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Notre Dame Fighting Irish AP Poll History

Location: Notre Dame, Indiana ▪ Colors: Blue & Gold
Record: 109 Years, 1750-950, .648 W-L%

Conferences: Big East and Ind
Conference Champion: 5 Times (Reg. Seas.), 0 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 33 Years (31-37), 1 Final Four, 0 Championships

Ranked in AP Poll: 20 Times (Preseason), 23 Times (Final), 333 Weeks (Total)

333 Polls

Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
1 2013 1 Preseason 22 NA —
2 2013 2 2012-11-12 20 22 Up 2
3 2013 5 2012-12-03 22 Up 
4 2013 6 2012-12-10 22 22 NC
5 2013 7 2012-12-17 22 22 NC
6 2013 8 2012-12-24 21 22 Up 1
7 2013 9 2012-12-31 21 21 NC
8 2013 10 2013-01-07 17 21 Up 4
9 2013 11 2013-01-14 20 17 Down 3
10 2013 12 2013-01-21 24 20 Down 4
11 2013 14 2013-02-04 25 Up 
12 2013 15 2013-02-11 21 25 Up 4
13 2013 16 2013-02-18 25 21 Down 4
14 2013 17 2013-02-25 21 25 Up 4
15 2013 18 2013-03-04 24 21 Down 3
16 2013 20 Final 23 Up 
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
17 2012 15 2012-02-13 23 Up 
18 2012 16 2012-02-20 20 23 Up 3
19 2012 17 2012-02-27 20 20 NC
20 2012 18 2012-03-05 23 20 Down 3
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
21 2011 4 2010-11-29 25 Up 
22 2011 5 2010-12-06 23 25 Up 2
23 2011 6 2010-12-13 24 23 Down 1
24 2011 7 2010-12-20 22 24 Up 2
25 2011 8 2010-12-27 15 22 Up 7
26 2011 9 2011-01-03 14 15 Up 1
27 2011 10 2011-01-10 9 14 Up 5
28 2011 11 2011-01-17 16 9 Down 7
29 2011 12 2011-01-24 15 16 Up 1
30 2011 13 2011-01-31 9 15 Up 6
31 2011 14 2011-02-07 8 9 Up 1
32 2011 15 2011-02-14 8 8 NC
33 2011 16 2011-02-21 9 8 Down 1
34 2011 17 2011-02-28 8 9 Up 1
35 2011 18 2011-03-07 4 8 Up 4
36 2011 19 Final 5 4 Down 1
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
37 2010 3 2009-11-23 23 Up 
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
38 2009 1 Preseason 9 NA —
39 2009 2 2008-11-17 8 9 Up 1
40 2009 3 2008-11-24 8 8 NC
41 2009 4 2008-12-01 7 8 Up 1
42 2009 5 2008-12-08 12 7 Down 5
43 2009 6 2008-12-15 12 12 NC
44 2009 7 2008-12-22 8 12 Up 4
45 2009 8 2008-12-29 7 8 Up 1
46 2009 9 2009-01-05 13 7 Down 6
47 2009 10 2009-01-12 12 13 Up 1
48 2009 11 2009-01-19 19 12 Down 7
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
49 2008 14 2008-02-04 22 Up 
50 2008 15 2008-02-11 20 22 Up 2
51 2008 16 2008-02-18 21 20 Down 1
52 2008 17 2008-02-25 17 21 Up 4
53 2008 18 2008-03-03 19 17 Down 2
54 2008 19 2008-03-10 14 19 Up 5
55 2008 20 Final 15 14 Down 1
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
56 2007 6 2006-12-12 21 Up 
57 2007 7 2006-12-19 20 21 Up 1
58 2007 8 2006-12-26 19 20 Up 1
59 2007 9 2007-01-02 17 19 Up 2
60 2007 10 2007-01-09 22 17 Down 5
61 2007 11 2007-01-16 20 22 Up 2
62 2007 12 2007-01-23 22 20 Down 2
63 2007 13 2007-01-30 21 22 Up 1
64 2007 17 2007-02-27 22 Up 
65 2007 18 2007-03-06 20 22 Up 2
66 2007 19 Final 17 20 Up 3
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
67 2005 1 Preseason 20 NA —
68 2005 2 2004-11-16 20 20 NC
69 2005 3 2004-11-23 21 20 Down 1
70 2005 4 2004-11-30 20 21 Up 1
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
71 2004 1 Preseason 21 NA —
72 2004 2 2003-11-25 21 21 NC
73 2004 3 2003-12-02 23 21 Down 2
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
