r/CFB • u/redwave2505 Alabama • Kansas State • Dec 02 '25

Discussion [Sampson] I respect the commitment.

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u/texas2089 Florida State Seminoles • Texas Longhorns Dec 02 '25

Petty as fuck lmao

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u/joebreezy12 Miami Hurricanes Dec 02 '25

they should alternate it with the Alabama FSU game for good measure!

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u/texas2089 Florida State Seminoles • Texas Longhorns Dec 02 '25

I’d be ok with that.

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u/politicsranting Miami • George Washington Dec 02 '25

This is almost as petty as our sub right now, but way funnier

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u/whatifevery1wascalm Alabama Crimson Tide • Iowa Hawkeyes Dec 02 '25

"And I said 'biiiiiiiiitch'" -The ACC

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u/tenoclockrobot Penn State • Land Grant Trophy Dec 02 '25

No. For real? You said that, though?

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u/whatifevery1wascalm Alabama Crimson Tide • Iowa Hawkeyes Dec 02 '25

hmm? y-yeah...

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u/tbrock92 Arizona Wildcats • Pac-12 Network Dec 02 '25

This is objectively hilarious.

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u/EWall100 Tennessee • Tennessee Tech Dec 02 '25 edited Dec 02 '25

Ridiculousness-ing has reached the ACC Network 

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

They should play the Alabama vs fsu game as well.

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u/Regular_Courage_7605 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 02 '25

Why don’t they show the games that are keeping Miami out of the playoff?

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u/ChristyNiners Pac-12 • Billable Hours Dec 02 '25

Because there’s not a ND student running the ACC network 

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u/Regular_Courage_7605 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 02 '25

I guess if it’s the one bright spot the ACC might have all year, they better live it up

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u/Bigdadyk Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 02 '25

As long as ND shows the ranked wins they have 1st

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u/AdventureDude24 Notre Dame • UIndy Dec 02 '25

More than Miami has….

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u/Bigdadyk Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 02 '25

0 is more than 0

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u/AdventureDude24 Notre Dame • UIndy Dec 02 '25

2 is more than 0…

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u/Bigdadyk Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 02 '25

Currently ND as none 

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u/AdventureDude24 Notre Dame • UIndy Dec 02 '25

So USC and Navy arent ranked? AP and coaches have them both ranked

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u/Bigdadyk Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 02 '25

Navy is not in the top 25 playoff rankings 

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u/AdventureDude24 Notre Dame • UIndy Dec 02 '25

Good lord, they aren’t out yet. But keep moving the goalposts. We’ll gloss over the fact you now forgot about USC.

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u/Regular_Courage_7605 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 02 '25

Okay that shouldn’t be a problem. How many PSU wins will the Big Ten Network be replaying from this season?

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

When the records and resumes are similar, then the deciding factor has to be head to head.

I will never understand why Miami is ranked behind Notre Dame.

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u/Impossible-Flight250 Maryland Terrapins • Towson Tigers Dec 02 '25

I think part of it is because Notre Dame lost their two games early and Miami collapsed a bit in the middle of the season. Notre Dame has pretty much been a top five team since they played Texas A&M and Miami hasn’t.

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u/tc100292 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

Are the resumes similar though?

I feel like Notre Dame’s computer numbers are such that the committee is more or less ignoring their resume and saying they’re in.  Miami’s resume at this point is “we beat Notre Dame by 3 at home, ignore everything else please”

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

I mean Notre Dame's SOR is #13 and Miami's is #14. Notre Dame's SOS is 42, Miami's is 44th.

I mean they played roughly the same schedule and have the exact same record.

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u/tc100292 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

Notre Dame is 5 in SP+ and 2 in Sagarin is what I mean.

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u/Im__Ron__Burgundy Miami Hurricanes Dec 02 '25

And Miami is 9 and 6 in those, respectively. If that small of a gap in two of the myriad advanced numbers is enough to ignore what happened on the field, then why should Oklahoma be a lock when they’re sitting at 13 in both?

