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2026 Week 11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
eclectic_tastes 1
jrluhn 1
MainPeanut25 1 “11th best team in the country” LOL
MemeLovingLoser 1 Score 88.11 (▲ 2.71) | Place Change: ▲ 1 | Previous Rank: 2nd | Wins Composite Rank: 3rd | SoS Composite Rank: 4th | Margin of Victory Rank: 3rd | Penalties Composite Rank: 1st | Yardage Composite Rank: 2nd | Turnover Composite Rank: 1st | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 19th | Other Stats Rank: 12th
noahthearc 1
r0sco 1
TheZachster 1
vanburen1845 1
12panther 2
AJ_CC 2
BuckeyeForLife95 2 6.54
BUSean 2
bwburke94 2 +9.9590374 (LW: #7)
Chipsahoy523 2 +2
CRedds19 2
GeauxTri 2 8-1. Beat elite Miami 31-24, giving Notre Dame the signature win it lacked. Only loss is to BYU, and current FPI rates Notre Dame No. 1.
hascogrande 2
Helifino 2
Hugefootballfan44 2
JeromesNiece 2
Maladroit44 2
one98d 2
PlactusTX 2 LW: 11 | Tier 1 | W Miami (Florida)
Roscoe_Filburn 2
SpadeRyker 2
tdoger 2
Texasagsman 2
ThaCarter 2
The-Gothic-Castle 2
True_Ad5324 2 Up 2
A_Rolling_Baneling 3
Acm0028 3
BallSoHerd 3
Bank_Gothic 3 Big win over my former No. 1 Miami moves Notre Dame up. The Irish are 1-1 in their "prove it games," but the BYU game still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Not to the point where I won't count it as a loss for ND or a win for BYU, but I will remember the context. On top of that, they eye test supports Notre Dame at No. 3; when Carr is on his game, they are one of the best in the country.
bannista7 3
bernkastel87 3
Blooblod 3
brucewaynewins 3
budget_um 3
Cassiyus 3
Ch-i-ef 3 How'd you lose to BYU?
ChBass 3 Notre Dame got their best win, and the goldfish voters will forget all about the loss to BYU and put them at #1, but Pepperidge Farm remembers... It's the only thing holding back ND, who is at the top of the power ratings and is the only team with both a top-10 offense and defense.
chillmagic420 3
colton_97 3
Conn3er 3
CPiGuy2728 3
dabul-master 3
Darth_Ra 3
DataDrivenPirate 3
DavoinShower-handle 3
djowen68 3
Dropbackandpunt 3
dubscurry30 3 +2
elnino550 3
EpicSchwinn 3
flyingcircusdog 3
GenialGiant 3
grey_pilgrim_ 3
Hey_Its_Roomie 3
Jakesnake42 3 ND FINALLY GOT ITS BIG WIN. I looked at ND vs UGA for a while but the Auburn loss just kept sticking out to me in this comparison as the biggest difference. Last Week; #11
JamoRedhead 3
jbowen1 3
Jerrywelfare 3 Used to be if you beat #1, you were #1. Not in this brave new world of SEC presented by ESPN, unfortunately.
jrichardh 3
jthomas694 3
Justanother_0 3
malowry0124 3
mcdsmaster8824 3
MemeofMemeJTG999999 3 (8-1) (up 4)
W: 31-24 vs #1 Miami (8-1)
Next Week: vs Boston College (4-5)
Projected Bowl: Cotton Bowl vs Alabama/BYU
monkeymatt1836 3
mthompson2320 3 LW: 2
Noelthemexican 3
OKgolfer 3 LW: 6. Top 1-loss team. Best win: #5 Miami. Worst (only) loss: #10 BYU.