74 2003 5 2002-12-10 10 Up 
75 2003 6 2002-12-17 9 10 Up 1
76 2003 7 2002-12-24 8 9 Up 1
77 2003 8 2002-12-31 6 8 Up 2
78 2003 9 2003-01-07 5 6 Up 1
79 2003 10 2003-01-14 10 5 Down 5
80 2003 11 2003-01-21 16 10 Down 6
81 2003 12 2003-01-28 11 16 Up 5
82 2003 13 2003-02-04 10 11 Up 1
83 2003 14 2003-02-11 10 10 NC
84 2003 15 2003-02-18 12 10 Down 2
85 2003 16 2003-02-25 9 12 Up 3
86 2003 17 2003-03-04 16 9 Down 7
87 2003 18 2003-03-11 17 16 Down 1
88 2003 19 Final 22 17 Down 5
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
89 2001 1 Preseason 15 NA —
90 2001 2 2000-11-14 16 15 Down 1
91 2001 3 2000-11-21 14 16 Up 2
92 2001 4 2000-11-28 11 14 Up 3
93 2001 5 2000-12-05 10 11 Up 1
94 2001 6 2000-12-12 21 10 Down 11
95 2001 7 2000-12-19 21 21 NC
96 2001 8 2000-12-26 22 21 Down 1
97 2001 9 2001-01-02 21 22 Up 1
98 2001 10 2001-01-09 25 21 Down 4
99 2001 13 2001-01-30 23 Up 
100 2001 14 2001-02-06 20 23 Up 3
101 2001 15 2001-02-13 14 20 Up 6
102 2001 16 2001-02-20 18 14 Down 4
103 2001 17 2001-02-27 13 18 Up 5
104 2001 18 2001-03-06 19 13 Down 6
105 2001 19 Final 19 19 NC
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
106 1990 1 Preseason 17 NA —
107 1990 2 1989-11-27 19 17 Down 2
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
108 1989 5 1988-12-13 19 Up 
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
109 1988 3 1987-12-08 19 Up 
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
110 1987 15 1987-03-03 20 Up 
111 1987 16 Final 18 20 Up 2
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
112 1986 1 Preseason 12 NA —
113 1986 2 1985-11-26 11 12 Up 1
114 1986 3 1985-12-03 10 11 Up 1
115 1986 4 1985-12-10 17 10 Down 7
116 1986 5 1985-12-17 19 17 Down 2
117 1986 6 1985-12-24 18 19 Up 1
118 1986 7 1985-12-31 17 18 Up 1
119 1986 8 1986-01-07 16 17 Up 1
120 1986 9 1986-01-14 13 16 Up 3
121 1986 10 1986-01-21 16 13 Down 3
122 1986 11 1986-01-28 14 16 Up 2
123 1986 12 1986-02-04 14 14 NC
124 1986 13 1986-02-11 14 14 NC
125 1986 14 1986-02-18 14 14 NC
126 1986 15 1986-02-25 12 14 Up 2
127 1986 16 1986-03-04 12 12 NC
128 1986 17 Final 10 12 Up 2
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
129 1982 1 Preseason 19 NA —
130 1982 2 1981-12-01 19 19 NC
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
131 1981 1 Preseason 10 NA —
132 1981 2 1980-12-02 13 10 Down 3
133 1981 3 1980-12-09 9 13 Up 4
134 1981 4 1980-12-16 6 9 Up 3
135 1981 5 1980-12-23 8 6 Down 2
136 1981 6 1980-12-30 4 8 Up 4
137 1981 7 1981-01-06 5 4 Down 1
138 1981 8 1981-01-13 7 5 Down 2
139 1981 9 1981-01-20 13 7 Down 6
140 1981 10 1981-01-27 8 13 Up 5
141 1981 11 1981-02-03 9 8 Down 1
142 1981 12 1981-02-10 12 9 Down 3
143 1981 13 1981-02-17 11 12 Up 1
144 1981 14 1981-02-24 6 11 Up 5
145 1981 15 1981-03-03 6 6 NC
146 1981 16 Final 7 6 Down 1
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
147 1980 1 Preseason 5 NA —
148 1980 2 1979-12-04 4 5 Up 1
149 1980 3 1979-12-11 4 4 NC
150 1980 4 1979-12-18 4 4 NC
151 1980 5 1979-12-26 3 4 Up 1
152 1980 6 1980-01-02 7 3 Down 4
153 1980 7 1980-01-08 7 7 NC
154 1980 8 1980-01-15 8 7 Down 1
155 1980 9 1980-01-22 8 8 NC
156 1980 10 1980-01-29 8 8 NC
157 1980 11 1980-02-05 9 8 Down 1
158 1980 12 1980-02-12 12 9 Down 3
159 1980 13 1980-02-19 10 12 Up 2
