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2026 Week 9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
Cars-and-Coffee 1
DataDrivenPirate 1
BlueSCar 2
BosskOnASegway 2 1934.2 -> 1902.0 [-32.2] (#1 -> #2)
BuckeyeForLife95 2 7.84
budget_um 2
Fmeson 2
JeromesNiece 2
MemeLovingLoser 2 Score 85.71 (▲ 0.03) | Place Change: None | Previous Rank: 2nd | Wins Composite Rank: 6th | SoS Composite Rank: 7th | Margin of Victory Rank: 2nd | Penalties Composite Rank: 1st | Yardage Composite Rank: 4th | Turnover Composite Rank: 2nd | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 17th | Other Stats Rank: 12th
r0sco 2
Roscoe_Filburn 2
TheZachster 2
Buckeyes2010 3
Conglossian 3 +2
daredassdude 3
Darth_Ra 3
Hackasizlak 3
Helifino 3
Jerrywelfare 3
jrichardh 3
MainPeanut25 3
monkeymatt1836 3
mthompson2320 3 LW: 3
Noelthemexican 3
pileatedloon 3
placid_salad 3
stripes361 3
studio_sally 3
vanburen1845 3
w8w8 3
12panther 4
arbadak 4 .856 rating, 6-1, SOS .602 (-1)
Cassiyus 4
Chipsahoy523 4 +2
Colton3690 4
colton_97 4
conchobor 4
CRedds19 4
DampFrijoles 4
DavoinShower-handle 4
eclectic_tastes 4
EpicSchwinn 4
G-Aardvark 4
halldaylong 4
hascogrande 4
jbowen1 4 2130.91 (0)
jmac_21 4
MahjongDaily 4
one98d 4
Our-Gardian-Angel 4
owlalwaysloveyew 4
Player_1_has_Joined 4
Polarbear1914 4
roguebandit1 4
ruwisc 4 LW: 4
SpadeRyker 4
Texasagsman 4
TouchdownHeroes 4
zenverak 4
Zloggt 4 BYU loss does look a bit worse now, alas...
bakonydraco 5 91.383 (6-1)
bannista7 5
Bereft13 5 Power: 3, SoR: 10; LW: 6
bladefencer 5 0.935, +2, Pow: 1, Off: 5, Def: 5, SOR: 8
brucewaynewins 5
BUSean 5
ch1l1_ch33s3 5
ChBass 5 In a world where losses don’t matter, the Irish would be #1. But losing to BYU takes away about 3/4 of the credit for beating Good Wisconsin, even if you are one of the three teams with both a top-10 offense and defense.
dabul-master 5
e8odie 5
eSpiritCorpse 5
HelioOne 5
jimbobbypaul 5
jthomas694 5
Klaassy23 5
Longvols 5
nemoran 5
noahthearc 5
Rakarei 5
retnuh101 5
sirgippy 5 GippyRank expected rank: 4.5. Central 80% interval: 2–9. Top-25 probability: <100%.
sirvalkyerie 5
SufferingfOrLife 5
texas2089 5
visor841 5
WarEagle9 5
Blazeth 6
ChaseTheFalcon 6
chillmagic420 6
Corgi_Koala 6
CptCheese 6
cyberchaox 6
djowen68 6
Dropbackandpunt 6
dubscurry30 6 +1
dukemetoo 6
galacticdude7 6 Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: @BYU (24-28)
grey_pilgrim_ 6
Hugefootballfan44 6
jonstark19 6
jrich960608 6
Luigiatl 6
Maladroit44 6
malowry0124 6
MemeofMemeJTG999999 6 (6-1) (up 1)
Bye
Next Week: vs Navy (2-5) (in Foxborough)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Alabama
noodlethebear 6
OKgolfer 6 LW: 7
Rcfan0902 6 1318.78 (-3)
RollWarTideEagle 6
Ruhrgebietheld 6
seaotter2 6
SearonTrejorek 6 0.81464
Striker743 6 EVEN - loss at #4, win over #23
tdeff19 6
Techwid 6
titansfan174 6
Tornadohunter24 6 [6-1, Independent] (-) | SOR: #13 | Notable Results: W 41-13 vs #23 Wisconsin [5-2] (at Lambeau Field), L 24-28 @ #5 BYU [6-1] |

The Fighting Irish were on bye this week, and so they held their position in absence of additional data (and the Wisconsin win improving to even out the BYU loss looking slightly worse). A slight uptick in the SOR due to the continued chaos occurring around them results in them not really seeing any ramifications of another wild week of CFB in 2026, and hopefully has given Marcus Freeman time to better prep his squad against not only Navy's triple option this weekend, but a clash against the #1 Hurricanes a week afterwards. A slightly weaker schedule than some of their fellow playoff hopefuls means that they must take advantage of the opportunities when they get them (without allowing the refs to dictate the results in a nailbiter).