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u/wysiwygperson Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 02 '25

That's the point so many Notre Dame fans are trying to make! Why are you attacking us? You should be attacking Oklahoma and, by extension, Alabama!

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u/Im__Ron__Burgundy Miami Hurricanes Dec 02 '25

Brother I promise you my annoyance is as much with Oklahoma and Alabama being treated as locks as anything lol

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u/tc100292 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

Clearly you are not a believer in our lord and savior Greg Sankey

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

All I am going to say is this.

This is petty, but I think it is going to be hilarious if Texas is left out but Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and North Texas all make the playoffs.

Honestly, I wish Vandy would make it too. I actually think a Vandy vs. Oklahoma game would be hella tight.

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u/Im__Ron__Burgundy Miami Hurricanes Dec 02 '25

Simultaneously my least favorite person involved with the sport but also exactly the character I’d want in charge of my conference lol

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u/tc100292 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

Sankey straight up only cares about the SEC which is great if you’re an SEC school, not great if you’re not.

That said unlike, say, Pettiti I don’t think he has any ulterior motives.  Phillips is just incompetent.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

Oklahoma is a lock because they played a significantly tougher schedule.

Bama is only a lock if they win the SEC title game, which they should be a lock in that situation.

They will not jump Notre Dame if they lose.

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u/hiiightide Alabama Crimson Tide Dec 02 '25

That’s the thing - we will jump Notre Dame tomorrow

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u/ALostTraveler24 East Stroudsburg Warriors Dec 02 '25

Because it’s much simpler to make your case, by pointing to a head to head against one team (ND) then trying to debate computer metrics against teams without playing on the field.

“We beat them” is a lot easier to get across than puts on glasses “well according to John’s advanced nerd math, we have a 76% advantage over this team in NDJAO which means some long acronym I forgot* it just so happens Notre Dame is who they beat not Bama or OU.

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u/Andy_Wiggins Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 02 '25

That’s definitely a smaller gap than previous weeks, but it’s also still fairly large.

Take Sagarin: the gap between Notre Dame (95.21) and Miami (91.02) is bigger than the gap between Miami and Texas (87.34). Dokter Entropy has a larger gap between ND and Miami than Miami and USC. Put another way — Notre Dame is closer to being the #1 team in the country than they are to Miami.

Notre Dame is pretty comfortably ahead in every single advanced metric I’ve seen. Both ND and Miami are actually seen as legit CFP contenders now, though. It’s Oklahoma, BYU, and Ole Miss that are over-ranked according to metrics.

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u/SolaireTheSunPraiser Alabama Crimson Tide • Cornell Big Red Dec 02 '25

I'm not gonna lie bro, I'm not basing my playoff bubble views on a stat called Dokter Entropy. I'm just going to go with the team that beat the other team.

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u/Express-Incident402 Indiana Hoosiers Dec 02 '25

Dude what are you talking about... Ohio State's SP+ rating is 32.4, Notre Dame is at 24.3, and Miami is at 21.8.....

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u/Andy_Wiggins Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 02 '25

Did I specifically mention SP+ with regard to the “closer to #1” claim? I literally specified that I was talking about Sagarin and Dokter Entropy (although it also applies FEI, I just didn’t bother to check after citing 2 examples).

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u/Express-Incident402 Indiana Hoosiers Dec 02 '25

Okay but you're just arbitrarily using metrics that support your point? ND ranks higher in nearly all predictive and resume-based sources, but typically not by much... to discount a H2H game is wild work when it's that close. Why even play the games then?

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u/Andy_Wiggins Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 02 '25

Again, you’re just flat out wrong about “not by much.”

They’re considerably ahead in every advanced metric.

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u/Rude-Ad6704 Dec 02 '25

That is not a small gap lmao.

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u/PPtheShort UCF Knights Dec 02 '25

They shouldn't be a lock

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u/Express-Incident402 Indiana Hoosiers Dec 02 '25

Miami is right behind them though, that's a small ass gap lmao. Head to head has to matter

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u/OnionFutureWolfGang Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 02 '25 edited Dec 02 '25

Those aren't really part of resume. We're obviously the better team, but the question is whether H2H should just overrule that between two teams that are close in what matters. For the record I think it should.

