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2026 Week 6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
Darth_Ra	1
Hugefootballfan44	1	LW: 2
manbeardawg	1	4
The-Gothic-Castle	1
Xtremeloco	1
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_	2
A_Rolling_Baneling	2
AJ_CC	2
arbadak	2	.879 rating, 5-0, SOS .587 (+2)
bakonydraco	2	91.265
blahblehblahwhoru	2
Blooblod	2
BlueSCar	2
BosskOnASegway	2	1983.8 -> 2029.4 [+45.6] (#1 -> #2)
Buckeyes2010	2
Casaiir	2
cfbguy	2
cinciforthewin	2
Conglossian	2
CRedds19	2
DataDrivenPirate	2
eSpiritCorpse	2	0.9703
hascogrande	2
infinitempg	2	=, 0.992
JeromesNiece	2
MahjongDaily	2
MainPeanut25	2
MemeLovingLoser	2	Score 92.30 (▼ 0.87) | Place Change: ▼ 1 | Previous Rank: 1st | Wins Composite Rank: 1st | SoS Composite Rank: 6th | Margin of Victory Rank: 7th | Penalties Composite Rank: 1st | Yardage Composite Rank: 6th | Turnover Composite Rank: 2nd | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 55th | Other Stats Rank: 1st
monkeymatt1836	2
Mr_Brews	2
mthompson2320	2	LW: 1
noahthearc	2
OKgolfer	2
PattyKane16	2
Player_1_has_Joined	2
RheagarTargaryen	2
RJEP22	2
Ruhrgebietheld	2
spasm01	2
Striker743	2
tdoger	2
TheNSAAgent777	2
udubdavid	2
vanburen1845	2
12panther	3
AlphaH4wk	3
BendrickLamar19	3
bernkastel87	3
bladefencer	3	0.916, -1, Pow: 2, Off: 5, Def: 3, SOR: 3
boxbeat	3
brucewaynewins	3
bwburke94	3	+13.775212 (LW: #14)
CambodianDrywall	3
Cars-and-Coffee	3
ChBass	3	Last week, it was ND and everyone else; this week, they performed like a normal team against a North Carolina team that's power rated #70. Still a top-10 defense, but they just didn't play like the #1 team this week.
Chipsahoy523	3	+1
Colton3690	3
Conn3er	3
cornholesurfer	3
DarkLegend64	3
DarthYoda2594	3
deadtofall12	3
digdat0	3	3. Notre Dame — Score: 0.250 | Results: 1.706, SOS Rank: #37, Quality: 0.134, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 1, T50W: 1, Off Rk: #7, Def Rk: #5
DisraeliEers	3
douchebagjack	3	Best 3 Wins: WISCONSIN,NORTH CAROLINA,Michigan State. unc and wisconsin are not great wins, but 4 P4 wins in total is notable, and leads the nation
dschinghiskhan	3
ExternalTangents	3	Overall +31.1; offense +17.3 (5th), defense -13.7 (4th)
Fmeson	3
fredmerc111	3
G-Aardvark	3
grjohnst	3
Hackasizlak	3
halldaylong	3
hypercube42342	3	Power 5 / Resume 4
Jay_Dubbbs	3
JBonkies	3
joebob431	3
kflinderman	3
KJdkaslknv	3
Longvols	3
luckroy	3
Luigiatl	3
malowry0124	3
ManiacalBlazer	3
nemoran	3
Noelthemexican	3
noodlethebear	3
NyquillusDillwad20	3
Our-Gardian-Angel	3
owlalwaysloveyew	3
penisthightrap_	3
Pikachu1989	3
pileatedloon	3
plannedsickdays	3
Polarbear1914	3
Pollaski	3
PSUMediaPA	3
Pure_Protein_Machine	3
Pyromania1983	3
r0sco	3
Rcfan0902	3	1016.54 (+1)
RegionalBias	3
RollWarTideEagle	3
Roscoe_Filburn	3	If you haven't really played anyone yet, you need to really look dominant in your wins in order to keep the #1 spot. Letting a very mediocre North Carolina stick around wasn't that.
