For weeks college football fans and media members argued about which 12 teams would make the College Football Playoff this year. On Sunday, we finally got all the answers as the field was finally announced. With any selection of this importance, there was always going to be at least one school feeling left out and that's exactly what happened as Notre Dame fell just short of making the CFP after being bounced by Miami.
The Fighting Irish were routinely ahead of Miami in the weekly CFP rankings, only to be given the bad news on Sunday that the Hurricanes snatched the No. 10 spot away from Notre Dame. In the end, their opening weekend game in Miami, which the Hurricanes won, proved to be the difference.