Our-Gardian-Angel 3
owlalwaysloveyew 3
Pablo49 3 1446
placid_salad 3 LW: #7 Extremely close to #2 this week, could have been higher with a larger MOV against Miami or if BYU would have beat Utah
Rakarei 3
Rcfan0902 3 1766.62 (0)
redwave2505 3
RegionalBias 3
romulusjsp 3
Ruhrgebietheld 3
scronko 3
sroach91 3
srs_house 3
StFuzzySlippers 3
Striker743 3 Up 3 - win over #5, loss at #8
SufferingfOrLife 3
T-Thugs 3 Notre Dame has one close road loss to BYU and has nice wins over Miami (8-1), Wisconsin (6-3) and UNC (5-4)
texas2089 3
the_neverdoctor 3
titansfan174 3
ToeInDigDeep 3 Loss to BYU
TolkienFan71 3
tomdawg0022 3
UNC_Samurai 3
w8w8 3
WarEagle9 3
zenverak 3
52hoova 4
_fastball 4
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 4
ALStark69 4 +3; great and necessary win for them
bakonydraco 4 91.696 (8-1)
BearsAreGreat1 4
BendrickLamar19 4
bladefencer 4 0.941, +3, Pow: 3, Off: 6, Def: 5, SOR: 7
blahblehblahwhoru 4
Blazeth 4
BorisNumber1 4
boxbeat 4
bretticus733 4
CambodianDrywall 4
Cars-and-Coffee 4
ch1l1_ch33s3 4
cinciforthewin 4
ColombianInIowa24 4 19.63 - [8-1] YES. Up next, the always trap game. (Mode: 9, Median: 14)
COLU_BUS 4
Corgi_Koala 4
CptCheese 4
Daigotsu 4
daredassdude 4
DarkLegend64 4
DarthYoda2594 4 Mostly here because of the head to head ladder of ND > Miami > Wake, also see main methodology. I could see an argument for making them the exception to "you can only beat who you play" since they're the only team who really controls their own strength of schedule, but it's my method and I'm sticking to it
Drexlore 4
dschinghiskhan 4
dukemetoo 4
fredmerc111 4
G-Aardvark 4
GatorBolt 4
grjohnst 4
grtgbln 4
Hackasizlak 4
halldaylong 4
HelioOne 4
HieloLuz 4
Hobbes_121 4
IAmAChemicalEngineer 4
IceColdDrPepper_Here 4
ikindalikelemons 4
Jay_Dubbbs 4
JBonkies 4
jimbobbypaul 4
jjjoebox 4
jmac_21 4
jonstark19 4 CFP: #4 seed, bye (play winner of Boise State-Miami)
justsaynotoreddit 4
KansasEF5Tornado 4
kflinderman 4
KJdkaslknv 4
Klaassy23 4
laprasrules 4
Longvols 4
Luigiatl 4
MahjongDaily 4
ManiacalBlazer 4 87.377
mellolizard 4
Muffinnnnnnn 4
Noy_Telinu 4 Holy fuck that was stressful
NyquillusDillwad20 4
plannedsickdays 4
Player_1_has_Joined 4
Pollaski 4
RedBarracuda25 4
redrumsoxLoL 4 The Fighting Irish took down the previous #1 team in the country in a match up had some controversies down the stretch. CJ Carr looked very strong leading the offense and the defense came up clutch when they needed to.
retnuh101 4
RJEP22 4
royrules22 4
ruwisc 4
SCsprinter13 4
seaotter2 4
sgtshenanigans 4 Notre Dame gets a signature win against the Canes and defensively looked dominate in the first half. It's pretty clear that while the defense has depth there is a big difference when Leonard Moore is playing and when he is not as Miami was able to close the gap while Leonard Moore was out.
shifty1032231 4
Shion314 4
sickmemes48 4
sirgippy 4 GippyRank Quality of Results expected rank: 6.9. Central 80% interval: 1–14. Top-25 probability: 98.7%.
sirvalkyerie 4
skuhlke 4
SlaminSammons 4
smartkeg 4 Notre Dame showed it can compete with elite opposition, and that performance makes it difficult to rank the Irish outside the top four.
