Notre Dame surprisingly fell from No. 9 to No. 10 in the latest edition of the College Football Playoff rankings, the second-last edition of the rankings before the playoff bracket is announced on Sunday. Despite handily defeating Stanford in their final game of the regular season, Notre Dame dropped a spot behind Alabama after the Crimson Tide’s narrow win over Auburn.
“It’s obviously disappointing, but moreso because you’re confused in terms of what we could have done differently and why we fell when you won 49–20,” Freeman said of the rankings change.
