Category: College Football Playoff

In ‘Notre Dame’s’ absence, ESPN’s unofficial ‘College Football Playoff’ gets off to a lackluster start, risks lapsing into irrelevance as credibility eroded

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It might be interesting to find out how many Americans realize ESPN’s ad hoc, would-be “college football playoff” (CFP) is not actually official and cannot actually award an NCAA national championship. Like the AP and Coaches Polls that have long awarded mythical national titles, or like its BCS predecessor, even the expanded version of the ESPN mini-tournament relies on the

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Even if 3-loss Alabama won the would-be ‘CFP’ bracket, they still would not qualify for an actual National Championship; Crimson Tide season not good enough, and ‘CFP’ has no official authority to award an actual NCAA National Title

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The would-be “College Football Playoff” (“CFP”) technically does not have the authority to award an NCAA national championship. To have credibility and see its results coincide with third-party rankings and assessments, it would need to include the best teams and have a bracket-winner who qualified for a national title based upon time-honored basic fundamentals. They could only hope that, by

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VIDEO: Marcus Freeman talks with NY Post about College Football Playoff, NY Giants coaching vacancy, ‘Here Come the Irish’ docuseries, and more …

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Marcus Freeman talks with the New York Post’s Brandon London in-studio about the upcoming release of Season 2 of the “Here Come the Irish” docuseries; makes the case for the Fighting Irish being in the College Football Playoff; and addresses his name being connected with the New York Giants head coaching vacancy. [“Here Come the Irish” link goes to one

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VIDEO: Marcus Freeman on the ‘Today Show’ talking about the ‘Here Come The Irish’ docuseries, College Football Playoff, coaching changes, words of motivation and more …

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Marcus Freeman talks with the Today Show’s Al Roker, Savannah Guthrie and Sheinelle Jones about Season Two of the “Here Come the Irish” docuseries; what it’s like having a film crew follow the team; the College Football Playoff; collegiate coaching shakeups; words of motivation; and more … [“Here Come the Irish” link goes to one online viewing option that, for

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‘Notre Dame’ drops to #10 in College Football Playoff rankings, just above being eliminated; Irish would play at Texas A&M in first round, then go up against Indiana

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The last nonbinding, interim College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings of the season were released Tuesday evening, to be followed next Sunday by the rankings that actually set the playoff pairings. Despite winning big on the road last Saturday, the Fighting Irish dropped to #10, as Alabama climbed to #9 after narrowly beating an Auburn team with a losing record. ‘Notre

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NCAA staff falsified last week’s College Football Playoff bracket to include a Miami (Fla.) team that did not qualify

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When last week’s College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings came out, Nov. 25, 2025, NCAA staff, posting at ncaa.com, falsified their provisional College Football Playoff (CFP) bracket to include a Miami (Fla.) team that actually did not even qualify for the Playoff. Even though that bracket was tentative and unofficial, it still was held out as “based on the current committee

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‘Notre Dame’ climbs to #9 in College Football Playoff rankings; would play at Oregon in first round, then have rematch with Ohio State

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The second College Football Playoff rankings were released Tuesday evening, with the Fighting Irish climbing to #9, their same ranking as in the most recent AP Poll and Coaches Poll. Their rise was attributable to BYU’s big loss to Texas Tech and the big Irish win over Navy. If the playoff bracket were formed today, #9 seed ‘Notre Dame’ would

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‘Notre Dame’ debuts at #10 in first CFP rankings; would play BYU in first round, then Indiana

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The first College Football Playoff rankings were released Tuesday evening, with the Fighting Irish sitting at #10, their same ranking as in the most recent AP Poll and Coaches Poll. If the playoff bracket were formed today, #10 seed ‘Notre Dame’ would be playing #7-seed BYU in the first round, with the winner playing #2 seed-Indiana next. If the Irish

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Notre Dame Penciled Into College Football Playoff With Four Games Left; Irish #3 in NCAA’s CFP Poll Based on Strength of Schedule

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Reality imitates overhype in the NCAA’s inaugural College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings of 2017, with Notre Dame penciled into the playoff at the #3 spot. Georgia, source of Notre Dame’s sole loss, is at #1, in part because of their 1-point win over Notre Dame. The committee chairman reportedly credited Georgia and Notre Dame’s strength of schedule as factors in

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