Notre Dame, from 2026, will be guaranteed a CFP spot with a top 12 ranking.

[AussieTy]

This is utterly insane. They have an absolute cupcake schedule. They are lucky to play more than 3 teams with a pulse each year.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1997763809914528210

 

[22Musso22]

They will find a way to lose a couple.

 

[Snuffy Smith]

The SEC & B1G should demand 5 teams each as long as they are ranked in the top 12 that cannot get bumped to counteract this. Better yet - just bolt from the deal and create their own playoff between the 2 leagues.

 

[Snuffy Smith]

Kinda makes me wonder if the committee disapproved of this and took it out on ND this year. If so, good for them!

 

[Elefantman]

Kinda makes me wonder if the committee disapproved of this and took it out on ND this year. If so, good for them!

Take it out on them next year. Keep them ranked 13 no matter what their record is.

 

[64 Grad]

Does this mean ranked in the top 12 the week before the final CFP selection?

 

[arthurdawg]

Is this definitely true? Their schedule next year is soo easy. It's pitiful.

They play Miami and USC. And ten scrimmages.

I can't imagine the SEC and Big10 agreeing to this and knowing one of their teams could get bumped.

 

[Snuffy Smith]

In the words of Lee Corso…

“Not so fast my friend”

CFB ADs Reportedly 'Threatening' to Stop Scheduling Notre Dame amid CFP Rule Change — Bleacher Report

A new College Football Playoff rule change that favors Notre Dame could lead to teams avoiding playing the Fighting Irish in the coming seasons.

apple.news

 

[Jean Lafitte]

This is utterly insane. They have an absolute cupcake schedule. They are lucky to play more than 3 teams with a pulse each year.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1997763809914528210

I strain myself in an herculean effort to calmly analyze all sides of the issue you raise. Even so, I have to say that this stinks. What idiot came up with this idea to benefit ND in this fashion?

 

[arthurdawg]

Crazy... If the CFB signed that without asking the Big12 and the SEC they should just demand Notre Dame be excluded or blow up the whole deal and make the playoff be between them. Notre Dame playing the little sisters of the poor next year makes it even more intolerable.

 

[TideEngineer08]

In the words of Lee Corso…

“Not so fast my friend”

CFB ADs Reportedly 'Threatening' to Stop Scheduling Notre Dame amid CFP Rule Change — Bleacher Report

A new College Football Playoff rule change that favors Notre Dame could lead to teams avoiding playing the Fighting Irish in the coming seasons.

apple.news

They may have overplayed their hand.

 

[mrusso]

This along with the other whining they've done over the CFP is reason enough to not want them in the SEC. They whine more than a roomful of toddlers that didn't get their snacks before naptime. I would be embarrassed if I were an alumni.

 

[CrimsonTitles]

What the heck is an MOU? Also, who even has the authority to grant this? This is insanity.

 

[Snuffy Smith]

This is a picture from the CFB Playoff group that signed the MOU.



Seriously though - I think it is the 10 commissioners that would have had to approve the Memorandum Of Understanding to allow this to happen. Sounds like the AD’s of their member schools were not consulted on that decision.

 

[arthurdawg]

What the heck is an MOU? Also, who even has the authority to grant this? This is insanity.

Memorandum of understanding...

One article I saw said this had no actual enforceability, and that the CFP could just rank them 13th any time this came up and Notre Dame would have no recourse.

 

[denver]

If they decide to stay independent...then treat them like a G5 team...you can only get the 11th or 12th spot and compete against the other G5's for those..if the system stays the same. I do like the other ADs starting to talk about NOT scheduling them..its not a win for them to do so...all this is self-inflicted by their AD...and I hope it has the maximum detrimental effect..i will ROFL if it does

 

[mrusso]

Why stop there? Why not an MOU declaring them the CFP champion because...well ND!

 

[CrimsonTheory]

Memorandum of understanding...

One article I saw said this had no actual enforceability, and that the CFP could just rank them 13th any time this came up and Notre Dame would have no recourse.

Regardless of record, I think the voters should keep ND at 13 all year.

 

[Tidewater]

This is utterly insane. They have an absolute cupcake schedule. They are lucky to play more than 3 teams with a pulse each year.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1997763809914528210

I have a friend who is mostly an NFL-watcher, buut he has started watching NCAA fotball and already he hates Notre Dame for crap like this.

 

[Krymsonman]

Well, I say we cut them off the 2029-2030 schedule now. I don't want us playing a bunch of prima donnas.