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2026 Week 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
A_Rolling_Baneling	1
bakonydraco	1	92.496
bladefencer	1	0.972, +2, Pow: 2, Off: 3, Def: 3, SOR: 4
Buckeyes2010	1
bwburke94	1	+13.4570698 (LW: #3)
Cars-and-Coffee	1
ChBass	1	After steamrolling Stanford and a bunch of other good teams losing, Notre Dame is back on top. It helps that it is one of two teams with both a top-10 offense and defense.
cinciforthewin	1
CRedds19	1
Fmeson	1
Hugefootballfan44	1	LW: 1
infinitempg	1	1.000, +1
JeromesNiece	1
jimbobbypaul	1
jonstark19	1
jrichardh	1
MemeLovingLoser	1	Score 92.69 (▲ 0.39) | Place Change: ▲ 1 | Previous Rank: 2nd | Wins Composite Rank: 1st | SoS Composite Rank: 6th | Margin of Victory Rank: 2nd | Penalties Composite Rank: 1st | Yardage Composite Rank: 4th | Turnover Composite Rank: 2nd | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 31st | Other Stats Rank: 2nd
Noelthemexican	1
OKgolfer	1
r0sco	1
Rcfan0902	1	1218.17 (+2)
RJEP22	1
Striker743	1	Up 1
studio_sally	1
The-Gothic-Castle	1
TheNSAAgent777	1
vanburen1845	1
Xtremeloco	1
arbadak	2	.896 rating, 6-0, SOS .576
BendrickLamar19	2
bernkastel87	2
Bill3ffinMurray	2
blahblehblahwhoru	2
Blooblod	2
boxbeat	2
brucewaynewins	2
BuckeyeForLife95	2	12.42
CambodianDrywall	2
Casaiir	2
Cassiyus	2
ChaseTheFalcon	2
Chipsahoy523	2	+1
chweris	2
Colton3690	2
COLU_BUS	2
Conglossian	2
Corgi_Koala	2
corundum9	2
cyberchaox	2	6-0, wins over #21 Purdue, #22 Wisconsin, and #32 North Carolina
daredassdude	2
DarkLegend64	2
Darth_Ra	2
DarthYoda2594	2
DavoinShower-handle	2
DisraeliEers	2
Dropbackandpunt	2
dschinghiskhan	2
eSpiritCorpse	2
ExternalTangents	2	Overall +32.5; offense +18.5 (3rd), defense -14.0 (5th)
flyingcircusdog	2
fredmerc111	2
frone	2
G-Aardvark	2
GenialGiant	2
Hackasizlak	2
hascogrande	2
Helifino	2
hypercube42342	2	Power 3 / Resume 3
IAmAChemicalEngineer	2
JamoRedhead	2
Jay_Dubbbs	2
JBonkies	2
Jerrywelfare	2
joebob431	2
jthomas694	2
JustAManAndHisLaptop	2
kflinderman	2
KJdkaslknv	2
Lefunnymaymays4lief	2	(+1) Similarly to Georgia, Notre Dame looks pretty damn complete with a vet QB; the difference being UGA passed the first of their major tests this past week while ND has played pretty light up to this point (even though all of Wisconsin, Purdue and UNC are probably better than anticipated) (and also I like Carr quite a bit more than Stockton). Provo will absolutely be live with it being a 5:30MT kick and GameDay coming to town, ND will just have to continue to shut out the noise and continue suffocating their opponents… and also stop pussyfooting and start Jonaz Walton already
Lex_Ludorum	2
Longvols	2
Luigiatl	2
MahjongDaily	2
MainPeanut25	2
malowry0124	2
manbeardawg	2
mcdsmaster8824	2
MemeofMemeJTG999999	2	(6-0) (up 2) W: 58-7 vs Stanford (2-4) Next Week: @ #11 BYU (5-0) Projected Bowl: Cotton Bowl vs Alabama/UCLA
monkeymatt1836	2
nbingham196	2
nemoran	2
noahthearc	2
noodlethebear	2
NotSoSuperNerd	2	2.502 [11.29-0.71]
Our-Gardian-Angel	2
PattyKane16	2
penisthightrap_	2
pileatedloon	2
plannedsickdays	2
Player_1_has_Joined	2
Polarbear1914	2
Pollaski	2
PSUMediaPA	2
Pure_Protein_Machine	2
Pyromania1983	2
RegionalBias	2
RobertNeyland	2
RollWarTideEagle	2
Roscoe_Filburn	2
royrules22	2
Ruhrgebietheld	2
ruwisc	2
ryseing	2
shifty1032231	2
srs_house	2
Staind075	2
SteemieRayVaughn	2
StFuzzySlippers	2
SufferingfOrLife	2
Tarmacked	2	No change, movement above
TaylorLeprechaun	2	+2
TheReformedBadger	2
TheZachster	2
thomasosu	2
TimeBroken	2
ToeInDigDeep	2	6-0, win over UNC, Mi St., Stanford, Purdue
TolkienFan71	2
TopGoose	2
Tornadohunter24	2	(+2)
TossedRightOut	2
twitter_paulbd	2	Undefeated BCR and looked better against common opponent with Miami: Stanford.
