Notre Dame is hurting all sorts of feeling out there in the college football world. When the Irish debuted at #10 in the College Football Playoff rankings, some people lost their minds as if the rankings were going to be wildly different from what the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll already posted. They weren’t, and now the fun begins.
On Sunday, the AP and Coaches released their latest set of rankings. Notre Dame moved up one spot to #9 in both polls.
BYU’s loss to Texas Tech and Notre Dame’s dominating win over Navy was enough to put the Irish up one notch, and I expect the same when the CFP rankimngs are released on Tuesday night.
Maybe Texas Tech’s head coach does too, and is peeing down his leg a bit. How else do you explain him talking trash about Notre Dame this week? While when it’s all said and done, I don’t expect Notre Dame and Texas Tech to be paired up in the playoff — it looks that way as part of today’s reflection.
There are three games left in the Notre Dame regular season. It’s been a slow rise back up the rankings since the 0-2 start, but if the Irish finish 10-2 — they will likely host a playoff game (slow rise or not).
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