Staind075 4
strikersteve60 4
SwissArmyScythe 4 +5
TaylorLeprechaun 4 +2
tdeff19 4
Techwid 4
TimeBroken 4
TopGoose 4
Tornadohunter24 4 [8-1, Independent] (+2) | SOR: #7 | Notable Results: W 41-13 vs HM Wisconsin [6-3] (at Lambeau Field), L 24-28 @ #12 BYU [7-2], W 31-24 vs #5 Miami [8-1] |
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 4 (+1)
ya111101 4
Zloggt 4 Watch them (still) underrank Notre Dame at the show tonight (maybe) lol
BananaBouquet 5
BoukenGreen 5
Cecil_Hardboner 5
ChaseTheFalcon 5
cornholesurfer 5
cyberchaox 5
diehardcubforever 5
ehoefler 5 89.74 | +11
Euphoric_Relative_13 5
ewolfy13 5
fshi 5
galacticdude7 5 Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: @BYU (24-28)

Comment: I've told you for weeks now that Notre Dame was going to beat Miami and as much as I dislike Notre Dame, it feels nice to be vindicated.
HideNZeke 5
hythloday1 5
joebob431 5
JustAManAndHisLaptop 5
MADBuc49 5 +2. Would be the #5 playoff seed in this scenario, hosting #12 Boise State in the first round
NotSoSuperNerd 5 2.162 [10.83-1.17]
olmsted 5
PeteyNice 5
Pikachu1989 5
Pure_Protein_Machine 5
RiffRamBahZoo 5
RobertNeyland 5
SearonTrejorek 5 0.85643
SIMBONEGTP 5
Sometimeswelose 5
spmartin1993 5
spsellers 5
TDenverFan 5
Terminal_BAS 5
TheNSAAgent777 5
TheUltimate721 5
velociraptorfarmer 5
Wescat 5
0010MK 6
AlphaH4wk 6
Bereft13 6 Power: 5, SoR: 4; LW: 10
CFBHurts 6
cvsprinter1 6 1-loss
cyclonepsycho 6
deadtofall12 6
e8odie 6
frone 6
Inkblot9 6
LiptonCB 6
nbingham196 6
PSUMediaPA 6
studio_sally 6
Tarmacked 6 Of the three teams following, they've been the most consistent. Miami was a huge win given their schedule doesn't have much meat remaining outside of SMU (who is a dark horse for the playoff IMO).
Bill3ffinMurray 7
infinitempg 7 0.868, +2
Pyromania1983 7
Stoneador 7 4 | 24 | 223
visor841 7
luckroy 8
BlueFalcon89 9
ExternalTangents 9 55.5%
Lex_Ludorum 9
douchebagjack 10 Best 3 Wins: Miami, Wisconsin, North Carolina.
1 Losses: B.Y.U..
Only team to beat Miami is great. BYU loss in Provo is a great loss tbh. The H2H may not play later, but right now seems like it has too.
ShogunAshoka 10
Charlemagne42 13 89

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
drewscottt 1 +1
HokiPoqi 1
Impossible-Still-349 1 (+2)
Kirkwood641 1
meristematic 1
SignificanceFirm2398 1
TyRoland06 1
2AcesRoth 2 net elo off def ridge fei
+22.7 +19.9 36.7 16.8 +28.7 +19.5
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY 2 8-1; score +2.59 = blend +2.02 +0.57 results; Q1/Q2 wins 1/2; losses Q1
chief_sitass 2
CinemaWithPsalty 2
dee3Poh 2 .930
FrontRunner51 2 (+4)
idnttcrisis 2
jtsmd2 2
m3owzika 2
ndbfsu22 2
ninjatown23 2 Notre Dame dethrones Miami and moves up to #2 this week.
penix4heisman 2
PsychologicalFox8660 2
Rhizical 2
rt13wx 2
Scottyfer 2
Yelich04 2 ^8 (#1 1-loss team, better than Georgia (#2 1-loss team) because their loss to BYU on the road is far better than Georgia's loss to Notre Dame at home, and their best win against Miami is about equal to Georgia's best win against Alabama to me.)