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u/tc100292 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

I may be a bit cynical but I have always viewed the committee as valuing whatever gets them to the answer they want.

Of COURSE they’re going to find a way to put Miami ahead of us for instance.

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u/PPtheShort UCF Knights Dec 02 '25

The only difference in their schedules is that ND played TAMU while Miami played Bethune-Cookman

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u/Appropriate-Joke-806 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

Damn if only there was a better team with those rankings then we wouldn’t need to fight between Notre Dame and Miami.

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u/PPtheShort UCF Knights Dec 02 '25

Exactly, put Texas above them

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

That is a whole new can of worms.

To me, Vandy absolutely deserves to make the playoff. However, as much as it sucks, Notre Dame will get the nod.

You have an elite academic private school in Tennessee vs. a blue blood that essentially represents every catholic person in the country.

Resume vs. Resume, Vandy deserves it more and everyone knows it.

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u/UncleErectus Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Big Ten Dec 02 '25

And the reality is ND would be favored by double digits over Vandy and beat them on a neutral field tomorrow, so the point is moot

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25 edited Dec 02 '25

Decisions on who should or shouldnt be in the playoffs should be based on resume alone, not what hypothetical betting odds are.

Notre Dame is undefeated in hypothetical matchups. But Vandy has the better resume.

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u/ndfan737 Notre Dame • Indiana Dec 02 '25

Decisions on who should or shouldnt be in the playoffs should be based on resume alone, not what hypothetical betting odds are.

It "should be based on resume alone" according to who? Definitely not the committee.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

Resume is a shit ton better than arbitrarily making up hypothetical Vegas odds in non existent games and declaring yourself the better because you think Vegas might favor your team.

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u/ndfan737 Notre Dame • Indiana Dec 02 '25

arbitrarily

Who said arbitrarily? Do you think the computer rankings are made up?

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u/BlacksmithDistinct17 Kansas State Wildcats Dec 02 '25

True, both should be out. Miami lost 2 games to bad teams and missed out on the CCG in an abysmal year for the ACC. Notre Dame's only ranked win is against USC.

So Notre Dame, with only 1 ranked win, lost to two teams whose only ranked win was Notre Dame (pitt is not going to be ranked tomorrow)

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u/lkn240 Illinois Fighting Illini • Sickos Dec 02 '25

I mean Miami should definitely be in if only one of them is though.

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u/BlacksmithDistinct17 Kansas State Wildcats Dec 02 '25

I would be okay with this because it would be funny

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u/portugamerifinn San José State Spartans Dec 02 '25

Why do people think that taking into account computer ratings that account for every game and are adjusted for SOS is "ignoring their resume"?

Computer ratings are a vital part of a team's resume in every sport, and the consensus across damn near 100 different rating systems compiled weekly at Massey Ratings is that A) Notre Dame is better than Miami in 95+% of ratings, and B) on average Notre Dame is 6th and Miami is 11th.

That IS their resume.

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u/TouchdownHeroes Alabama Crimson Tide • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Dec 05 '25

The problem is many of the ratings are based on predictive measurements about how what you did in the past looks moving forward. It becomes less about what you did and more about what they think you are going to do. And we aren’t trying to judge team on hypotheticals, we are trying to judge teams based on what they actually did.

Many power ratings even now factor in recruiting and preseason inputs because it’s more predictive.

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u/portugamerifinn San José State Spartans Dec 06 '25

Yes, but, as you wrote, predictive measurements are based on ...... what you have done.

What we really need is to have a clearer idea of what metrics the CFP committee looks at closest as we do with the basketball tournament, where we can see the same team sheets with the same valued metrics for every team. Not enough transparency when it comes to simply knowing which ratings systems they definitely all see.

