Notre Dame is in position to make the College Football Playoff. It shouldn’t be—not yet, anyway—but it is. Those shiny gold helmets must have blinded the selection committee members to reality.
The Fighting Irish (6–2) were gifted with a No. 10 ranking in the first installment of the CFP Top 25. If they win out to finish 10–2—their only remaining serious challenge should be at No. 24 Pittsburgh on Nov. 15—they’re far more likely to rise from that spot than fall. Their destiny is in their hands.
