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Notre Dame changes the rules of CFP to get auto playoff bid if ranked in top 12
Posted on 1/23/26 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 1/23/26 at 12:05 pm
I couldn't imagine being a fan of theirs and supporting this absolute PUSSY bullshite LINK
They will play a pussy soft arse schedule every year and get an auto-bid to the playoff. frick them. I used to be neutral on Notre Dame but no more. frick those soft, cheating losers.
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Although the number of teams in the field will remain the same this fall, there will be some adjustments to how some are included next season. The Power 4 conference champions will be guaranteed spots in the 12-team field, along with the highest-ranked conference champion from the Group of 6, which now includes the new-look Pac-12. Notre Dame will also be a lock for the playoff if it finishes in the selection committee's top 12.
They will play a pussy soft arse schedule every year and get an auto-bid to the playoff. frick them. I used to be neutral on Notre Dame but no more. frick those soft, cheating losers.
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Posted on 1/23/26 at 12:08 pm to T1gerNate
I don't understand how one school could get such a massive advantage over everyone else like that
Posted on 1/23/26 at 12:10 pm to Pelican fan99
It is an absolute joke!
Posted on 1/23/26 at 12:11 pm to T1gerNate
ND should be essentially blackballed until they join a conference.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 12:12 pm to Gator5220
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ND should be essentially blackballed until they join a conference.
This is in the process outside of their shitty rotating ACC schedule.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 12:17 pm to T1gerNate
Couldn't the playoff committee get around this like they have with everything else by manipulating the rankings to get the teams in that they want? If putting Notre Dame at 12 knocks out a team they think is better, just put them at 13. Maybe I am not understanding the change here.
I do see that this change gives the P4 champ an auto bid. That would've gotten Duke in.
I do see that this change gives the P4 champ an auto bid. That would've gotten Duke in.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 12:22 pm to DestrehanTiger
Duke had has much business as James Madison. Tulane beat Duke head to head. The ACC is trash.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 12:23 pm to T1gerNate
Just to explain how crazy this is, although it's a 12 team playoff the possibility always existed you could be in the top 12 but get "bumped" if a team outside of the top 12 got an automatic bid. This has happened both years so far. One spot in 2024, two spots in 2025.
Notre Dame can't get bumped this way now but hypothetically other at large teams can
10. Tennessee
11. Michigan
12. Notre Dame
If hypothetically one team outside of the top 12 qualify, #11 Michigan would get bumped instead of ND. If hypothetically two teams outside the top 12 made it, #10 Tennessee would then also get bumped and Note Dame would still make it
They essentially get treated like an automatically qualifying conference champion even though they aren't.
Notre Dame can't get bumped this way now but hypothetically other at large teams can
10. Tennessee
11. Michigan
12. Notre Dame
If hypothetically one team outside of the top 12 qualify, #11 Michigan would get bumped instead of ND. If hypothetically two teams outside the top 12 made it, #10 Tennessee would then also get bumped and Note Dame would still make it
They essentially get treated like an automatically qualifying conference champion even though they aren't.
This post was edited on 1/23/26 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 1/23/26 at 12:26 pm to DestrehanTiger
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Couldn't the playoff committee get around this like they have with everything else by manipulating the rankings to get the teams in that they want? If putting Notre Dame at 12 knocks out a team they think is better, just put them at 13. Maybe I am not understanding the change here.
Correct, which is why it’s not actually a big deal in practicality.
We literally just saw the committee leapfrog Alabama over ND to 9 after they beat a 5-7 team by 7, then keep them there after they lost by 21 and ran for negative yardage against UGA. Only 2 CCG losers out of the past 88 that were ranked haven’t dropped at all, and 2025 Alabama is one of them.
11-1 ND will be safely in, definitely inside the top-10. Some years, 10-2 ND would be in, others not (and they won’t be with next year’s schedule. Even if they’d otherwise be #11 or 12, they’d be bumped down to #13 by the committee). That’s it.
This post was edited on 1/23/26 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 1/23/26 at 12:57 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
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it’s not actually a big deal in practicality.
I am amazed that you would actually come in here and try to defend this shite. So because the committee can do whatever they want it's not a big deal that Notre Dame has codified special treatment where they get into the playoff over more deserving teams. Sickening. You should really be embarrassed.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 12:57 pm to T1gerNate
rank them 13th problem solved. They should get to replace a team ranked ahead of them.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 12:58 pm to StansberryRules
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10. Tennessee
11. Michigan
12. Notre Dame
If hypothetically one team outside of the top 12 qualify, #11 Michigan would get bumped instead of ND. If hypothetically two teams outside the top 12 made it, #10 Tennessee would then also get bumped and Note Dame would still make it
Exactly!! That is what people apparently aren't getting about this. Notre Dame is going to get to leapfrog MORE DESERVING teams to get a spot in the playoff BY OFFICIAL RULE. Why? Because they are Notre Dame that's why. No one should defend this shite. It is a disgrace.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 12:59 pm to T1gerNate
If I see a ND fan in my neighborhood, I will straight up kick their arse.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 1:01 pm to T1gerNate
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I am amazed that you would actually come in here and try to defend this shite. So because the committee can do whatever they want it's not a big deal that Notre Dame has codified special treatment where they get into the playoff over more deserving teams. Sickening. You should really be embarrassed.
8-5 Duke would’ve gotten in if these rules were in place this season (including over higher-ranked/more deserving conference champ JMU, who would’ve been knocked out). Where’s your whining about that? Where’s your whining about autobids, period?
11-1 ND will be in. 10-2 ND won’t. Quit crying like a bitch.
This post was edited on 1/23/26 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 1/23/26 at 1:14 pm to T1gerNate
It makes college football look worse than ever. A guarantee without winning a conference? Madness. Cupcake schedule forever now.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 1:30 pm to JackDempsey
Winning a bloated, watered down 14-16 team conference with mostly bottom feeders doesn’t mean a lick. Who won the ACC this year? But hey, conference champs!
Posted on 1/23/26 at 1:36 pm to bayoujd
It’s a dumb rule, but so are all of the other auto-bids.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 1:36 pm to StansberryRules
Yeh this changes absolutely nothing
If the committee wanted ND in they were going to rank them where they need to be
Same now as before
If the committee wanted ND in they were going to rank them where they need to be
Same now as before
Posted on 1/23/26 at 1:40 pm to lsupride87
Canes would have been out this year under those rules and ND and Duke in.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 1:49 pm to Diseasefreeforall
quote:Except the committee would know the rule and they would have just ranked ND 3 spots lower…..
Canes would have been out this year under those rules and ND and Duke in.
They can out teams wherever the hell they want
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