udderlymoovelous	2
UNC_Samurai	2
w8w8	2
WarEagle9	2
Zloggt	2	I wonder how the LDS temples in the South Bend area are handling this matchup...heh...
0010MK	3
12panther	3
aggiebruin27	3
AlphaH4wk	3
BallSoHerd	3
Bank_Gothic	3
BearsAreGreat1	3
Bereft13	3	Power: 4, SoR: 7; LW: 5
Blazeth	3
BlueSCar	3
BoukenGreen	3
bretticus733	3
budget_um	3	Rolled Stanford but mostly helped by Texas
Cecil_Hardboner	3
CFBHurts	3
Ch-i-ef	3	Every other game is ranked, that's something!...and you'd prob get in the CFP if you lose them all
ch1l1_ch33s3	3
chillmagic420	3
Chris-P-Creme	3
ColombianInIowa24	3	12.48 - Dominant again. Confident in ranked status. Up next, BYU!
CommodoreN7	3
CptCheese	3
Daigotsu	3
digdat0	3	3. Notre Dame — Score: 0.267 | Results: 1.654, SOS Rank: #58, Quality: 0.159, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 1, T50W: 3, Off Rk: #3, Def Rk: #7
djowen68	3
Doogitywoogity	3	Well ND has managed not to stumble in the early part of this season, and those Wisconsin and UNC wins look ok. But now we’ll get our first real test vs BYU. Luckily these teams have been saving themselves for this matchup, how sweet. 🥰🤮
dukemetoo	3
e8odie	3
ehoefler	3	92.45 | +4
elnino550	3	Dominant over Stanford.
EpicSchwinn	3
Euphoric_Relative_13	3
ewolfy13	3
galacticdude7	3	Predicted Record: 12-0
GatorBolt	3
GoBlueScrewOSU7	3
grjohnst	3
hythloday1	3
ikindalikelemons	3
Jakesnake42	3	Judgement Day (pun not intended) has arrived for Notre Dame. Gameday in Provo to introduce the CFB World to this ND team on a mission. Last Week: #6
jjjoebox	3
jmac_21	3
justsaynotoreddit	3
KansasEF5Tornado	3
Keener1899	3
Klaassy23	3
LiptonCB	3
Maladroit44	3	Miami/ND is a thoroughly meaningless ranking debate, given that these two teams will settle it on the field in the first week of November. But in the meantime, I've leaned towards the Canes over the Irish mostly on the strength of Miami's win over Wake Forest, a ranked victory that only gets better with every passing week. The best win ND has to compare is over 4-1 Wisconsin, which...*could* be good, but it's a precarious thing to balance an elite's resume on the strength of another team that has no meaningful results yet otherwise. The Badgers play UCLA, USC, and Iowa next, though, which could prove instructive about whether the Irish's win over them should be given a bit more respect.