70277027 3
ad51603 3
AoA_nB1 3
beckett929 3
BoNnnnfhir 3
DillyDillySzn 3
fm22fnam 3 +3
Forsaken_Forever_678 3
g_trechel 3
Isthmus11 3
JJones927 3
josh55134 3
KevinDoesSports 3
Nervous_Metal_9445 3
ogsmurf826 3
Piptit 3
Pure-Shirt-5831 3
qwop00 3
Rishik01 3
S2OP 3 (-)
SpectralHydra 3
SportsCat4 3
TailgateLegend 3
thatoneguyD13 3 Tier 2. Arguably best win in CFB this year.
666PeaceKeepaGirl 4
Arago_ 4
ArlyntheAwesome 4
Blazemaster77 4
BoilerUp28 4
bruhstevenson 4
buccaneerboy22 4
ChiTrojan2 4
ChunkyMarx 4
d1sportsball 4
Delicious_Fig5384 4
divey043 4
DownshiftGD 4
Dramatic-Squash-6538 4
Effective-Lead-6657 4 (8)
EL-YEO 4
Flaky_Bit6733 4
FoodCourtDruid 4
geordieColt88 4
gohncell 4 Good win.
grahamca 4 T3ʳᵈ W/L, T7ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 2ⁿᵈ Team Strength, 4ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
GreenAndYellow12 4 0.731 (+8)
Hastronaut 4
HereComesNightTime 4
jackmc04 4 (+2)
JackWK_Gaming 4
jibberishdhyukl 4
jtchr33 4 This game surprised me, ND looked really good until the 4th then held on when they needed to.
Kyrosiv 4
LightningDusty 4 ↑4
loneSTAR_06 4
mathwrath55 4
MillerHighLifeStan 4
MiserableConfusion74 4
MyAngelMiraidon 4 +5 - Congrats! You have a quality win! And with how high I'm still holding BYU as well, this team should now absolutely be playoff bound assuming they don't implode
myworld3 4
NoOutdoorSoup 4
OG_Felwinter 4
Ok_Boysenberry716 4
Original_Profile8600 4
Pyroblockx 4
ResearchFlaky5912 4 Won a must-win game over Miami. Single loss is forgivable [#10 BYU] and now has the third-best win in the country.
SaguaroCactus19 4
samtaylor92 4
shouldajustsaid_yeah 4
Star_Wars_Sith 4
ThompsonCreekTiger 4 T-3rd Win %, 24th SOS, 4th SR
XVW55 4
BlueRFR3100 5
bryophyta_insolitam 5
DarthGlazer 5
GrimmacingGrinny 5
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor 5
jwrtf 5
KansasChaser2021 5
logace444444444 5
NebraskaPlainsman 5
owl-bears 5
RealityComps 5
saquad69 5
SomerandomIDFBfan 5
Spazzatack 5
ted1995 5
WBLwiffleball 5
1Subject 6
alexjcode_com 6 872
bocnj 6
GDSamstag 6
johnjones55 6
-MrWrightt- 7
bigred91224 7
isrealball 7
manbeqrpig 7
sportstrap 7
Applesaucemannus 8
tbraptors 8
Tortillero96 8 +6
W (8-1) H +10 vs Miami FL (1)
W (7-1) A +22 vs Navy (unranked)
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)
undercover_hot_dog 8
ianmcmoney 9 35.89%
LegionMammal978 9 (+12) GS .846, TS 2770: 70.5% #11 Miami + 20.1% #26 Wisconsin + 4.6% #44 North Carolina + 1.9% #56 Stanford + 1.5% #59 Michigan State + 1.4% #61 Purdue + 0.1% #100 Navy = 100% #12 BYU.
GenuineBoss 10
BigGamesShouldCount 11
hbh110 11
CallMeTheKing 12 .827
The_Stratman 12
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Green = Hybrid

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