Notre Dame might have been handed a massive break by the College Football Playoff types, and here's why
Oh, so Notre Dame can’t get one of the top four seeds in the newly-expanded College Football Playoff because it’s not in a conference and can’t play for a league title?
Step One was the schedule that was put together that’s beautifully made to go 10-2 - the bare minimum it’ll realistically take to get into the 12-team CFP - and possibly 11-1 or 12-0. But first …Scroll past this if you already know the basics. That means even if Notre Dame goes 12-0 and beats everyone by nine touchdowns, it can’t be seeded higher than fifth, which means has to play a first round home game if seeded 8 or higher.
Yes, the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, and SEC champs will all - unless something insane happens - get into the College Football Playoff and will likely get first round byes. However, there’s a flip side to that.Remember, we’re done with divisions now among the Power Four conferences. That means you’ll never, ever, ever see a Purdue, or a Duke, or any sort of outlier get its shot in a conference title game again. To even play for a Power Four title, you’ll almost certainly have to be at least 10-2 good.
And the Irish will play that home game in South Bend, in December, and with a few weeks off to rest up.Here’s what the world isn’t telling you, at least not yet …This is the biggest glitch in the expanded CFP matrix, and anyone who gets the 5 seed might benefit from it. No. 3 was TCU, and No. 4 was Ohio State - two teams that didn’t win their respective conference championships.
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