedhead 20
TheSleaze22 20
CheapTrickIsOkay 21
PlactusTX 21 (22) L 7 Ohio State
tomdawg0022 21
JBonkies 22
Noelthemexican 22
TheNSAAgent777 23
mathmanhale 24
owl-bears 24
qwer546 24
squibby 24
tcomn 24
CallingUagoatUgoat 25 0 SP+ T-25 wins. 1 SP+ Top-10 loss. Great quality loss to Ohio State, but outside of that, ND's schedule is pretty weak. They'll have a chance to bounce back this week at Duke.
stew_pac 25 -24
TheSunsNotYellow 25 .576
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