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2026 Week 4 Duke Blue Devils Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
ColombianInIowa24 2 High rank is retained. I ain't complaining this time, we should be ranked, though not this high. Confident of ranked status.
Stoneador 2
A_Rolling_Baneling 5
hythloday1 5
Inkblot9 5
studio_sally 5
Hey_Its_Roomie 6
manbeardawg 6 2 wins vs. P4 opponents
udubdavid 6
CPiGuy2728 7
ehoefler 8 86.34 | -1
HieloLuz 8 Illinois |4| win should be a good one. Also beat Stanford |6|. At Illinois is the best win of anyone in this bucket.
spasm01 8
dubscurry30 9 +2
MemeLovingLoser 9 Change: ▼ 4 | Previous Rank: 5th | Wins Composite Rank: 1st | SoS Composite Rank: 11th | Margin of Victory Rank: 44th | Penalties Composite Rank: 129th | Yardage Composite Rank: 34th | Turnover Composite Rank: 52nd | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 88th | Other Stats Rank: 55th
OKgolfer 9 3-0, win at 2-1 Illinois
Hobbes_121 10
T-Thugs 10 Duke is 3-0 with a nice win over Illinois (2-1). Also have a win over Stanford (1-2). Another team I've probably got a little too high this week thanks to being one of only a few teams with 2 p4 wins.
0010MK 11
Noelthemexican 11
owlalwaysloveyew 11
SearonTrejorek 11
skuhlke 11
ToeInDigDeep 11 Tulane, at Illinois, Stanford
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 12
Colton3690 12
UNC_Samurai 12
AlphaH4wk 13
jalexjsmithj 13
jimbobbypaul 13
dabul-master 14
MADBuc49 14 NEW
Maladroit44 14
Rcfan0902 14 508.13 (+10)
Striker743 14 Up 1
hypercube42342 15
Tornadohunter24 15 [3-0, 1-0 ACC] (+1) | SOR: #9
BUSean 16
bwburke94 16
Corporal_Hicks 16
NyquillusDillwad20 16
PlactusTX 16 LW: NR | Tier 3 (up from 4) | W Stanford

Teams that benefitted from the "undefeated, same-tier victory" offer, by definition, have a decent win which secures a high position. Duke, with two such wins (Illinois and Tulane), moves to near the top of tier 3.
Blazeth 17
DisraeliEers 17
GatorBolt 17 Feel like they've been underrated but that's me
Muffinnnnnnn 17
noahthearc 17
placid_salad 17 LW: #21
StFuzzySlippers 17
arbadak 18 .738 rating, 3-0, SOS .529 (NEW, +11)
BendrickLamar19 18
Blooblod 18
cvsprinter1 18
jbowen1 18 1936.42 (+2)
MahjongDaily 18
RobertNeyland 18
TadKosciuszko 18
Cars-and-Coffee 19 3-0. Power 8.5 (#25), resume #6 (70.0% strength of record).
Corgi_Koala 19
Pyromania1983 19 I have been high on the Blue Devils since they wonn the ACC title last year, and the team has continued to look like a really good team. They still really aren't receiving love in the AP poll, but they have been the better team in all three of their games this year. Even with that, this past week's win over Stanford was on another level, as they won by 28, put up almost 500 yards of offense, and sustained a massive 268-yard rushing attack.
VerySeriousBanana 19
BoukenGreen 20
Cecil_Hardboner 20
CFBHurts 20
Noy_Telinu 20 Wait, Duke is undefeated? And won vs a BIG team?
spmartin1993 20
srs_house 20
12panther 21
bakonydraco 21 79.627
COLU_BUS 21
CptCheese 21
Hackasizlak 21
halldaylong 21
LiptonCB 21
SCsprinter13 21
ThaCarter 21
CommodoreN7 22
corundum9 22
Darth_Ra 22
grjohnst 22
SwissArmyScythe 22 NR
tdoger 22
_fastball 23
Bank_Gothic 23
conchobor 23
G-Aardvark 23
joebob431 23
Pikachu1989 23
Ruhrgebietheld 23
TaylorLeprechaun 23 +0
Terminal_BAS 23
AlexanderComet 24
BearsAreGreat1 24
jjjoebox 24
one98d 24
sirvalkyerie 24
velociraptorfarmer 24
ChaseTheFalcon 25
ChBass 25 Duke's run & scoring defense squeaks them in.
cyberchaox 25
DampFrijoles 25
daredassdude 25
DarthYoda2594 25
grey_pilgrim_ 25
Helifino 25
JBonkies 25
kflinderman 25
Lex_Ludorum 25
lowes18 25
Luigiatl 25
Pollaski 25
redwave2505 25
SpadeRyker 25
True_Ad5324 25

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
quantum_jedi 3 (44.71, +0) Duke stays near the top of these rankings with another win over a "power" team in Stanford, but the pack is rapidly catching. Duke is a solid team, but still overvalued by the model in the early season.
Rhizical 4
CallMeTheKing 5
JKess207 5 Nate Sheppard.
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY 6
g_trechel 6
bocnj 7
Minnesnowtaaa 7
owl-bears 7
BlackGoose_13 10
GenuineBoss 10
penix4heisman 10
666PeaceKeepaGirl 11
LegionMammal978 11 [T11.] (+6) GS .917, TS −80.
The_Stratman 11
fm22fnam 12 +6
MyAngelMiraidon 13 +6 - Somehow beating Stanford pushes them up here
alexjcode_com 14 905
mr_longfellow_deeds 14
chief_sitass 15
FoodCourtDruid 15
ogsmurf826 15
MWiatrak2077 16
ted1995 16
DarthGlazer 17 is duke a football school?
OG_Felwinter 17
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor 18
JackWK_Gaming 18
Blazemaster77 19
LightningDusty 19 ↑4
MotherQuocer 19
myworld3 19
GrimmacingGrinny 20 Nate Sheppard leads the country in rushing yards with 528 through 3 games. An insanely talented back, and a team that is capable of putting up points. With a relatively weak schedule moving forward, I wouldn’t be surprised to see this team win 9 or 10 games.
Impossible-Still-349 20 (-)
pongislame 20
TyRoland06 20
Yamiosum 20
_Vita_ 22
Crelc3 22
mathmanhale 22
RJTrey 22
thatoneguyD13 22 Tier 4.
TheBeekman8 22
WRSpill 22 (NR)
bruhstevenson 23
Isthmus11 23 defending ACC champ, 3-0 with 2 P4 wins and a win over a good G5 team
Protoco2 23
Signal_Tip_7428 23
bigred91224 24
NNul 24 3-0 (2-0 vs P4 teams), the certainty index at this point in the season is strong with Duke!
SaguaroCactus19 24
Select-Edge-3262 24 +6 (NR)
Sflabuckeye13 24
FindGreatness23 25
Midnight-Mustang 25
MisguidedPassion 25 New Entry: Blue Devils have won seven consecutive games dating back to last year, Nate Sheppard looking like one of the best backs in the nation.
NebraskaPlainsman 25
Noahsince2002 25
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