re: Top 4 teams in NCAA: BAMA UGA CLEM AND AUB?

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Don't sleep on Notre Dame sneaking into the cfp. I can see them winning out.

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I think we're an interesting proposition at the moment.

We are damn talented at a lot of positions - as talented as anyone not named Alabama, Ohio State, or Clemson - and we seemingly have started to put things together, but we're still in a gray area. I think it's telling that neither UGA nor we played a particularly good game against each other, and it was a dog fight until the last 30 seconds.

The computers absolutely love us - we are 7th in the Massey composite, and virtually every computer worth a crap has us between 5th and 10th. It's an odd position to be Notre Dame and feel like you're underrated.

If Wimbush and the receivers start to put things together, watch out. We could probably beat anyone with this iteration of our program, including Alabama and Clemson, if that happens. If not, then we are in a lot of trouble. Of our closing six games, five of them are currently ranked teams (#11, #13, #20, #23, #25), and the sixth is receiving votes in at least one poll. If we go 11 - 1, we are definitely in the playoffs against this schedule - probably without any qualifications at all.

It's been one of those "eye test" sort of things, and the computers back my eye up on that. We obliterated a team that might well compete for the toughest division in college football this year and have destroyed everyone we've played sans UGA. Weird to be in that position as an ND fan, because I am used to human polls humiliatingly overrating us and then watching us get stomped in meaningful games. I think the opposite might happen this year.