160 1980 14 1980-02-26 14 10 Down 4
161 1980 15 Final 9 14 Up 5
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
162 1979 1 Preseason 3 NA —
163 1979 2 1978-11-28 3 3 NC
164 1979 3 1978-12-05 3 3 NC
165 1979 4 1978-12-12 2 3 Up 1
166 1979 5 1978-12-19 2 2 NC
167 1979 6 1978-12-26 2 2 NC
168 1979 7 1979-01-03 2 2 NC
169 1979 8 1979-01-09 2 2 NC
170 1979 9 1979-01-16 1 2 Up 1
171 1979 10 1979-01-23 1 1 NC
172 1979 11 1979-01-30 1 1 NC
173 1979 12 1979-02-06 1 1 NC
174 1979 13 1979-02-13 3 1 Down 2
175 1979 14 1979-02-20 3 3 NC
176 1979 15 1979-02-27 2 3 Up 1
177 1979 16 1979-03-06 5 2 Down 3
178 1979 17 Final 4 5 Up 1
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
179 1978 1 Preseason 4 NA —
180 1978 2 1977-11-29 3 4 Up 1
181 1978 3 1977-12-06 3 3 NC
182 1978 4 1977-12-13 2 3 Up 1
183 1978 5 1977-12-20 5 2 Down 3
184 1978 6 1977-12-27 4 5 Up 1
185 1978 7 1978-01-03 5 4 Down 1
186 1978 8 1978-01-10 5 5 NC
187 1978 9 1978-01-17 7 5 Down 2
188 1978 10 1978-01-24 5 7 Up 2
189 1978 11 1978-01-31 4 5 Up 1
190 1978 12 1978-02-07 4 4 NC
191 1978 13 1978-02-14 7 4 Down 3
192 1978 14 1978-02-21 9 7 Down 2
193 1978 15 1978-02-28 7 9 Up 2
194 1978 16 1978-03-06 10 7 Down 3
195 1978 17 Final 6 10 Up 4
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
196 1977 1 Preseason 14 NA —
197 1977 2 1976-11-30 8 14 Up 6
198 1977 3 1976-12-07 7 8 Up 1
199 1977 4 1976-12-14 4 7 Up 3
200 1977 5 1976-12-21 2 4 Up 2
201 1977 6 1976-12-28 2 2 NC
202 1977 7 1977-01-04 8 2 Down 6
203 1977 8 1977-01-11 19 8 Down 11
204 1977 16 1977-03-08 15 Up 
205 1977 17 Final 10 15 Up 5
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
206 1976 1 Preseason 7 NA —
207 1976 2 1975-12-02 9 7 Down 2
208 1976 3 1975-12-09 8 9 Up 1
209 1976 4 1975-12-16 5 8 Up 3
210 1976 5 1975-12-23 5 5 NC
211 1976 6 1975-12-30 5 5 NC
212 1976 7 1976-01-06 13 5 Down 8
213 1976 8 1976-01-13 15 13 Down 2
214 1976 9 1976-01-20 15 15 NC
215 1976 10 1976-01-27 10 15 Up 5
216 1976 11 1976-02-03 11 10 Down 1
217 1976 12 1976-02-10 10 11 Up 1
218 1976 13 1976-02-17 8 10 Up 2
219 1976 14 1976-02-24 6 8 Up 2
220 1976 15 1976-03-02 8 6 Down 2
221 1976 16 1976-03-09 7 8 Up 1
222 1976 17 Final 7 7 NC
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
223 1975 1 Preseason 12 NA —
224 1975 2 1974-12-03 13 12 Down 1
225 1975 3 1974-12-10 11 13 Up 2
226 1975 4 1974-12-17 12 11 Down 1
227 1975 5 1974-12-24 13 12 Down 1
228 1975 6 1974-12-31 19 13 Down 6
229 1975 10 1975-01-28 16 Up 
230 1975 11 1975-02-04 14 16 Up 2
231 1975 12 1975-02-11 16 14 Down 2
232 1975 13 1975-02-18 11 16 Up 5
233 1975 14 1975-02-25 16 11 Down 5
234 1975 15 1975-03-04 16 16 NC
235 1975 16 1975-03-11 12 16 Up 4
236 1975 17 1975-03-18 9 12 Up 3
237 1975 18 1975-03-25 14 9 Down 5
238 1975 19 Final 14 14 NC
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
239 1974 1 Preseason 8 NA —
240 1974 2 1973-12-04 8 8 NC
241 1974 3 1973-12-11 6 8 Up 2
242 1974 4 1973-12-18 3 6 Up 3
243 1974 5 1973-12-25 3 3 NC
244 1974 6 1974-01-02 2 3 Up 1
245 1974 7 1974-01-08 2 2 NC
246 1974 8 1974-01-15 2 2 NC
247 1974 9 1974-01-22 1 2 Up 1
248 1974 10 1974-01-29 3 1 Down 2
249 1974 11 1974-02-05 3 3 NC
250 1974 12 1974-02-12 3 3 NC
251 1974 13 1974-02-19 2 3 Up 1
252 1974 14 1974-02-26 2 2 NC