royrules22	3
ruwisc	3
seaotter2	3
shifty1032231	3
skuhlke	3
Staind075	3
SteemieRayVaughn	3
studio_sally	3
T-Thugs	3	Notre Dame is 5-0 with wins over Wisconsin (4-1, beat Penn State), North Carolina (2-2), Michigan State (2-3) and Purdue (2-3)
Terminal_BAS	3
TheReformedBadger	3
TolkienFan71	3
TopGoose	3
TossedRightOut	3
twitter_paulbd	3	1193 | 5-0
UNC_Samurai	3
VerySeriousBanana	3
w8w8	3
zenverak	3
Zloggt	3
0010MK	4
aggiebruin27	4
BabyBladder	4
BallSoHerd	4
Ch-i-ef	4	Ehhh mmmm uhhh idk jim
ChemicalOle	4
chweris	4
ColombianInIowa24	4	14.54 - Undefeated. Confident in ranked status.
colton_97	4
COLU_BUS	4
Corgi_Koala	4
CPiGuy2728	4
cyberchaox	4
daredassdude	4
DavoinShower-handle	4
diehardcubforever	4
Dropbackandpunt	4
flyingcircusdog	4
frone	4
galacticdude7	4	Predicted Record: 12-0
GatorBolt	4
Inkblot9	4
Jerrywelfare	4
jimbobbypaul	4
jjjoebox	4
jthomas694	4
Laschoni	4
MemeofMemeJTG999999	4	(5-0) (down 2) W: 37-26 @ North Carolina (2-2) Next Week: vs Stanford (2-3) Projected Bowl: Rose Bowl vs Ohio State/Boise State
MrTheSpork	4
nbingham196	4
NotSoSuperNerd	4	2.389 [11.21-0.79]
OldCoaly	4
owl_man	4
PeteyNice	4
PlactusTX	4	LW: 3 | Tier 1 | W North Carolina
redwave2505	4
RiffRamBahZoo	4
scronko	4
Shion314	4
Sometimeswelose	4
spsellers	4
srs_house	4
StFuzzySlippers	4
strikersteve60	4
SufferingfOrLife	4
SwissArmyScythe	4	--
TaylorLeprechaun	4	+0
tdeff19	4
the_neverdoctor	4
TheZachster	4
thomasosu	4
titansfan174	4
tjstanley	4
tomdawg0022	4
Tornadohunter24	4	[5-0, independent] (+1) | SOR: #3 | Notable Results: W 41-13 (@Lambeau Field) vs HM Wisconsin [4-1] |
Versigot	4
visor841	4
WarEagle9	4
Acm0028	5
AllHawkeyesGoToHell	5
bannista7	5
Bereft13	5	Power: 5, SoR: 7; LW: 2
Bill3ffinMurray	5
Blazeth	5
BoukenGreen	5
budget_um	5	Still playing with their food, but still undefeated
Cecil_Hardboner	5
CFBHurts	5
ChaseTheFalcon	5
chillmagic420	5
conchobor	5
corundum9	5
djowen68	5
Drexlore	5
dubscurry30	5	-1
e8odie	5
elnino550	5
ewolfy13	5
grtgbln	5
Hey_Its_Roomie	5
Hobbes_121	5
IceColdDrPepper_Here	5	ND didn’t play great against UNC and I am dropping them behind Bama and Miami for now as they played better this weekend
ikindalikelemons	5
jbowen1	5	2156.16 (-2)
jmac_21	5
JustAManAndHisLaptop	5
JustinMSU21	5
laprasrules	5
Lex_Ludorum	5	Defense showing cracks?
