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re: Notre Dame changes the rules of CFP to get auto playoff bid if ranked in top 12
Posted on 1/23/26 at 2:07 pm to StansberryRules
Posted on 1/23/26 at 2:07 pm to StansberryRules
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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
ND will never finish ranked #12 for this reason
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Posted on 1/23/26 at 2:09 pm to T1gerNate
It’s basically the same setup they had in the BCS
Posted on 1/23/26 at 2:16 pm to Ostrich
Yeh, people are acting like it’s a blind ranking. The committee members all know exactly what number each team is assigned
This is a rule change that doesn’t change anything . Committee would simply have moved ND from 11 to 13 this year
This is a rule change that doesn’t change anything . Committee would simply have moved ND from 11 to 13 this year
This post was edited on 1/23/26 at 2:17 pm
Posted on 1/23/26 at 2:31 pm to T1gerNate
I hope they finish 13th every year, getting bumped from the12th spot the weekend before final selection.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 2:35 pm to T1gerNate
Apparently it used to to be worse. I don't know how but a 6-4-1 ND team got to play in the Fiesta Bowl back in the 90s (and predictably got their shite pushed in).
Posted on 1/23/26 at 2:42 pm to T1gerNate
This may be a deal if it were the BCS. With the committee, it’s not at all. Bunch of whiny, tiny-dick, insecure bitches up in this thread.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 2:43 pm to Pelican fan99
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I don't understand how one school could get such a massive advantage over everyone else like that
I have a theory that they have a large number of alumni who get employed by ESPN, FOX, NBC, and CBS. Hence why sports media has such a massive bias for their program.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 2:46 pm to Diseasefreeforall
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Canes would have been out this year under those rules and ND and Duke in.
I would bet that the ACC (along with other conferences) agreed to adjust their conference tiebreakers to include committee ranking as part of the tiebreaker in order to avoid shite like what happened this season with Miami not being in the conference championship in lieu of a 5 loss Duke team.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 3:12 pm to Epic Cajun
What’s funny is you guys still believe the polls are legit. The playoffs have proved the polls are totally biased with opinion. OSU was ranked #1 all freaking season and didn’t even make the Final Four. UGA and A&M were ranked highly and bowed out early. Miami was an afterthought and proved the pollsters are illegitimate.
How many years do we have to watch these ranked teams get beat before you guys wake up to the corruption? Polls are no longer needed. Give each P4 conference 3 auto bids and tell them that they decide whatever method they want to send their 3 reps to the playoff, This would force ND into a conference.
I know you guys would say that no way a 3rd place ACC team should get in over a 4th place SEC team, but again, Miami just did it with freaking ease. And your #1, #2, #3, #4, and $5 teams all shat the bed once again.
Eventually when we expand conferences will have auto bids and the polls will be gone, No other sport uses polls because everyone knows they are simply tools to manipulate public opinion and you guys eat it.
How many years do we have to watch these ranked teams get beat before you guys wake up to the corruption? Polls are no longer needed. Give each P4 conference 3 auto bids and tell them that they decide whatever method they want to send their 3 reps to the playoff, This would force ND into a conference.
I know you guys would say that no way a 3rd place ACC team should get in over a 4th place SEC team, but again, Miami just did it with freaking ease. And your #1, #2, #3, #4, and $5 teams all shat the bed once again.
Eventually when we expand conferences will have auto bids and the polls will be gone, No other sport uses polls because everyone knows they are simply tools to manipulate public opinion and you guys eat it.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 3:13 pm to Pelican fan99
Blame weak SEC leadership
Posted on 1/23/26 at 3:13 pm to StansberryRules
With the new rules, this year James Madison and Miami would have been out
Duke and Notre Dame would have gotten the spots
Duke and Notre Dame would have gotten the spots
Posted on 1/23/26 at 3:34 pm to T1gerNate
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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.
Had those rules existed this season, both ACC champion Duke and Notre Dame would have qualified for the playoff -- and No. 10 seed Miami, which played for the national title, would have been excluded.
All bullshite. Duke didn’t deserve to get in merely for upsetting Virginia, and if Notre Dame wants a more guaranteed slot, they should be told to join a fricking conference. If they don’t like the playoff rules, they don’t have to compete in the FBS. No one is holding a gun to their head.
Does Notre Dame have photos of other conference committees on Epstein Island or something?
Posted on 1/23/26 at 3:39 pm to RunningJacket
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What’s funny is you guys still believe the polls are legit. The playoffs have proved the polls are totally biased with opinion. OSU was ranked #1 all freaking season and didn’t even make the Final Four. UGA and A&M were ranked highly and bowed out early. Miami was an afterthought and proved the pollsters are illegitimate.
Did the polls make Miami lose to 2 teams that each had 4 losses?
Posted on 1/23/26 at 3:40 pm to ragincajun03
Insane and bullshite to allow one team to get DEI privileges.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 6:51 pm to ragincajun03
Duke got in because they won the ACC. It wasn’t one upset. They won as many ACC games (actually 1 more) than Miami.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 8:37 pm to RunningJacket
Duke didn’t get into the CFP, and rightfully so.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 9:59 pm to T1gerNate
Boycott playing Notre Dame and anyone else who plays Notre Dame. Problem solved.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:36 pm to RunningJacket
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Eventually when we expand conferences will have auto bids and the polls will be gone, No other sport uses polls because everyone knows they are simply tools to manipulate public opinion and you guys eat it.
Literally every college sport has a poll
Posted on 1/24/26 at 5:27 am to Bamafan24
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rank them 13th problem solved.
That won't happen. Because everyone hated the BCS and wanted a corrupt committee whose entire job is to manipulate the system.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:05 am to T1gerNate
Use BCS formula and quit letting corrupt individuals select the teams.
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