253 1974 15 1974-03-05 2 2 NC
254 1974 16 1974-03-12 3 2 Down 1
255 1974 17 1974-03-19 5 3 Down 2
256 1974 18 Final 5 5 NC
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
257 1971 1 Preseason 5 NA —
258 1971 2 1970-12-08 6 5 Down 1
259 1971 3 1970-12-15 7 6 Down 1
260 1971 4 1970-12-22 14 7 Down 7
261 1971 5 1970-12-29 15 14 Down 1
262 1971 6 1971-01-05 9 15 Up 6
263 1971 7 1971-01-12 9 9 NC
264 1971 8 1971-01-19 9 9 NC
265 1971 9 1971-01-26 7 9 Up 2
266 1971 10 1971-02-02 12 7 Down 5
267 1971 11 1971-02-09 9 12 Up 3
268 1971 12 1971-02-16 14 9 Down 5
269 1971 13 1971-02-23 19 14 Down 5
270 1971 14 1971-03-02 16 19 Up 3
271 1971 15 1971-03-09 14 16 Up 2
272 1971 16 Final 12 14 Up 2
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
273 1970 1 Preseason 13 NA —
274 1970 2 1969-12-09 10 13 Up 3
275 1970 3 1969-12-16 6 10 Up 4
276 1970 4 1969-12-23 11 6 Down 5
277 1970 5 1969-12-30 13 11 Down 2
278 1970 8 1970-01-20 20 Up 
279 1970 11 1970-02-10 16 Up 
280 1970 12 1970-02-17 14 16 Up 2
281 1970 13 1970-02-24 13 14 Up 1
282 1970 14 1970-03-03 15 13 Down 2
283 1970 15 Final 9 15 Up 6
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
284 1969 1 Preseason 4 NA —
285 1969 2 1968-12-03 5 4 Down 1
286 1969 3 1968-12-10 7 5 Down 2
287 1969 4 1968-12-17 7 7 NC
288 1969 5 1968-12-24 7 7 NC
289 1969 6 1968-12-31 16 7 Down 9
290 1969 7 1969-01-07 17 16 Down 1
291 1969 8 1969-01-14 16 17 Up 1
292 1969 9 1969-01-21 15 16 Up 1
293 1969 15 Final 17 Up 
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
294 1965 1 Preseason 17 NA —
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
295 1959 1 1958-12-09 11 NA —
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
296 1958 1 1957-12-10 15 NA —
297 1958 10 1958-02-11 17 Up 
298 1958 11 1958-02-18 10 17 Up 7
299 1958 12 1958-02-25 8 10 Up 2
300 1958 13 1958-03-04 7 8 Up 1
301 1958 14 Final 8 7 Down 1
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
302 1957 14 Final 17 Up 
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
303 1955 1 1954-12-07 9 NA —
304 1955 2 1954-12-14 20 9 Down 11
305 1955 5 1955-01-04 20 Up 
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
306 1954 2 1953-12-15 16 Up 
307 1954 3 1953-12-22 19 16 Down 3
308 1954 7 1954-01-19 6 Up 
309 1954 8 1954-01-26 6 6 NC
310 1954 9 1954-02-02 7 6 Down 1
311 1954 10 1954-02-09 6 7 Up 1
312 1954 11 1954-02-16 6 6 NC
313 1954 12 1954-02-23 6 6 NC
314 1954 13 1954-03-02 5 6 Up 1
315 1954 14 1954-03-09 6 5 Down 1
316 1954 15 Final 6 6 NC
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
317 1953 1 1952-12-16 7 NA —
318 1953 2 1952-12-23 11 7 Down 4
319 1953 3 1952-12-30 19 11 Down 8
320 1953 4 1953-01-06 13 19 Up 6
321 1953 5 1953-01-13 11 13 Up 2
322 1953 6 1953-01-20 16 11 Down 5
323 1953 7 1953-01-27 17 16 Down 1
324 1953 11 1953-02-24 17 Up 
325 1953 12 1953-03-03 13 17 Up 4
326 1953 13 1953-03-10 17 13 Down 4
327 1953 14 Final 10 17 Up 7
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
328 1952 1 1951-12-10 14 NA —
329 1952 2 1951-12-17 20 14 Down 6
330 1952 3 1951-12-25 9 20 Up 11
331 1952 4 1952-01-01 14 9 Down 5
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
332 1951 1 1950-12-19 14 NA —
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
333 1950 5 1950-01-31 16 Up