mcdsmaster8824	5
Muffinnnnnnn	5
Noy_Telinu	5	Rain = scary game
Rakarei	5
Red261	5
retnuh101	5
RobertNeyland	5
ryseing	5
samspopguy	5
SearonTrejorek	5	0.86668
SIMBONEGTP	5
sirgippy	5	GippyRank expected rank: 5.1. Central 80% interval: 2–10. Top-25 probability: 99.8%.
sroach91	5
TDenverFan	5
thescottula	5
ToeInDigDeep	5	5-0
True_Ad5324	5	Down 1
velociraptorfarmer	5
Wescat	5
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx	5	(=)
ya111101	5
Zef_Apollo	5	Surprising dog fight through some of this game with UNC. I walked away from that guy with higher respect to UNC than lost respect to ND though. Wisconsin win still looks pretty good. Best wins are Wisconsin and UNC
_fastball	6
ALStark69	6	-3; not impressed with the UNC win
BearsAreGreat1	6
BorisNumber1	6
bretticus733	6
BUSean	6
ch1l1_ch33s3	6
Chris-P-Creme	6
Corporal_Hicks	6
CptCheese	6
Doogitywoogity	6	Game was closer than I thought it should be many times, though ND did a good job at maintaining control when UNC got close in the second half. Still hard to judge and Stanford next week won’t tell us too much unless ND struggles. BYU in a few weeks will give ND their first real test.
dukemetoo	6
eclectic_tastes	6
EpicSchwinn	6
frumious88	6
HideNZeke	6
Jakesnake42	6	The Wisconsin win is starting to age well for the Irish. Last Week: #5
JamoRedhead	6
jrich960608	6
justsaynotoreddit	6
KansasEF5Tornado	6
Keener1899	6
Klaassy23	6
MADBuc49	6	+0. Would be the #6 playoff seed in this scenario, hosting #11 Texas Tech in the first round
Maladroit44	6	Like Miami, the Irish won't give us a lot of data points until their big games (though at least they also have @ BYU coming up, a couple weeks sooner than their showdown with the Canes). Unlike Miami, they found themselves struggling with a mediocre ACC team this week—in the rain, admittedly—which tanks confidence in them a bit when they haven't had a chance to prove much yet.
nw____	6
placid_salad	6
redrumsoxLoL	6
SCsprinter13	6
sgtshenanigans	6	Notre Dame did it's job on the road and in the rain against UNC however, the defense did not look elite like it has in the past. The final score makes the game seem closer than it really was as ND had control of this game solidly throughout. Wisconsin notches another win making that early season win for ND look like it has a bit more quality.
SlaminSammons	6
smartkeg	6
SpadeRyker	6
Stoneador	6	70|7|147
T-nawtical	6
Tarmacked	6	Blegh win against Belichick but I can't really argue anyone below over them
Techwid	6
Texasagsman	6
52hoova	7
AlexanderComet	7
BananaBouquet	7
Bank_Gothic	7	The Wisconsin win continues to age well, but the weak schedule is catching up to ND. The UNC game was a bit disconcerting - it was raining and UNC has a solid defense, so ND's offense scoring 37 is a good sign. But I just don't understand how ND's defense gave up 26 to a bad UNC team (both in terms of offense and special teams). ND is still a top-10 team, but they looked sluggish and flawed against UNC this weekend.
CharlemagneOfTheUSA	7
cvsprinter1	7	Undefeated
ehoefler	7	89.84 | +1
fshi	7
GenialGiant	7
HelioOne	7
LiptonCB	7
nin478	7
one98d	7
RedBarracuda25	7
romulusjsp	7
sirvalkyerie	7
TadKosciuszko	7
texas2089	7
TheUltimate721	7	The AP poll continues to criminally over-rank the Irish to this point. With a weak strength of schedule the best way to judge them is against the spread, and they fall to 3-2 against the spread with their performance against North Carolina.
