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re: Is BYU at #8 the most obvious Notre Dame favor that has happened in a long time?
Posted on 10/6/26 at 11:56 am to AZTiger7072
Posted on 10/6/26 at 11:56 am to AZTiger7072
Sure but this isn’t new. This happens all the time for ratings. SEC benefits from this a good bit.
Posted on 10/6/26 at 12:13 pm to eaglegator92
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ND is making the playoff no matter what.
You're right, its just a shame because there's at least 10 sec and 6 big ten teams that could make the playoffs playing notre dame's schedule.
Posted on 10/6/26 at 12:39 pm to AZTiger7072
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ND may be elite. But it isn’t because of beating BYU
The real tale of the tape will be if after beating BYU by two or more scores what they rank BYU afterwards. Chances are they keep BYU in the top 12 to hold bolster Notre Dame's schedule and sells it as BYU playing a tough game against a juggernaut.
Posted on 10/6/26 at 12:46 pm to kciDAtaE
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Sure but this isn’t new. This happens all the time for ratings. SEC benefits from this a good bit.
I love how they act like this only happens for Notre Dame.
Posted on 10/6/26 at 12:51 pm to BuckeyeGoon
Until the committee doesn't start punishing teams for these soft arse schedules, this problem continues. I hope they value SOS in the selection. Last season was a disaster.
Posted on 10/17/26 at 11:09 pm to UltimateHog
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Posted on 10/17/26 at 11:21 pm to UltimateHog
Nice
Posted on 10/17/26 at 11:25 pm to UltimateHog
Funny thing is this thread was all about the coddling of ND by over ranking BYU yet ND got completely hosed in that game. They took away 3-7 points from them with the spike to end the 1H and then took a final play away from them with 1 second left on the clock at the very end with a chance to win (even if you disregard the obvious DPI that wasn’t called in the EZ on the final play of game).
Posted on 10/17/26 at 11:29 pm to Who_Dat_Tiger
Well the officials would've been from ND's conference if they would've joined one by now.
Posted on 10/17/26 at 11:37 pm to witty alias
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What about Ole Miss at #9 seven spots ahead of Florida? That’s way more egregious than BYU.
Ole Miss gave up 50 and got blasted by like 3-4 scores at Florida and only fell 4-5 spots and they’re in here crying about a preseason top 15 BYU team not being jumped by LSU for beating a crappy Texas A&M team like it’s some conspiracy favoring Notre Dame.
You can’t make this shite up.
This post was edited on 10/17/26 at 11:37 pm
Posted on 10/17/26 at 11:38 pm to Who_Dat_Tiger
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Funny thing is this thread was all about the coddling of ND by over ranking BYU yet ND got completely hosed in that game
And this is the point. Now ND can claim they got hosed on the road against a "great team" to try to garner sympathy. Yet if an LSU fan wants to cry foul about the refs at Kentucky they'll get laughed out of the room. "The refs shouldn't be the difference in beating Kentucky". There are countless games every week where a couple of calls/no calls by the refs could sway the outcome.
No sympathy. I'm of the opinion that LSU had a chance to put the game away against UK and still win despite the refs. So did ND. Both lost. If ND is this great team the refs shouldn't be the difference in them beating BYU or not.
And not for nothing, BYU also had a TD that would have made it 28-10 called back and they ended up punting.
Posted on 10/18/26 at 9:10 am to AZTiger7072
ND is gonna get a spot every year. That’s just the way it is. They will adjust their schedule to make sure that happens.
This post was edited on 10/18/26 at 9:10 am
Posted on 10/18/26 at 9:17 am to AZTiger7072
Awesome post that has aged very well
Posted on 10/18/26 at 9:17 am to AZTiger7072
BYU and notre dame suck as alway, they play a mid opponent and suddenly they’re ranked too 10.
Half the SEC would beat those 2 juggernauts
Half the SEC would beat those 2 juggernauts
Posted on 10/18/26 at 9:26 am to AZTiger7072
BYU’s 87th SOS was just too much for Notre Dame 
Posted on 10/18/26 at 10:13 am to Who_Dat_Tiger
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They took away 3-7 points from them with the spike to end the 1H and then took a final play away from them with 1 second left on the clock at the very end with a chance to win (even if you disregard the obvious DPI that wasn’t called in the EZ on the final play of game).
What? You can’t spike a fumble. Dude had no control of the ball when it went down to the ground. ND had no one to blame but themselves for the play right before half.
Posted on 10/18/26 at 10:15 am to T1gerNate
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Awesome post that has aged very well
Now it’s 100% notre dame has the best 1 loss of all teams
Posted on 10/18/26 at 10:27 am to T1gerNate
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Awesome post that has aged very well
Hasn't aged as good as this one
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BZ504
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ND is good, but not elite. They’ll beat BYU by 3 TDs.
Posted on 10/18/26 at 10:59 am to AZTiger7072
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ND schedule blows, they play BYU and Miami and that’s it. Now I agree that Miami is a top 10 team and a very good opponent. However, BYU is ranked 8 because the media and the CFP committee need a high ranked win other than a Miami loss for ND.
Notre Dame is ranked #15 in strength of schedule.
They have ZERO FCS opponents on their schedule.
The rankings you refer to are from AP voters.
The CFP doesn’t even meet for the first time each season until November.
I hate Notre Dame as much as the next guy and think they should be forced to join a conference, but your conspiracy theory is bullshite.
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