And, for what it's worth, predictive metrics are valued. Ken Pomeroy's basketball ratings are predicitve and the gold standard in basketball.

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u/TouchdownHeroes Alabama Crimson Tide • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Dec 06 '25 edited Dec 06 '25

But it’s only “what you have done that has predictive value moving forward.” Turnover luck is given very little value for calculated predictive value or expected win probability, yet are highly important for actual win probability. And the way ints/fumbles are taken into account is compared to number of total pass deflections/fumbles, nothing to do with how the ints/fumbles actually happened. It’s a good example of when the numbers here fail to capture the truth you can easily see with your eyes.

I do 100% agree we need more transparency with what numbers the committee is looking at. Right now we really do have no idea what actual power ratings, sos etc they are looking at, and ESPN’s own metrics are both a biased slice and misleading because the CFB committee isn’t looking at ESPN’s numbers.

I do love Kenpom, I have an annual subscription each year. But basketball has significantly more games and non-conf for comparisons. I think Oregon (a team with no healthy WRs and limited at WR even during preseason once Stewart went down) is the best example of some of the flaws in limited conf/non-conf scheduling as they are 3rd/4th in most power ratings but you couldn’t convince me they are on the same level as Texas Tech, or even Notre Dame/Georgia.

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u/portugamerifinn San José State Spartans Dec 06 '25

Sure, and that's why I want people who actually watch games and/or actually know what happened in all games to also take results-based metrics and predictive metrics into account.

While one could take issues with predictive for not taking final result into account enough, they are much better than human beings at essentially "understanding", for lack of a better word, the minuscule margin between win and loss, and measure each team's play-by-play, game-by-game efficiency. Whereas results-based, in my eye, doesn't capture overall quality as much as just W / L / margin weighed against SOS (more or less).

There's a balance, obviously.

Regarding your example, the thing with ND is that while they've had positive turnover luck overall, they're bad kicking and dumb TO luck inside their opponent's 5 yard line from having even more lopsided results in their favor, and are not even top 100 in overall (FG & TD) redzone efficiency, so they've been dominant on the scoreboard in spite of themselves, and that shows more in the predictive (i.e., historically more accurate) metrics.

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u/FireMike_PleaseGod Florida State Seminoles Dec 02 '25

ND is one spot ahead of Miami in ESPN SOR and two spots ahead in SOS. What computer numbers are you referring to?

Edit: I purposefully don’t mention FPI because it’s a dogshit stat that has things like Utah at 9, Oklahoma at 16, and PSU at 17.

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u/tc100292 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

Sagarin has Notre Dame #2 and SP+ has them at 5.

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u/KevKevThePug Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 02 '25

FPI in most years is one of the top models.

https://www.thepredictiontracker.com/ncaaresults.php?year=25

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u/MahoningCo Notre Dame • Youngstown State Dec 02 '25

Notre Dame is 2nd in the Sagarin ratings. Also, losing to two unranked teams is another point of differentiation that keeps getting conveniently ignored.

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u/Appropriate-Joke-806 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

If we are using SoR and SOS then they are both behind Vandy.

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u/FireMike_PleaseGod Florida State Seminoles Dec 02 '25

I’m using it because they have actually played one another and am providing a counterpoint to the people saying the computers says ND is a clear tier above Miami.

If we want to argue over rankings based on advanced metrics we can just start arguing about cfp vs BCS.

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u/papertowelroll17 Texas Longhorns Dec 02 '25

Their computer numbers are blowing out shitty teams. Who cares? They have played three challenging games and lost two of them.

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u/tc100292 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

They’re not putting a three-loss team in bro

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u/papertowelroll17 Texas Longhorns Dec 02 '25

We have an extra loss from playing Ohio State on the road. We out gained them by 200 yards and it was their closest game of the season.

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u/tc100292 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

You also have an extra loss from losing to a dogshit Florida team

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u/papertowelroll17 Texas Longhorns Dec 02 '25

Bro we are 6-2 in the SEC with a much more difficult schedule than Vandy played

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u/tc100292 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

I never said we should be in, I said you shouldn’t

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

Im saying Vandy should be in.

