US EditionNotre Dame’s College Football Playoff Snub Brings Back 1993 Memories
Notre Dame, with the third-best title odds, was excluded from the College Football Playoff in favor of Miami despite a 10-2 record amid committee pressure, officials said.
- On Sunday, Notre Dame was left out of the 12-team College Football Playoff, with Miami and Alabama moving ahead in the final ranking.
- CFP committee chair Hunter Yurachek said Miami and Notre Dame were nearly identical on metrics and cited Miami's head-to-head win as decisive, while guaranteed conference champions took the last two spots under the CFP selection protocol.
- After winning each of its final 10 games, Notre Dame often dominated by double digits, but earlier losses to Miami and Texas A&M by four points shaped their final ranking.
- Notre Dame declined a lower-tier bowl invitation, with Pete Bevacqua, Marcus Freeman and players expressing shock and dejection while national reporters reacted strongly on Sunday.
- Notre Dame has a memorandum of understanding that guarantees a CFP spot starting next year if ranked in the top 12, and its best recruiting class and potential CFP expansion offer paths back.
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