<p>thejoker, I have never seen a ranking that places Notre Dame within 10 spots of #1 in Philosophy. I have only seen three Philosophy rankings, and they tend to agree with each other:</p>
<p>Gourman Report:
Although I do not have access to a link, I clearly remember that the top 15 departments were:
- Princeton University
- University of pittsburgh
- Harvard University
- University of California-Berkeley
- University of Chicago
- Stanford University
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- University of California-Los Angeles
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Cornell University
- Yale University
- Brown University
- Columbia University
- University of Notre Dame
- Boston University</p>
<p>National Research Council
- Princeton University<br>
- University of Pittsburgh<br>
- Harvard University<br>
- University of California-Berkeley<br>
- University of California-Los Angeles<br>
- Stanford University<br>
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor<br>
- Cornell University<br>
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
- University of Arizona<br>
- University of Chicago<br>
- Rutgers University<br>
- Brown University<br>
- University of California-San Diego<br>
- Notre Dame </p>
<p>[NRC</a> Rankings in Each of 41 Areas](<a href=“NRC Rankings in Each of 41 Areas”>NRC Rankings in Each of 41 Areas)</p>
<p>Philosophical Gourmet
- New York University
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick<br>
- Princeton University
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor<br>
- University of Pittsburgh<br>
- Stanford University
- Harvard University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of California-Los Angeles
- Columbia University
- University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
- University of California-Berkeley
- University of Arizona
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Texas-Austin </p>
<p>[The</a> Philosophical Gourmet Report 2006 - 2008 :: Overall Rankings](<a href=“http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/overall.asp]The”>http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/overall.asp)</p>
<p>Of course, those are rankings of graduate programs. There are no undergraduate rankings. However, Notre Dame is generally not considered #1 in Philosophy, at least not according to the rankings I have seen.</p>