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Notre Dame Fans Now Nearly Unanimous in Their Positivity of Football Program

Irish supporters are also impressed with Georgia and Texas (the football teams, not the states)

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NCAA Football: Virginia at Notre Dame Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish cruised in their Saturday’s matchup against an undermanned Bowling Green Falcons team, almost unifying Irish fans in their confidence of the football program’s direction.

A new SB Nation FanPulse poll, released today, found that 95.2 percent of self-identified Notre Dame fans believe their program is heading in the right direction. That’s up 1.4 percent among the same pool of respondents who answered the survey after the Irish’s Sept. 28 win against Virginia. (You can sign up here to add your opinion starting Saturday evening.*)

Even though program confidence is slightly up, Irish fans collectively kept their favorite team at No. 9 for the third consecutive week.

Notre Dame Fans’ Post Week 14 Poll

Ranking Team Preseason Week 6 Week 9 Week 12 Week 13
Ranking Team Preseason Week 6 Week 9 Week 12 Week 13
1 LSU 10 5 1 1 1
2 Ohio State 7 4 3 2 2
3 Clemson 1 2 4 3 3
4 Georgia 3 3 7 4 4
5 Oklahoma 4 6 8 6 6
6 Utah 15 15 9 8 7
7 Baylor NR NR 11 11 8
8 Florida 7 8 6 10 9
9 Alabama 2 1 2 5 5
10 Auburn 18 12 12 16 14
11 Wisconsin 17 7 19 17 17
12 Penn State 14 11 5 9 11
13 Notre Dame 5 9 16 12 12
14 Memphis NR NR 23 14 13
15 Oregon 12 13 10 7 15
16 Boise State NR 14 21 20 20
17 Minnesota NR NR 13 13 10
18 App State NR NR 18 22 19
19 Michigan 9 16 15 15 16
20 Iowa 19 17 25 21 21
21 Cincinnati NR NR 17 18 18
22 Navy NR NR NR NR 22
23 Virginia NR 21 NR NR NR
24 Air Force NR NR NR 23 23
25 UAB NR NR NR NR NR
Voters who signed up for Fan Pulse and self-identified as Notre Dame fans. SB Nation

In the national poll — which encompasses our fans, supporters of 49 other Power 5 teams and those who root for Group of 5 squads — the Irish improved one spot, from No. 10 to No. 9, following the blowout. Two former Notre Dame opponents — the Georgia Bulldogs and Virginia Cavaliers — moved down, while the Michigan Wolverines — a future opponent — moved up.

Here’s how Irish fans differed with the national audience:

This week, 8.3 percent of FanPulse respondents said the Irish’s upcoming game with the USC Trojans was their most anticipated of the Columbus Day weekend.

OTHER FANBASES REACT TO IRISH

Which fans of which programs are the most and least impressed with the Irish?

CONFIDENCE OF OPPONENTS’ FANS

Here’s how confident our opponents’ fanbases are in the direction of their teams.

Confidence of Opponents’ Fanbases

Team Week 1 Week 6 Week 9 Week 13 Week 14
Team Week 1 Week 6 Week 9 Week 13 Week 14
Boston College 82.4 0 0 0* 0*
Duke 100 80 85.7 50* 50
Georgia 100 100 75 85.7 92.6
Louisville 94.1 100 100 100 100
Michigan 92.4 36.1 83.8 94.3 53.3
Notre Dame 85.2 95.2 44.7 91.2 88.3
Stanford 100 100 25 20* 50*
USC 22.2 0 0 44* 18.2
Virginia 100 93.1 65.2 95.7 96.4
Virginia Tech 32 35.7 66.7 100 88.9
FanPulse survey conducted 11/24. (* indicates fewer than 10 people responded) SB Nation

What do you think?

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* Only one sign up necessary. A poll will be mailed to you each Saturday evening until football season ends.

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