mellolizard	3
Mr_Brews	3
mthompson2320	3	LW: 2
Muffinnnnnnn	3
Noy_Telinu	3	Easy schedule or not, they are blowing out teams
nw____	3	Bye - no no wait stanford
NyquillusDillwad20	3
one98d	3
owl_man	3
owlalwaysloveyew	3
Pablo49	3	1360
PeteyNice	3
Pikachu1989	3
placid_salad	3	LW: #6
Rakarei	3
redwave2505	3
retnuh101	3
RheagarTargaryen	3
RiffRamBahZoo	3
seaotter2	3
Shion314	3
ShogunAshoka	3
sirgippy	3	GippyRank expected rank: 4.3. Central 80% interval: 1–8. Top-25 probability: 99.9%.
sirvalkyerie	3
skuhlke	3
SlaminSammons	3
Sometimeswelose	3
soonerfreak	3
SpadeRyker	3
strikersteve60	3
SwissArmyScythe	3	+1
T-nawtical	3
T-Thugs	3	Notre Dame hangs at #3 in my poll thanks to a solid win over 4-1 Wisconsin. Also has wins over North Carolina (3-2, beat Pitt) and Purdue (3-3, beat Minnesota).
tdeff19	3
TDenverFan	3
Terminal_BAS	3
Texasagsman	3
ThaCarter	3
titansfan174	3
tomdawg0022	3
True_Ad5324	3	Up 2
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx	3	(+2)
Zef_Apollo	3	Clearly a good team, also a lock for the playoffs because of the schedule. They'd probably have to lose 3 games to be knocked out and I just don't see it. Big game against BYU this weekend.
_fastball	4
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_	4
Acm0028	4
AlexanderComet	4
AllHawkeyesGoToHell	4
ALStark69	4	+2; looked good but like it's Stanford lol
bannista7	4
BosskOnASegway	4	2029.4 -> 1998.4 [-31.0] (#2 -> #4)
ChemicalOle	4
conchobor	4
deadtofall12	4
diehardcubforever	4
douchebagjack	4	Best 3 Wins: Wisconsin, North Carolina, Michigan State. 0 Losses 6-0, 5 P4 wins, tell me who has a much better resume. Lacking a signature win, but Wisconsin + UNC don't suck. tier 1b: nd, indiana, miami, ucla are all close. but NW + NU > WAKE + Clemson> Wisco + UNC > Oregon, but it is close
Drexlore	4
dubscurry30	4	+1
frumious88	4
Hobbes_121	4
IceColdDrPepper_Here	4	There are some teams (like Georgia) that the "haven't played anybody" argument doesn't always work because they are just that good. Notre Dame has a chance to show that they are part of that group this Saturday against BYU
Inkblot9	4
jalexjsmithj	4	A: 4 C: 1 T: 3.4
JustinMSU21	4
laprasrules	4
MADBuc49	4	+2. Would be the #4 playoff seed in this scenario, playing the winner of #5 Texas/#12 Boise State in the Rose Bowl
ManiacalBlazer	4	88.617, (6-0). Top ten battle this coming weekend with BYU.
OldCoaly	4
olmsted	4
Red261	4
samspopguy	4
SCsprinter13	4
SearonTrejorek	4	0.88136
SIMBONEGTP	4
smartkeg	4	Dominant all season, highlight is a win at UNC and against Wisconsin.
sroach91	4
texas2089	4
TheUltimate721	4	How many more weeks until that Miami game... Oh wait they play BYU that should be a good one.
velociraptorfarmer	4
Wescat	4
Xy13	4
BananaBouquet	5
BorisNumber1	5
BUSean	5
CPiGuy2728	5
DampFrijoles	5
fshi	5
grey_pilgrim_	5
HelioOne	5
Hey_Its_Roomie	5
HideNZeke	5
jbowen1	5
PlactusTX	5	LW: 4 | Tier 1 | W Stanford
romulusjsp	5
sgtshenanigans	5	Stanford stinks but even with some key players out for Notre Dame they still handle business easily. This game was basically over after Stanford’s first play from scrimmage. Offensive line for Notre Dame really feels like it is coming together and that is really showing up in the running game.