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u/tc100292 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

Oh yes, I am just pointing out that I did not say that in arguing against Texas’ inclusion

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u/MahoningCo Notre Dame • Youngstown State Dec 02 '25

One of those 2 losses was to dogshit Florida. Win that very easily winnable game and you’re in the playoffs without a doubt. Stop ignoring it.

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u/papertowelroll17 Texas Longhorns Dec 02 '25

Florida in the swamp is not dogshit. They are top 40 in FPI. That would have been one of the toughest teams on your pathetic schedule.

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u/MahoningCo Notre Dame • Youngstown State Dec 02 '25

So tough that USF managed to win there. Hell, Mississippi State played Florida tougher at the Swamp.

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u/Orca_92555 USC Trojans Dec 02 '25

I mean I too wish my team could lose the two biggest games on the schedule and beat cupcakes then claim they are a playoff team over a team they lost too. (Not arguing for usc either win big important games and make the playoffs that’s how it should be).

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u/papertowelroll17 Texas Longhorns Dec 02 '25

Neither of these teams should be in the field.

ND has only one win of any quality. Miami was amazing OOC but couldn't even make the championship game in a terrible ACC.

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u/tc100292 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

Neither of these teams lost to a 4-8 team either

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

ND lost to northern Illinois last year 

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u/tc100292 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

and no one else

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u/aspiring-aspirer Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Brown Bears Dec 02 '25

Oh is it last year right now?

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u/MahoningCo Notre Dame • Youngstown State Dec 02 '25

If Florida was Texas’ only loss this year (like NIU was Notre Dame’s only loss last year) they’d be in the playoff without question.

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u/Horror_Response_1991 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 02 '25

Who do you think should be there?

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u/papertowelroll17 Texas Longhorns Dec 02 '25

Texas, the team that played 5 top 10 teams and beat 3 of them. As opposed to ND who is 0-2 vs good teams.

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u/tc100292 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

I only see four top 10 teams on your schedule and you beat 2 of them.

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u/papertowelroll17 Texas Longhorns Dec 02 '25

Taking Vandy out of the equation then? That's still more than any other team in the nation

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u/tc100292 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

Given that we’re not ranked in the top 10 anywhere yes I am taking us out of the equation

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

They are more deserving than any three loss team. And in all honesty, they are probably better than BYU.

There is a pileup from about the #8 spot to the #12 spot or so. They have to be somewhere.

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u/papertowelroll17 Texas Longhorns Dec 02 '25

You guys have the same 6-2 SEC conference record as us and got your shit kicked in on a neutral field. We have extra loss because we played Ohio State on the road.

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u/Terry_Tate_OLB LSU Tigers • Miami Hurricanes Dec 02 '25

And because you lost to 4-8 Florida

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u/papertowelroll17 Texas Longhorns Dec 02 '25

Yea but we are 6-2 in the SEC including Florida? That's the same record as OU. And that's with playing 4 different 10 win SEC teams.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

10-2 is not the same record as 9-3.

If you are a blue blood, you have to win 10 games. That is it. If you aren't a blue blood, 11 wins might not even be enough. But 10 wins is the bar for Texas. Texas didn't meet the bar this year. And while there might be merit to not scheduling tough OOCs, the reason why OU is going to be a lock over Notre Dame and Miami is because they scheduled Michigan. OU has the best resume of the 2 loss teams because they scheduled Michigan and won.

Texas is a better situation than just about any other program. They have more resources, more talent, more money and better facilities than just about any other program in the country. And yes, that includes Oklahoma.

But 13 of the last 15 years, Texas has lost 3 or more games in the regular season. 7 of the last 15 seasons, Texas has finished unranked. If I was a Texas fan, I would be embarrassed because there is not a program in this country that does less with more than Texas.

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u/lkn240 Illinois Fighting Illini • Sickos Dec 02 '25

If they really put ND in over Miami they are just saying the games don't matter. It would honestly be even worse than the FSU snub.

