{"id":9385,"date":"2025-11-11T20:07:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T02:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/leprechaun-express\/irish-update-notre-dame-football-news\/?p=9385"},"modified":"2025-11-11T20:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T02:19:37","slug":"notre-dame-climbs-to-9-in-second-college-football-playoff-rankings-would-play-at-oregon-in-first-round-then-have-rematch-with-ohio-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/leprechaun-express\/irish-update-notre-dame-football-news\/notre-dame-climbs-to-9-in-second-college-football-playoff-rankings-would-play-at-oregon-in-first-round-then-have-rematch-with-ohio-state\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Notre Dame\u2019 climbs to #9 in College Football Playoff rankings; would play at Oregon in first round, then have rematch with Ohio State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/collegefootballplayoff.com\/rankings.aspx?year=2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second College Football Playoff rankings were released Tuesday evening<\/a>, 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&#8217;s big loss to Texas Tech and the big Irish win over Navy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/football\/article\/2025-11-11\/college-football-playoff-bracket-based-current-committee-rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">If the playoff bracket were formed today, #9 seed &#8216;Notre Dame&#8217; would be playing at #8-seed Oregon in the first round, with the winner playing #1-seed Ohio State next.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; College Football Playoff Rankings &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 55%;padding-left:10px;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IF the College Football Playoffs started today\ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts?\ud83d\udc40<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6FCU1tFiRQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/6FCU1tFiRQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sCksfGGoYS\">https:\/\/t.co\/sCksfGGoYS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gcdCXWqHzZ\">pic.twitter.com\/gcdCXWqHzZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; On3 (@On3sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/On3sports\/status\/1988401051331162201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>1 Ohio State 9-0<br \/>\n2 Indiana 10-0<br \/>\n3 <strong>Texas A&amp;M<\/strong> 9-0<strong>*<br \/>\n<\/strong>4 Alabama 8-1<br \/>\n5 Georgia 8-1<br \/>\n6 Texas Tech 9-1<br \/>\n7 Ole Miss 9-1<br \/>\n8 Oregon 8-1<br \/>\n9 &#8216;<strong>Notre Dame<\/strong>&#8216; 7-2<br \/>\n10 Texas 7-2<br \/>\n11 Oklahoma 7-2<br \/>\n12 BYU 8-1<br \/>\n13 Utah 7-2<br \/>\n14 Vanderbilt 8-2<br \/>\n15 <strong>Miami (Fla.)<\/strong> 7-2<br \/>\n16 Georgia Tech 8-1<br \/>\n17 <strong>USC<\/strong> 7-2<br \/>\n18 Michigan 7-2<br \/>\n19 Virginia 8-2<br \/>\n20 Louisville 7-2<br \/>\n21 Iowa 6-3<br \/>\n22 <strong>Pittsburgh<\/strong> 7-2<br \/>\n23 Tennessee 6-3<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>24 South Florida 7-2<br \/>\n25 Cincinnati 7-2<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>[&#8216;Notre Dame&#8217; and Irish opponents in boldface]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The five highest-ranked conference champions receive automatic bids into the 12-team field regardless of ranking.\u00a0With Memphis of the American Athletic Conference (AAC) losing and dropping down, the committee managed to find a ranking for the AAC&#8217;s South Florida.\u00a0 However, if it was the AAC conference champion that received the fifth automatic bid, it would be the actual winner of the AAC conference title game claiming that slot.<\/p>\n<p><em>(* Texas A&amp;M wins include one where the winning touchdown in the final seconds was essentially the result of cheating, when, on the Aggies&#8217; last offensive play of the game, an Aggie offensive lineman tackled a pass rusher from behind as he was barreling towards the quarterback; but an SEC officiating crew ignored the penalty and did not throw a flag; without the cheating and\/or the non-call, the Aggies likely would be 8-1)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(SCW 11.11.25)<\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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