2025 College Football Playoffs

[JamIrish]

ND is -4000 to make the playoffs and +1260 to miss. Ohio State, A&M, Georgia, Indiana, and ND are virtual locks.

 

[Dizzyphil]

One of the benefits of being retired/small business owner... I have this week off until 2026... One of my favorite things to do is read 'X' and FB' posts on every reason why the Irish shouldn't be in the playoffs or ranked where they are... Don't 'click', read or pay any attention to them.
. It's all BS and heresay... The Irish schedule of 2025 was set years ago... And... They have no control over their opponents before, during or after when the games are played... Just freaking win the next two, fall within the '12' and let's go!!!!

 

[NDty9]

Here’s an idea


F**K Miami

 

[Plankton]

 

[arndtjc]

Fatter too

 

[ulukinatme]

My ideal first three rounds of the playoff at this point:
Round 1: Miami
Round 2: BYU
Round 3: Texas Tech
Championship: Indiana

My entire Twitter feed is pretty much these fuckers and I've ranked them in the order of most annoying to least so they get ousted sooner rather than later. You can tell who hasn't dealt with success in awhile and who needs an ass whippin'.

 

[Wild Bill]

With all their bitching, a Miami loss this week or next would be one of the most embarrassing in recent memory.

 

[ulukinatme]

With all their bitching, a Miami loss this week or next would be one of the most embarrassing in recent memory.

November collapses are a Miami tradition! Getting revenge in the playoffs would be pretty damn nice. If we managed to go deep in the playoffs and they didn't make the cut their idiot fanbase would just cry "Herr dur...we won dat hed to hed, we best!" despite them missing the playoffs entirely. Michigan did the same shit last year after OSU won the championship. Fuck Michigan.

 

[Te'o4Heisman]

Brooks knows his shit

The play design on the deep shot to Raridon that drew the PI call was slick.

 

[ulukinatme]

It's beautiful!

 

[ozzman]

Bruce Feldman can be so insufferable. I can't believe Stew of all people is defending ND.

 

[IrishTusker]

Again, 1993 called. If the rule is that a team with a head-to-head win must be ranked ahead of the team they beat when they have the same number of losses, then apply that consistently. But it hasn't been applied consistently in the past, so why are we applying it now? And yeah, I know the AP poll isn't the same as the CFP rankings, but it's basically the same question.

 

[2013Irish]

Bruce Feldman can be so insufferable. I can't believe Stew of all people is defending ND.

Never understood why Feldman is held in such high regard. His most famous gimmick is just aggregating weight room stats in late July.

 

[stlnd01]

Never understood why Feldman is held in such high regard. His most famous gimmick is just aggregating weight room stats in late July.

He has a LOT of good sources at the assistant and head coach level all over the country.

I could take or leave his rankings punditry stuff, but his actual reporting on the sport and how it works and its coaches and players is probably the best in the business at a national level.

Also he went to Miami and wrote a book about them. Not exactly unbiased here, which is fine.

 

[tussin]

I love how all these idiot talking heads are ragging on the playoff committee when the media poll and the coaches poll both have differentials that are worse for Miami.

This is just content farming. Everyone knows ND is better than Miami. Everyone.

 

[BrianWalsh]

I'm having difficulty following the "logic" as such:
- Miami beat ND so ND should not be ahead of Miami
-ND lost to Texas A&M (No. 3) and Miami (who is trash, I guess but should be in ahead of ND)
-Alabama CANNOT be left for ND because they play a conference schedule (including ballbusters such as Mizzou, Kentucky, Florida, Vandy, Arkansas, et. al.) and even they've lost two and one of the losses is Florida State, it doesn't matter because they beat...Missouri? Kentucky?
-Texas Tech even with two losses played in a conference against juggernauts such as Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Arizona State etc. and non-conference against Kent State and Arkansas Pine-Bluff.

I get coaches making arguments but how can any journalists--and they're out there--make the above arguments with a straight face?

 

[MPClinton22]

With all their bitching, a Miami loss this week or next would be one of the most embarrassing in recent memory.

Last time they were this big for their britches was when they beat us in 2017 and jumped up to #2...only to promptly lose to Pitt two weeks later. Just need history to repeat itself.

Again, 1993 called. If the rule is that a team with a head-to-head win must be ranked ahead of the team they beat when they have the same number of losses, then apply that consistently. But it hasn't been applied consistently in the past, so why are we applying it now? And yeah, I know the AP poll isn't the same as the CFP rankings, but it's basically the same question.