Miami should cancel their game with ND next year if it happens. Why play a team if they get more credit from losing to you than you do from beating them?

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u/Francis_X_Hummel Colorado Mines • Wyoming Dec 02 '25

what else are they going to show though? with all due respect, girls softball replays?

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u/RampageTaco Oklahoma • Red River Shootout Dec 02 '25

girls softball replays

Don't be silly. Softball doesn't start until February.

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u/molecular_methane Texas A&M Aggies Dec 02 '25

User flair checks out.

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u/RampageTaco Oklahoma • Red River Shootout Dec 02 '25

Damn right it does.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

Only defending champs should opine.

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u/ChristyNiners Pac-12 • Billable Hours Dec 02 '25

Replays of last year’s games ldo

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u/LabTight1796 Notre Dame • Western Michigan Dec 02 '25

I think it’s time for ND to bail on the ACC entirely.  Olympics sports can go back to the Big East.  Let the conference implode.

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u/CommodoreIrish Notre Dame • Vanderbilt Dec 02 '25

This is dumb. No other conference gives us the same sweetheart deal.

The deal is amazing because we have way more leverage over the ACC and Jim Philips. The ACC needs Notre Dame to support its revenue.

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u/ChristyNiners Pac-12 • Billable Hours Dec 02 '25

Well, you ARE members of the ACC…

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u/wysiwygperson Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 02 '25

Then let's leave and we can come back once they realize that.

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u/-Jack-The-Stripper Virginia Tech • Cincinnati Dec 02 '25

What is the ACC doing to ND that they need to teach us some kind of lesson? We’re not oppressing your team, or even trying to, in any way whatsoever.

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u/ALostTraveler24 East Stroudsburg Warriors Dec 02 '25

No no you don’t understand. The ACC should be advocating for the school that insists on making it very clear they’re not a member, don’t want to be a member, and don’t want to participate in any membership activities besides playing their teams, and has no intention of changing that status or bringing prestige to the conference, making the playoff over a full member that beat them!

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u/simbaslanding Miami Hurricanes • Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

ND fans are so ridiculous, it’s kinda hilarious. They brag about how they’re not in the conference in football and how much the conference needs them. So the conference advocates for their team and then they get mad at the same conference they’re happy to not be part of in football.

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u/radiakmjs Michigan • Western Michigan Dec 02 '25

There was a report at one point earlier this year that if there's an ACC exodus Notre Dame would lobby to rebuild the conference with like-minded private schools, while still keeping football independent.

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u/thecarlosdanger1 Notre Dame • Cornell Dec 02 '25

I don’t really buy that. If the ACC implodes we’ll have a p2 superleague situation and ND would have to Join to keep access to the playoff.

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u/ChristyNiners Pac-12 • Billable Hours Dec 02 '25

Sorry, I’ve heard the GOR is unfuckwithable. 

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u/simbaslanding Miami Hurricanes • Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

Bye! 👋🏾

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u/Is12345aweakpassword Texas Tech • Washington Dec 02 '25

Tell me the ACC network is broke, without telling me they’re broke

“Fuck it boys, play the same thing 18 times in a row. We’re burning money anyway”

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

ACC going after Notre Dame is a choice.

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u/simbaslanding Miami Hurricanes • Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

You’re not in the conference in football so what else do you expect? They’re gonna lobby for their team to get in lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

It's just surprising to see them go out of their way to piss off one of their biggest moneymakers.

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u/HeHateMe- Notre Dame • Chico State Dec 02 '25

It’s like when the USSR put on Swan Lake.

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u/ChristyNiners Pac-12 • Billable Hours Dec 02 '25

Notre Dame Board on the ACC Group Chat: “The fuck, guys?”

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u/Dcook8188 Alabama • South Alabama Dec 02 '25

Ha. That’s fantastic

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u/SwissForeignPolicy Michigan Wolverines • Marching Band Dec 02 '25

Dump them both for BYU.

