US EditionNotre Dame Outrage: The CFP Snub and the Irish’s Special Treatment (Out of Necessity)
Miami secured the final at-large playoff spot over Notre Dame due to a head-to-head win, amid inclusion of conference champions Tulane and James Madison in the 12-team field.
- On Sunday, the College Football Playoff selection committee left the Notre Dame Fighting Irish out of the 12-team field, awarding the final at-large spot to the Miami Hurricanes during the bracket reveal on ESPN as CFP chair Hunter Yurachek confirmed the head-to-head result decided the tiebreaker.
- With two at-large bids among Alabama, Notre Dame and Miami, Tulane and James Madison took automatic spots, and the committee cited Miami's 27-24 Week 1 win at Notre Dame.
- Notre Dame finished the regular season 10-2, closing with a 10-game winning streak after an early 41-40 loss to Texas A&M, and had been ranked ahead of Miami in each of the previous five CFP Top 25 weekly rankings.
- Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua reacted that players felt `punched in the stomach` and the program announced it would opt out of its bowl game this year.
- Critics noted an inconsistency after Notre Dame ranked ahead of Miami in the CFP Top 25 for five weeks despite Miami's Week 1 win, while Bevacqua called weekly rankings misleading.
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Notre Dame’s Opt-Out vs. Clark Lea’s Refreshing Honesty At Vanderbilt. Both Can Be Right About The CFP
I don't know if Notre Dame understands that bailing on a bowl game is not going to garner the type of emotional support from college football fans that they think. On the other hand, Vanderbilt's Clark Lea decided that rather than attack the committee, he would embrace the fact that they wasted their opportunities for a CFP berth. What we all witnessed on Sunday afternoon as we watched the fallout from the CFP's decision to finally put Miami abo…
Notre Dame outrage: The CFP snub and the Irish's special treatment (out of necessity)
Notre Dame was excluded from the College Football Playoff as the loser of a three-team resume showdown that propelled Miami and Alabama into the at-large field and left the Irish to whine, complain and ultimately storm off to their bedroom, slam the door and refuse to come out for bowl season.
Why James Madison, Tulane made CFP bracket over Notre Dame, BYU
After ESPN unveiled the 2025 College Football Playoff bracket on Sunday afternoon, football fans around the nation were quick to question how Group of Five squads Tulane and James Madison snuck into the 12-team playoff over powerhouses like Notre Dame and BYU.
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