Who has the easiest road to the CFP next year? Notre Dame or Texas Tech? Both are locks

Absolutely not. Major cash cow for the networks.

I guess we’ll see.

Tough call, I’d default to ND just because they have a guarantee to be in with a top 12 finish

But I think both are pretty safe bets

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In reality, nobody has a clue how hard or easy ND’s schedule will be. This is just people getting their excuses warmed up because they know ND is usually pretty good and this past year might have been an anomaly. Even if their schedule ends up a lot harder than it looks people will still stand by the “easy schedule” narrative because they simply refuse to give Notre Dame any credit whatsoever.

Notre Dame Derangement Syndrome is real. “Haven’t won anything since 1988” and yet people hate them like they’re the Bama dynasty.

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Wisconsin and Michigan State both being complete shite isn't helping. Those would have been two pretty solid games not that long ago. Maybe they'll be improved next year.

Miami and BYU should be good, though I suspect in both cases not as good as this year (and I don't think BYU was really all that great). SMU could be pretty good (as in, in the conversation for the playoffs and ACC title contention). Syracuse might not be completely horrible with Angeli coming back.

But other than that, the schedule is a real piece of shite.

Which sucks because next year is going to be the most talented Notre Dame team since the early 1990's and should be a legitimate national title contender.