True_Ad5324 6 Down 1
UNC_Samurai 6
velociraptorfarmer 6
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 6 (+1)
ya111101 6
A_Rolling_Baneling 7
AJ_CC 7
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 7
BearsAreGreat1 7
BendrickLamar19 7 One of those situations where I really want to rank Notre Dame higher but I can’t justify ranking them above a team who just beat them a week ago
bernkastel87 7
Bill3ffinMurray 7
bretticus733 7
Ch-i-ef 7
ChemicalOle 7
ColombianInIowa24 7 25.12 - Locked behind BYU, and no quality wins keeps them here.
CPiGuy2728 7
diehardcubforever 7
digdat0 7 7. Notre Dame — Score: 0.222 | Results: 1.266, SOS Rank: #49, Quality: 0.116, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 1, T50W: 2, Off Rk: #5, Def Rk: #17
Euphoric_Relative_13 7
flyingcircusdog 7
GatorBolt 7
hypercube42342 7 Another team the resume model hates
ikindalikelemons 7
Jakesnake42 7 Wisconsin beating USC the way they did does ND's resume a lot of good cause after that win their next best win is uhhh idek. Last Week: #14
joebob431 7
justsaynotoreddit 7
KJdkaslknv 7
Lex_Ludorum 7
LiptonCB 7
mcdsmaster8824 7
Muffinnnnnnn 7
Noy_Telinu 7 Really needs to beat Miami now
NyquillusDillwad20 7
PeteyNice 7
Pollaski 7
redrumsoxLoL 7 The Irish did not play, but with BYU falling to UCF their loss in retrospect looks worse and this leads me to punish them a bit.
redwave2505 7
spmartin1993 7
srs_house 7
StFuzzySlippers 7
TaylorLeprechaun 7 -1
the_neverdoctor 7
thomasosu 7
tks231 7
tomdawg0022 7
Wescat 7
_fastball 8
AlphaH4wk 8
ALStark69 8 +1; bye bye
BananaBouquet 8
Bank_Gothic 8
blahblehblahwhoru 8
BoukenGreen 8
boxbeat 8
CambodianDrywall 8
Conn3er 8
corundum9 8
DarkLegend64 8
DarthYoda2594 8
Drexlore 8
ewolfy13 8
fredmerc111 8
frumious88 8
GenialGiant 8
grjohnst 8
HideNZeke 8
HieloLuz 8 Notre dame starts a very weird bucket of 1 loss teams. Their win over Wisconsin is a quality win again, but that's their only one. Loss to BYU is by far the best of the bucket.
IceColdDrPepper_Here 8
Jay_Dubbbs 8
JBonkies 8
jjjoebox 8
JustAManAndHisLaptop 8
KansasEF5Tornado 8
kflinderman 8
MADBuc49 8 -4. Would be the #8 playoff seed in this scenario, hosting #9 Texas in the first round
mellolizard 8
olmsted 8
PattyKane16 8
Pikachu1989 8
plannedsickdays 8
PSUMediaPA 8
RedBarracuda25 8
RegionalBias 8
RiffRamBahZoo 8
royrules22 8
ryseing 8
scronko 8
shifty1032231 8
Shion314 8
Sometimeswelose 8
soonerfreak 8
sroach91 8
Staind075 8
strikersteve60 8
SwissArmyScythe 8 -4
T-Thugs 8 Notre Dame is 6-1 with a nice win over Wisconsin (5-2, beat USC). Also have a win over North Carolina (4-3). Tough loss to BYU. Have a big chance to shake up their position when they play Miami in two weeks.
