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If Notre Dame loses to Miami are they out?

Posted on 10/18/26 at 4:41 pm
Posted by ghost2most
Member since Mar 2012
8066 posts
Posted on 10/18/26 at 4:41 pm
They should be. They only play three decent teams all year.
Posted by Itwasacleantackle
B.F.E.
Member since Aug 2019
617 posts
Posted on 10/18/26 at 4:42 pm to
Unfortunately we already know the answer to that question
Posted by ScoggDog
SE Indiana
Member since Aug 2020
3865 posts
Posted on 10/18/26 at 4:44 pm to
The Crossbacks are only out with three losses.

Four next year.
Posted by Pikes Peak Tiger
Colorado Springs
Member since Jun 2023
10909 posts
Posted on 10/18/26 at 4:44 pm to
They should be but they have basically negotiated a guaranteed playoff spot with 2 losses
Posted by crimsoncoded94
Georgiana
Member since Aug 2025
3653 posts
Posted on 10/18/26 at 4:44 pm to
frick no. They will only drop like 4 spots. See UGA vs Auburn.
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
22733 posts
Posted on 10/18/26 at 4:45 pm to
Hell no

That's the one school that could have 3 losses and still get in.
Posted by BU Bear In BR
NOLA
Member since Apr 2022
708 posts
Posted on 10/18/26 at 4:46 pm to
They definitely should be. They schedule mostly shitty teams to inflate their record, and they lose when they finally play a good team. And they still expect to get special treatment because they're high and mighty Notre Dame. I hope UM steamrolls them
Posted by PastorJ
Member since Sep 2024
1606 posts
Posted on 10/18/26 at 4:46 pm to
The media would go on a Notre Dame love fest the likes of which we have never before seen.
This post was edited on 10/18/26 at 4:47 pm
Posted by Gings5
Member since Jul 2016
12415 posts
Posted on 10/18/26 at 4:48 pm to
Yup. See last year. They lost their only two tough games by a combined 4 points and didn’t make it. They had ranked wins over USC and Pitt (wow!). And still didn’t make it.

If they lose to Miami this year, they’re out. They would have won “quality” win over a barely ranked SMU.

You can’t have a SOS in the upper 60’s, lose your two tough games, avoid a conference championship, and make the playoffs. The committee set that precedent last year.

Posted by RollingwiththeTide
Member since Oct 2020
7822 posts
Posted on 10/18/26 at 4:50 pm to
They should be out now with the pathetic schedule they have played. SEC teams plays two hard games before the first month of the season is over. ND will play two competitive games all year. They should be required to go undefeated with a schedule that bad.

The Committee will put them in with 2 losses though. They won’t leave them out again after all the whining last year.
Posted by ScoggDog
SE Indiana
Member since Aug 2020
3865 posts
Posted on 10/18/26 at 4:54 pm to
quote:

The media would go on a Notre Dame love fest the likes of which we have never before seen.


ESPN would have the entire cast take communion. All damn day.

Stephen A. eating the cracker. All the hotties confessing in the booth.
Posted by texastigerr
Texas
Member since Jan 2005
9489 posts
Posted on 10/18/26 at 4:54 pm to
I count 2. Unless you are counting SMU. If they lose to Miami that means they would have 2 losses against the only ranked teams they played. Unless SMU is still #24 when they play them.
Posted by CleverUserName
Member since Oct 2016
18498 posts
Posted on 10/18/26 at 5:17 pm to
quote:

They should be.


Absolutely they should be. If SMU isn't ranked when they play they wouldn't have a single top 25 win.
Posted by StansberryRules
Member since Aug 2024
6197 posts
Posted on 10/18/26 at 6:28 pm to
they rigged the rules last year after it happened

They knew they could schedule their way in

10 garbage wins and 2 losses to the only good teams they played will work.

Another reason s big playoff sucks.
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
23557 posts
Posted on 10/18/26 at 6:51 pm to
If they get smoked by Miami and BYU loses a few games maybe.

But I doubt it.
Posted by BigSneezy
Member since Nov 2020
6189 posts
Posted on 10/18/26 at 7:25 pm to
No.
Posted by TeeteringBrink
Member since Feb 2007
1672 posts
Posted on 10/18/26 at 7:28 pm to
Notre Dame shouldn’t even be sniffing the top 10. Halfway through the season with nothing more on their resume than a few wins over bad teams.

James Madison is 7-0 with exactly the same number of wins against ranked teams as ND has: zero.
Posted by HonoraryCoonass
Member since Jan 2005
20485 posts
Posted on 10/18/26 at 7:32 pm to
ND will always get the benefit of the doubt. They are definitely IN with two losses.
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