TimeBroken	7
tks231	7
Xy13	7	{-1} [5-0] (37-26 W @ UNC) 4 P4 Wins --- Closer than it should've been.
grey_pilgrim_	8
TouchdownHeroes	8
dabul-master	9
HieloLuz	9	Similar Resume to Miami (FL), with a blowout win over Wisconsin |4|. Only lower because they've had a slightly easier schedule
sickmemes48	9
spmartin1993	9
Charlemagne42	13	Adjustment: 34.8%
GeauxTri	14	Undefeated, including a road win at North Carolina, but the schedule lacks a top-end win.
Justanother_0	19	Once again I say, I will rank the Irish in the top 10 if they beat a team that can play a full four quarters of football (no, Wisconsin doesn't count as a quality win just because they beat a Penn State team that may unironically finish with a worse record than Iowa State). Right now it's looking like their chance to prove me wrong is coming in the next few weeks. The ball is in their court.

Provisional Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY	1
chief_sitass	1
FindGreatness23	1
g_trechel	1
HokiPoqi	1
Kirkwood641	1
LookAtMaxwell	1	The best resume and the best score profile in the country. Notre Dame has 19 rule wins, including head-to-head wins over #11 Wisconsin and, by chain, #17 Penn State. The score model has it 4th in offense and 2nd in defense: 39.6 points scored, 14.1 allowed. It's favored over every team in simulation, though only 55% against Miami. That's why both teams are in tier 1
beckett929	2
BoNnnnfhir	2
DillyDillySzn	2
drewscottt	2	--
Effective-Lead-6657	2
FrontRunner51	2	(-1)
geordieColt88	2
gonshpreds1	2
isrealball	2
Kyrosiv	2
LegionMammal978	2	(+18) GS .967, TS 28.
manbeqrpig	2
meristematic	2
MisguidedPassion	2
Nervous_Metal_9445	2
Ok_Significance_3803	2
penix4heisman	2
Repulsive_Rub6443	2
Rhizical	2
rt13wx	2
S2OP	2	(-)
Sflabuckeye13	2
spaceblev11	2
TheBeekman8	2
BeyondLiesTheWub	3	change from last week: +5
bigred91224	3
bocnj	3
BoilerUp28	3
dee3Poh	3	.900
HereComesNightTime	3
HHunko13	3
jibberishdhyukl	3
jmdinbtr	3
jwrtf	3
KevinDoesSports	3	Struggled against UNC for a minute but still won by more than a score.
leadbymight	3
llamawhittlings	3	SP+: 4, SP+ Resume: 5
loneSTAR_06	3
mathwrath55	3	Has the best projected record of the top 25, with the model predicting 11.3 wins
Menktenk	3
Minnesnowtaaa	3
MotherQuocer	3
n8TLfan	3
Nath0leon	3
National-Sundae9427	3
owl-bears	3
Perryapsis	3
poisonedarrow	3
requiemsux	3
ResearchFlaky5912	3
RowDull8230	3
Signal_Tip_7428	3
solarsnail6	3
Spazzatack	3
tdaten	3
WBLwiffleball	3
wittingtarsier	3
538allspelledout	4
alexjcode_com	4	964
Dawg-Bite	4
FuzzyDunlop911	4
JackWK_Gaming	4
jis024	4
JJones927	4
kennethbring	4
Key_Solution_4076	4
maxwell6233	4
myworld3	4
NC_Pineapple	4
Noahsince2002	4
pongislame	4	5-0
Scottyfer	4
shouldajustsaid_yeah	4
SonOfGarry	4
Status-Office7664	4
thatoneguyD13	4	Tier 2.
TheCryptPartDeux	4
TyRoland06	4
2AcesRoth	5	net elo off def ridge fei conf +25.7 +23.7 40.6 16.9 +29.5 +23.9 Independent
AoA_nB1	5	Starting to get a little bearish on the Fighting Irish, this team will go as far as CJ Carr and Leonard Moore can carry them.