TDenverFan 8
tdoger 8
TheReformedBadger 8
TimeBroken 8
AlexanderComet 9
BlueFalcon89 9
bwburke94 9 +8.7089501 (LW: #8)
Chris-P-Creme 9
cvsprinter1 9 1-loss
deadtofall12 9
Doogitywoogity 9 😴
douchebagjack 9 Best 3 Wins: Wisconsin, North Carolina, Michigan State.
1 Losses: B.Y.U..
ain't nobody ever lost to BYE PAWL. Navy, Miami, BC, SMU, Syracuse to finish leaves them lacking a major win. Wisconsin beating USC really does a lot for them tho
elnino550 9
frone 9
fshi 9
JamoRedhead 9
Keener1899 9
laprasrules 9
ManiacalBlazer 9 82.641 (6-1) -4, -1.234 bye week, BYU loss this week hurt rating
Mr_Brews 9
nin478 9
NotSoSuperNerd 9 1.945 [10.43-1.57]
OldCoaly 9
Pure_Protein_Machine 9
RheagarTargaryen 9
RJEP22 9
samspopguy 9
SCsprinter13 9
sgtshenanigans 9 The Irish were on a bye week but despite teams ahead of them losing I left them at the same spot. BYU losing to UCF hurt quite a bit and I felt that Indiana and Kentucky deserved to move up more based on the schedules from earlier in the season.
smartkeg 9 The Stanford blowout and other convincing wins demonstrate a high ceiling. The loss to BYU combined with strength of schedule caps their ranking.
spasm01 9
TadKosciuszko 9
ToeInDigDeep 9 Loss at BYU
TolkienFan71 9
VerySeriousBanana 9
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_ 10
Acm0028 10
Cecil_Hardboner 10
cfbguy 10
CFBHurts 10
COLU_BUS 10
Hobbes_121 10
hythloday1 10
SIMBONEGTP 10
spsellers 10
TheNSAAgent777 10
Corporal_Hicks 11
GeauxTri 12 6-1. Current power ratings remain elite; the only loss is to BYU, but the win column still lacks a victory as strong as teams above it.
Inkblot9 12
Charlemagne42 13 92.3
Justanother_0 13 On Bye, even with Wisconsin winning, there's not much to change
nw____ 13
Pablo49 13 922
PlactusTX 13 LW: 13 | Tier 2 | bye
Xy13 13 Sitting the bye after losing their 1 hard game of the year so far. Sad thing is they could lose to BYU, MIA, and SMU, and they'll probably still get in.
0010MK 14
ExternalTangents 14 83.0%
infinitempg 14 0.822, -1
Stoneador 14 8 | 13 | 194
ehoefler 15 82.42 | -3
grtgbln 15

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
boblovespi 1
HokiPoqi 1
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY 2
chief_sitass 2
drewscottt 2 -1
kennethbring 2
Scottyfer 2
tm65- 2 .724
2AcesRoth 3 net elo off def ridge fei conf
+23.3 +20.6 38.3 17.7 +28.8 +20.6 Independent
AoA_nB1 3
DillyDillySzn 3
FrontRunner51 3 (no change)
gonshpreds1 3
Impossible-Still-349 3 (-)
KevinDoesSports 3 The Irish move forward by default because of BYU's loss. Notre Dame did just barley lose that game and it was a controversial finish, so I'll keep them #3.
Kirkwood641 3
Rhizical 3
rob_bot13 3 1773 points. They got almost 0 penalty for a toss up game against BYU last week.
S2OP 3 (+1)
Scruggerboy 3
SignificanceFirm2398 3
TheCryptPartDeux 3
_THE__BOULDER_ 4 Bye
idnttcrisis 4
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor 4
jis024 4
Klightgrove 4
mathwrath55 4
Menktenk 4
MillerHighLifeStan 4
Nath0leon 4 --.
ninjatown23 4 Move up 1 spot as bye week boost from BYU losing.