spsellers	5
Stoneador	5	109 | 11 | 198
Techwid	5
tks231	5
52hoova	6
AJ_CC	6
cvsprinter1	6	Undefeated
cyclonepsycho	6
luckroy	6
nin478	6
TouchdownHeroes	6
visor841	6
grtgbln	7
RedBarracuda25	7
spmartin1993	7
dabul-master	9
HieloLuz	9	Wisconsin looks like a good blowout win, but not much else going on right now. Big game this week against BYU that will define both teams seasons. Bucket C ↓
sickmemes48	9
Charlemagne42	13	Adjustment: 38.4%
GeauxTri	15	Undefeated and highly rated by current power metrics, though the resume still lacks an elite win.
Justanother_0	15	This is it Notre Dame. If they win against BYU, then I'll accept that this is a good team with a weak schedule. If they lose, then I'll know that they're a team that lost a lot more from last years campaign than what was let on in the preseason. (Those following my ballot specifically will know that I am overly critical on Notre Dame due to the schedule that they picked out for themselves, because if out of the six games you chose the only one that looks competent is BYU then I take it as an attempt to abuse being an independent in order to get an easier schedule. I will say that this ranking is paired with the the fact that I also wouldn't pick this team to beat BYU right now. Should I be right, I won't drop this team down more than a spot or two. If I am wrong, they'll be in the top 10 at minimum.)

Provisional Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
BlueRFR3100	1
bocnj	1
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY	1
chief_sitass	1
DCorNothing	1
FindGreatness23	1
FrontRunner51	1	(+1)
g_trechel	1
HokiPoqi	1
owl-bears	1
Rhizical	1
rt13wx	1
Yamiosum	1
2AcesRoth	2	net elo off def ridge fei conf +26.3 +23.8 40.2 16.5 +30.4 +24.8 Independent
alexjcode_com	2	988
Applesaucemannus	2	Weak schedule but bta against everyone. Looks super legit. WIS win aging nice
BoilerUp28	2
DarthGlazer	2	playing well again...
dee3Poh	2	.970
DillyDillySzn	2
drewscottt	2	--
Effective-Lead-6657	2	(2) Notre Dame handled their business against Stanford. They're vaulted by Georgia because of the quality of Georgia's win. Next up is a game against BYU, the first real test of the season for the Irish.
Flaky_Bit6733	2
Fluid_Theory_6587	2
FoodCourtDruid	2
geordieColt88	2
gonshpreds1	2
idnttcrisis	2
isrealball	2
jis024	2
josh55134	2
jtchr33	2	Maybe I decided to prop up this matchup, but either way both teams look very good and should produce a good game. ND gets the edge for me, but BYU could make a huge statement.
jwrtf	2
KevinDoesSports	2	Next week against BYU will be a big test for this team. They haven't really had to worry in any of their games so far, I think they are the #2, for now.
Kirkwood641	2
leadbymight	2
loneSTAR_06	2
mathwrath55	2	The new #1 on the predictive side now that Bama has lost their spot, but their resume is too weak for them to be #1 overall
Menktenk	2
meristematic	2
meta_irl	2
n8TLfan	2
Nath0leon	2	+1. New FPI #1.
ndbfsu22	2
NonZero-Chance	2
Ok_Significance_3803	2
pongislame	2
Repulsive_Rub6443	2
ResearchFlaky5912	2	Continued to look dominant. Floats up a spot as Texas falls out.
S2OP	2	(-)
Scruggerboy	2
SignificanceFirm2398	2
spaceblev11	2
SpectralHydra	2
thatoneguyD13	2	Tier 1.
The_Stratman	2
TheCryptPartDeux	2
WBLwiffleball	2
_THE__BOULDER_	3	Dismantled Stanford. 3 TDs, no INTs for Carr. Jonaz Walton with 2 TDs, 181 yards over 13 carries, and a 97 yard long run. Offense looks high powered out there. Very much looking forward to the game against BYU this weekend.
