As I stated before, no one-loss team playing a P5 schedule (which includes P5 teams and ND) has ever finished lower than 7th.
Of the 11 teams ranked higher than ND right now, 6 are almost guaranteed to have at least 2 losses because of future games in the SEC and Big 18. Some of them will have 3 losses from playing each other. Will there be 2-loss non-champions ranked ahead of ND? Probably. Will there be 7? No way.
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