BoilerUp28 5
dee3Poh 5 .850
meristematic 5
ndbfsu22 5
NNul 5
Piptit 5
PsychologicalFox8660 5
rt13wx 5
saquad69 5
spaceblev11 5
TyRoland06 5
Blazemaster77 6
BlueRFR3100 6
BoNnnnfhir 6
buccaneerboy22 6
ChiTrojan2 6
Delicious_Fig5384 6
EL-YEO 6
josh55134 6
jtchr33 6
kevinsdomain 6
loneSTAR_06 6
m3owzika 6
Pyroblockx 6
SportsCat4 6
Star_Wars_Sith 6
tbraptors 6 ND's resume is not great, and are lucky the teams below them are not the best
ted1995 6
thatoneguyD13 6 Tier 2.
WBLwiffleball 6
alexjcode_com 7 820
BeyondLiesTheWub 7 change from last week: +3
d1sportsball 7 H2H loss to BYU
geordieColt88 7
Isthmus11 7
jackmc04 7 (-1)
jtsmd2 7
LightningDusty 7 ↑1
myworld3 7
NA_Faker 7
Noahsince2002 7
Original_Profile8600 7
SonOfGarry 7
SpectralHydra 7
sportstrap 7
ThompsonCreekTiger 7
Arago_ 8
bruhstevenson 8
Character_Orchid4698 8
divey043 8
DownshiftGD 8
grahamca 8 T8ᵗʰ W/L, T19ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 4ᵗʰ Team Strength, 4ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
HereComesNightTime 8
HHunko13 8
JackWK_Gaming 8
jibberishdhyukl 8
mathmanhale 8
NoOutdoorSoup 8
Ok_Boysenberry716 8
Procyonyx 8 ...and Notre Dame have the opportunity to push into that tier. If Notre Dame loses against Miami we're going to have the same conversations about leaving them out of the playoff as last year. If they win, I foresee permutations of {OSU, ND, UM} as the top 3 for the rest of the year.
Pure-Shirt-5831 8
ResearchFlaky5912 8 Like often happens in my polls, ND stays attached to the team that they lost to when the only reference for how good the teams are is their game against each other. ND falls to the spot below BYU. Given their weak schedule, they will probably be stuck behind BYU until BYU either loses again or Wisconsin ascends. Speaking of, their dominant win over a now-ranked Wisconsin is how we know that they aren't just bad.
samtaylor92 8
shouldajustsaid_yeah 8
TailgateLegend 8
TheBeekman8 8
XVW55 8
666PeaceKeepaGirl 9
70277027 9
andrewtodd98 9
ArlyntheAwesome 9
beckett929 9
bigred91224 9
bocnj 9
Crelc3 9
DarthGlazer 9 when's their next game? they played better in their bye week.
FoodCourtDruid 9
GDSamstag 9
gohncell 9 I don't understand why we are overranking this team when they don't have top-20 wins and are putting this team in front of zero-loss teams
isrealball 9
jmdinbtr 9
Lucaball3r 9
Minnesnowtaaa 9
owl-bears 9
pongislame 9 -4 (BYU loss got worse; ain't played nobody other than Wisconsin)
RealityComps 9
SaguaroCactus19 9
Sflabuckeye13 9
Spazzatack 9
SpeddyDawg 9
TrashyTuber 9
undercover_hot_dog 9
Yelich04 9 v4
Aggravating-Funny569 10
Hastronaut 10
MyAngelMiraidon 10 +1 - on bye
OG_Felwinter 10
Ok_Significance_3803 10
Oldenmw 10 I still don't think you've been tested enough.
Applesaucemannus 11
CallMeTheKing 11 118-19-0
Flaky_Bit6733 11
g_trechel 11
GreenAndYellow12 11 .478 |--|
ianmcmoney 11 49.01%
JCNoles 11 18/16
1Subject 12
dstrainr 12
Quick-Newt-5651 12
bryophyta_insolitam 13
newSomberMan 13
quantum_jedi 13 (64.87, -4) On BYE this week. Up next is Navy.
BigGamesShouldCount 14
logace444444444 14
Rishik01 14
Tortillero96 14 L (6-1) A -4 vs BYU (11)
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)
Nervous_Metal_9445 15
manbeqrpig 17
hbh110 20
The_Stratman 20
LegionMammal978 21 (−14) GS .800, TS 1388: 46.8% #30 Wisconsin + 40.9% #31 Purdue + 6.8% #49 North Carolina + 4.7% #55 Stanford + 0.7% #74 Michigan State = 100% #20 BYU.
GenuineBoss 22
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Green = Hybrid

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