ArlyntheAwesome	3
beckett929	3
bendyburner	3
BeyondLiesTheWub	3	change from last week: 0
bigred91224	3
Dawg-Bite	3
divey043	3
Express_Dinner7918	3	Can move up to #2 or #1 depending on how hard they win
fm22fnam	3	+3
FuzzyDunlop911	3
gohncell	3
GrimmacingGrinny	3
Hastronaut	3
HHunko13	3
Impossible-Still-349	3	(+2) geez what did pine tree do
jackmc04	3	(+2)
jibberishdhyukl	3
JJones927	3
KansasChaser2021	3
kevinsdomain	3
LegendParkour	3
LegionMammal978	3	[T3.] (−1½) GS .963, TS −104.
Living_Human	3	84.62
Lucaball3r	3
m3owzika	3
myworld3	3
National-Sundae9427	3	Just like Miami, they haven’t really been tested yet. This week will be their first test
NC_Pineapple	3
Nervous_Metal_9445	3
Original_Profile8600	3
PersianGuitarist	3
PrideSax711	3
Pyroblockx	3
RowDull8230	3
SaguaroCactus19	3
samtaylor92	3
Scottyfer	3
SomerandomIDFBfan	3
Spazzatack	3
TheBeekman8	3
ThompsonCreekTiger	3
TomorrowFinal6642	3
TyRoland06	3
wittingtarsier	3
Yelich04	3	^2
1Subject	4
666PeaceKeepaGirl	4
70277027	4
AoA_nB1	4	The last of the tier 1 teams IMO. I think ND is legit, and it all starts with this matchup @BYU. ND should roll, but games are won on Saturday’s, not on paper.
Blazemaster77	4
bruhstevenson	4
buccaneerboy22	4
ChiTrojan2	4
d1sportsball	4	Notre Dame stays undefeated, but their best win over Wisconsin is getting weaker in part to Northwestern and USC beating PSU much more convincingly.
DownshiftGD	4
EL-YEO	4
Esb5415	4
GDSamstag	4
JackWK_Gaming	4
jmdinbtr	4
jtsmd2	4
kennethbring	4
maxwell6233	4
NA_Faker	4
ninjatown23	4	Move up due to Texas loss to OU and Alabama loss to Georgia.
NNul	4
OG_Felwinter	4
Piptit	4
quantum_jedi	4	(61.80, +1) Completely dominated Stanford in a game that was never even close to competitive.
saquad69	4
Sflabuckeye13	4
SonOfGarry	4
Star_Wars_Sith	4
tbraptors	4	Either ND or BYU will be #2 after their game next week
ted1995	4
CallMeTheKing	5	105-0-32
grahamca	5	T1ˢᵗ W/L, T11ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 3ʳᵈ Team Strength, 2ⁿᵈ Quality of Wins
huntmant	5
ianmcmoney	5	25.83%
Isthmus11	5	6-0, again destroyed a truly terrible Stanford team that might be the worst team in P4. The BYU game next week will be very telling as to how good this team really is when they play great/elite competition
Klightgrove	5
LightningDusty	5	↑1
manbeqrpig	5
mathmanhale	5
Ok_Boysenberry716	5
Protoco2	5
PsychologicalFox8660	5
Pure-Shirt-5831	5
RJTrey	5
Salmon-Dude	5
Select-Edge-3262	5	+1
SportsCat4	5
sportstrap	5
thehornedlamb	5
Tortillero96	5	W (6-0) H +51 vs Stanford (unranked) 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)
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor	6	341
logace444444444	6
NoOutdoorSoup	6
AMETSFAN	7
dstrainr	7
NebraskaPlainsman	7
newSomberMan	7
Rishik01	7
BigGamesShouldCount	8
bryophyta_insolitam	8
MyAngelMiraidon	8	+1 - Similar record to Utah
Noahsince2002	9
ogsmurf826	9
Intelligent_Fix_6972	10
Mossed26	10
hbh110	14

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