Applesaucemannus	5
bendyburner	5
Character_Orchid4698	5
ChiTrojan2	5
Crelc3	5
DarthGlazer	5	Can't wait for miami game. Tommy carr looking good
divey043	5
Flaky_Bit6733	5
FoodCourtDruid	5
Hastronaut	5
ianmcmoney	5
iHasMagyk	5
Impossible-Still-349	5
jackmc04	5	(-1)
kevinsdomain	5
LegendParkour	5
Lucaball3r	5
meta_irl	5
Pyroblockx	5
quantum_jedi	5	(59.00, +5) Managed to hang on and beat UNC, but that looked mighty dicey at times. The Irish should cruise next week with Stanford heading to South Bend.
samtaylor92	5
saquad69	5
SomerandomIDFBfan	5
Tortillero96	5	-1 W (5-0) A +11 vs UNC (unranked) W (4-0) A +39 vs Purdue (unranked) W (3-0) H +17 vs MI State (unranked) W (2-0) H +52 vs Rice (unranked) W (1-0) H +28 vs Wisconsin (unranked)
WRSpill	5	(5)
Yelich04	5	v1
1Subject	6
666PeaceKeepaGirl	6
69nicer	6
70277027	6
_Junk_Rat_	6
_THE__BOULDER_	6	Weather was kinda crappy which I think excuses this game a bit but there were also some issues like letting up a 98 yard kickoff return TD. Not particularly worried for the Irish, but perhaps some things to clean up got revealed in this game.
ArlyntheAwesome	6	You really should beat UNC by more than 11 if you wanna be seen as a serious threat. Granted, this is the last spot I'm confident in saying that you are in fact a CFP team.
BlueRFR3100	6
bruhstevenson	6
CallMeTheKing	6
DesignerClub1887	6
DownshiftGD	6
dstrainr	6
EL-YEO	6
Esb5415	6
fm22fnam	6	-1
gohncell	6	They couldn't get to play their 2nd string players against a team that lost to Clemson
idnttcrisis	6
jtchr33	6
jtsmd2	6
KansasChaser2021	6
Klightgrove	6
LightningDusty	6	=
m3owzika	6
Mission_Pay_3373	6
NA_Faker	6
newSomberMan	6
NNul	6
OG_Felwinter	6
ogsmurf826	6
Ok_Boysenberry716	6
Piptit	6
Protoco2	6
Pure-Shirt-5831	6
Rishik01	6
S3G	6
SaguaroCactus19	6
Salmon-Dude	6
Select-Edge-3262	6	-3
Small_Company_5697	6
SpeddyDawg	6
SportsCat4	6
sportstrap	6
Star_Wars_Sith	6
tbraptors	6	Notre Dame drops with Alabama's rise. In my mind, there is nothing separating UGA and ND, at least until next week
thehornedlamb	6
TomorrowFinal6642	6
Yechibaby09	6
a_proud_ohioan	7
adi_red	7
Educational-River460	7
grahamca	7	T1ˢᵗ W/L, T12ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 8ᵗʰ Team Strength, 3ʳᵈ Quality of Wins
GrimmacingGrinny	7
HookEm25	7
irishspring4521	7
Isthmus11	7	5-0, handled a UNC team that I actually think is pretty decent this year. Not much to say until they play BYU in 2 weeks
logace444444444	7
LonghornInNebraska	7
mr_longfellow_deeds	7
NebraskaPlainsman	7
ninjatown23	7	Pretty much the same reason as Miami, but has a more solid defense than offense.
NoOutdoorSoup	7
PsychologicalFox8660	7
SpectralHydra	7
buccaneerboy22	8
Intelligent_Fix_6972	8
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor	8	337
MWiatrak2077	8
PatMcDangles99	8
RJTrey	8
ted1995	8
Blazemaster77	9
MyAngelMiraidon	9	E - not that convinced by UNC win to bump them any further
bolts_win_again	12
MajikSix	13
hbh110	15
GenuineBoss	16
The_Stratman	18

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