Head to head actually rarely has mattered because very rarely are resumes truly close enough to need that as a tie breaker. Had Miami lost their first two games to top-15 teams by a total of 4 points including a missed XP, and since looked dominant and go on a 10 game win streak - then go ahead and use head to head. But they lost to two mid teams much more recently. Our resumes are not similar.

 

[Bane]

I love how all these idiot talking heads are ragging on the playoff committee when the media poll and the coaches poll both have differentials that are worse for Miami.

This is just content farming. Everyone knows ND is better than Miami. Everyone.

It's why the beat the H2H drum, it's because that's all they have. For one, it's Miami's only game of note all year. They haven't beaten a team with a winning record since September and that was USF, who just lost to Navy last Saturday. They haven't won a game outside the state of Florida all year.

Secondly, there is unanimous consensus outside of the Miami fanbase and the ragebaiting journalist class, that ND is better than Miami. It's not just the CFP as you mentioned, it's both the AP and Coaches poll as well as all of the "computers" as well. Miami fans point to the head to head and the fact that like SOR is close and say we're basically even, but no one else agrees.

And, many of the same people crying for Miami to be in were making the exact opposite arguments in 2018 re: Notre Dame vs. Michigan. It's all just ragebait. Name dropping ND is the sports equivalent of namedropping Taylor Swift: you're guaranteed engagement.

 

[IrishinSyria]

If I’m being honest I’d be beating the h2h drum if I were a Miami fan too.

This was always the problem with expanding the playoff field, once you get out of the top one or two teams you’re getting into meatier parts of the bell curve where it’s very likely that you’ll have multiple teams with a good argument for inclusion.

 

[Dizzyphil]

I could see a gripe from Miami and their fan base, as well as reporters.... but here's why they have no dog in this hunt and I like to see Miami's fan base cry

CGP has them ranked 13th, AP 14th, and Coaches 15th.....

Let them bitch all they want.... they're ranked by the three where they are for a fk'n reason.

2025 College Football Rankings - ESPN

Find the 2025 NCAAF rankings on ESPN, including the Coaches and AP poll for the top 25 NCAAF teams.

www.espn.com

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

The pundits need something to talk about and drive discussion. What better way to do it than make ND the villain against poor old Miami and Bama? This is all this is, just talking points to get fans riled up.

 

[lcaps20]

If I’m being honest I’d be beating the h2h drum if I were a Miami fan too.

This was always the problem with expanding the playoff field, once you get out of the top one or two teams you’re getting into meatier parts of the bell curve where it’s very likely that you’ll have multiple teams with a good argument for inclusion.

Agree with you on this. Roles reversed and ND fans are doing the same thing.

The only issue I have with it is some of the backward logic that I see their fans trying to apply. "We should cancel the game next year because winning at Notre Dame out of conference obviously doesn't matter". Yes it does, look at where your fellow ACC teams are ranked. You're welcome for your 13th ranking and for giving you any shot at an at large bid to the playoffs. Without the Notre Dame game Miami has no argument and would be living the life of an irrelevant 17-20th ranked college football team.

 

[NumbersGuy0520]

What the Miami fans don’t realize is the H2H win against Notre dame is being taken into account.

…it’s the reason they’re not 5-10 spots further back in the rankings.

 

[FWIrish4]

We’re a week before Thanksgiving and Miami has played TWO road games and has left the state of Florida ONCE?

Truly incredible they couldn’t manage that schedule unscathed after ND.

 

[RDU Irish]

What the Miami fans don’t realize is the H2H win against Notre dame is being taken into account.

…it’s the reason they’re not 5-10 spots further back in the rankings.

Home win by 3 points - that is called home field advantage. We would be slight favorites on a neutral site coming out of that game. You don't even have to look at Miami's 2-0 turnover advantage or the rest of the season to claim we are better than them and their $7M six year senior QB.

 

[RudyVerse]

Has anyone given thought to where Michigan is if they beat OSU? They'd be 10-2 and in the playoffs. Hopefully behind us still.

 

[lcaps20]

Has anyone given thought to where Michigan is if they beat OSU? They'd be 10-2 and in the playoffs. Hopefully behind us still.

I'm not sure Michigan would be in and I think it would largely depend on the result of the Oregon/USC game this weekend.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Getting rid of Twitter was one of the best adult decisions I've made. Top five. Easy.

 

[Irish#1]

Given the way there is bellyaching all over, I'd say Notre Dame is, how do you say, relevant?

 

[NDWarrior]

At least Cowherd, usually not much of a fan of ND, agrees with the committee's reasoning for ranking ND ahead of Miami.