Notre Dame Fighting Irish FBS College Football Ratings & Rankings

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Notre Dame

Fighting Irish

Superior

A+ Overall Grade 98

Final Boss

Balanced Beast

Juggernaut

Heating Up

Brutal Schedule

Consistency King

Next Up:
Wisconsin, Sun Sep 6

Preseason Performance Rankings: FBS (National)

Notre Dame Fighting Irish has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

Winning season .500 season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	3-9	25.0%	—
2008-09	7-6	53.8%	—
2009-10	6-6	50.0%	—
2010-11	8-5	61.5%	#24
2011-12	8-5	61.5%	#31
2012-13	12-1	92.3%	#3
2013-14	9-4	69.2%	#21
2014-15	8-5	61.5%	#27
2015-16	10-3	76.9%	#14
2016-17	4-8	33.3%	#78
2017-18	10-3	76.9%	#9
2018-19	12-1	92.3%	#3
2019-20	11-2	84.6%	#8
2020-21	10-2	83.3%	#8
2021-22	11-2	84.6%	#10
2022-23	9-4	69.2%	#18
2023-24	10-3	76.9%	#15
2024-25	14-2	87.5%	#3
2025-26	10-2	83.3%	#9

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
9	Notre Dame	10	2
62	Washington St	7	6	1
88	Connecticut	9	4
201	Oregon St	2	10

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sun Aug 31	at #4 Miami FL (13-3) (#4 nationally) ACC	L24-27
Sat Sep 13	vs #14 Texas A&M (11-2) (#14 nationally) SEC	L40-41
Sat Sep 20	vs Purdue (2-10) Big Ten	W56-30
Sat Sep 27	at Arkansas (2-10) SEC	W56-13
Sat Oct 4	vs Boise St (9-5) Mountain West	W28-7
Sat Oct 11	vs North Carolina St (8-5) ACC	W36-7
Sat Oct 18	vs #17 Southern Cal (9-4) (#17 nationally) Big Ten	W34-24
Sat Nov 1	at Boston College (2-10) ACC	W25-10
Sat Nov 8	vs #21 Navy (11-2) (#21 nationally) AAC	W49-10
Sat Nov 15	at Pittsburgh (8-5) ACC	W37-15
Sat Nov 22	vs Syracuse (3-9) ACC	W70-7
Sat Nov 29	at Stanford (4-8) ACC	W49-20

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	5	0	0
1	Sep 2	10	0	1	5
2	Sep 7	15	0	1	5
3	Sep 14	30	0	2	15
4	Sep 21	23	1	2	7
5	Sep 28	24	2	2	1
6	Oct 5	16	3	2	8
7	Oct 12	14	4	2	2
8	Oct 19	9	5	2	5
9	Oct 26	10	5	2	1
10	Nov 2	12	6	2	2
11	Nov 9	10	7	2	2
12	Nov 16	11	8	2	1
13	Nov 23	10	9	2	1
14	Nov 30	11	10	2	1
15	Dec 7	10	10	2	1
16	Dec 14	10	10	2
17	Dec 21	10	10	2
18	Dec 28	9	10	2	1
19	Jan 4	9	10	2
20	Jan 10	9	10	2
21	Jan 20	9	10	2

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