CFP committee chair Mack Rhoades' selling points on No. 9 Notre Dame as a surefire top-10 team:
-7 wins in a row
-2 losses to ranked teams by combined 4 points
-A clear corner turned defensively
-Offensive versatility with RBs Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price and QB CJ Carr
.@AriWasserman asked CFP Committee chair Mack Rhoades about Notre Dame's No. 10 ranking. Full explanation:
"I think it starts with two losses, total of 4 points against two very, very good teams. One of them ranked third in the country and one ranked 18th. We talked about, I think early on defensively, maybe they weren't as good as what we thought they would be but certainly most recent, it seems like they've been much, much better defensively.
"Six straight wins. You look at their backfield, Jadarian Price, Jeremiyah Love. Probably the best backfield in the country when you think about one-two punch. Going into the Southern Cal game, they lost their starting center for the year and they were able to overcome that and run for a bunch of yards again against Southern Cal.
"When we look at the tape, we think Notre Dame's a really solid football team, both sides of the ball."