and you respond with "Some of these SEC teams play 6-7 ranked teams.".
But the examples you use are teams who are 9th, 12th, and 15th in their conference AND you cite games they haven't even played yet as feathers in their cap, even though rankings of their opponents could change before they play them.
You're considering ND current resume and expected failures to how tough of a schedule their bottom dwellers play (including games not even played yet being considered as Pros for them) as reason for their contenders who haven't played all those ranked teams to have a leg over ND.
Pardon me for thinking that in a playoff conversation about where contenders should be right now, your statement would actually relate to the contenders for the playoffs and things they've already done, not future accomplishments of some other teams who are non-contenders.