The biggest positive that could come from this:
If Marcus Freeman reacts to this the way that I think he will, you are about to see the most motivated and pissed off team in Notre Dame history. We are going to fucking destroy anyone and everyone in our path in 2026.
Legitimately thought Notre Dame was going to win the national title.
Especially after seeing IU/OSU last night.
Arguably the best team in the country just got left out of the playoff.
Notre Dame just got punished for a three-point road loss to No. 10 Miami on August 31, while Alabama lost by 14 to a 5–7 Florida State team at the same time.
SEC/Bama bias in a nutshell.
Lose by 14 to 5-7 FSU in your first game of the season.
Struggle with 4-8 South Carolina.
Lose at home to the only ranked team you face in November.
Struggle with 5-7 Auburn.
Lose by 21 the day before the bracket’s made.
Get put in the CFP.
Pretty sweet deal Alabama has.
The way the College Football season shaped up, the CFP Committee had an opportunity to do the most right thing with the smallest backlash.
Alabama and BYU getting blown out in their conference championship games opened the door to put both Notre Dame and Miami in.
Instead they dropped the ball and punished BYU for losing, didn’t punish Alabama for losing and then flipped Notre Dame and Miami despite neither of them playing a game.
None of it makes sense.
They did the thing that would give them the most backlash just to have 5 SEC teams in the playoff.
That makes everyone question the integrity of the process and rightfully so.
There wasn’t any logic waiting to move UM ahead of ND if Conf championship game outcomes are inconsequential. If Head to head was a factor, you had it all year. This isn’t a serious committee. It’s a made for TV event. Expand and get rid of the committee. BCS was a better formula. For ND, you now know 11-1 is the worst you can do to secure a spot in this current playoff format.