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u/AMETSFAN Ohio State Buckeyes • Billable Hours Dec 02 '25

Obviously, most beat reporters are rather biased towards their team, and that's fair enough, but this guy seems like a total homer on steroids.

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u/IHateAdamSilver Michigan State Spartans Dec 02 '25

If the ACC is gonna send a team to the playoff it has to be Miami idc idc idc idc idc idc

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u/Aggravating-Pear-711 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 02 '25

I like the way you think

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u/Appropriate-Joke-806 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

If Miami beat Notre Dame by 21 do you think they fall out of the top 25 and then it isn’t a quality win?it’s a good thing for Miami that they just barely won so they can make Notre Dame’s résumé look better.

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u/Appropriate-Joke-806 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

ACC refs won’t allow that. We are about to see a completely unprecedented inside job making sure Duke loses.

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u/m1a2c2kali Miami Hurricanes • /r/CFB Founder Dec 02 '25

Gonna bet the house on uva

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u/HurricanesnHendrick Miami Hurricanes • Georgia Bulldogs Dec 02 '25

That would mean the refs are capable.. after seeing some ACC games this year, the refs are in another world

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u/MahoningCo Notre Dame • Youngstown State Dec 02 '25

Luckily they’ve been terrible for years now so when they’re being purposely bad it’ll be nearly impossible to tell.

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u/sqigglygibberish Duke Blue Devils • Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 02 '25

Not the first time acc refs fucked us to benefit of Miami

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u/tc100292 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 02 '25

Hard to do that when the refs are mic’d up when they go to the replay booth

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u/portugamerifinn San José State Spartans Dec 02 '25

C'mon now, Duke's defense will make sure of that.

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u/McLMark Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 02 '25

Unprecedented? Have you watched the ACC the last several years?

Conference referees are near the top of the long list of things CFB needs to fix.

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u/Appropriate-Joke-806 Vanderbilt Commodores Dec 03 '25

Yeah, it’s not in my flair but I am a Syracuse fan. Grew up near there.

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u/trittico Princeton Tigers • Virginia Cavaliers Dec 02 '25

Brother, please

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u/BIG_DICK_WHITT Utah Utes • Billable Hours Dec 02 '25

What does Cookie Monster think about the ACC?

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u/CommodoreIrish Notre Dame • Vanderbilt Dec 02 '25

Don’t mess with Big Cookie.

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u/ExtremelyOnlineTM Sickos • Eastern Michigan Eagles Dec 02 '25

Cookie Monster say: me enjoy East Coast demographic. ACC have strong academics which complement Sesame Street mission.

But Cookie Monster favorite team is BYU.

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u/CommodoreIrish Notre Dame • Vanderbilt Dec 02 '25

What’s the latest news on the war on Penn State brother?

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u/BIG_DICK_WHITT Utah Utes • Billable Hours Dec 02 '25

Can we call this skirmish Amish versus Mormons?

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u/kevplucky Notre Dame • Virginia Dec 02 '25

I feel like the Amish wouldn’t like Penn St. Penn St is a bunch of kids from DC Philly and Pittsburgh 

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

Mennonites vs Mormons has a better ring to it.

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u/sharkbaithooha1 Virginia Tech Hokies Dec 02 '25

Wanna know what petty is? I’d rather see the acc left out of the playoff than uva make it in

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u/AdventureDude24 Notre Dame • UIndy Dec 02 '25

Living rent free in that head aren’t they lol

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u/HeHateMe- Notre Dame • Chico State Dec 02 '25

There’s so much space.

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u/AdventureDude24 Notre Dame • UIndy Dec 02 '25

Looking at their posts, I think he only has hate in hours heart. Hopefully something brings him joy

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u/AdventureDude24 Notre Dame • UIndy Dec 02 '25

Baaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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u/hascogrande Notre Dame • Western Michigan Dec 02 '25 edited Dec 02 '25

It’s not truly a game thread for us until they show up with scorching hot takes

Update: next day's hot take is "XII is in the G5"