The team can only give themselves a shot at the playoff if they win out. You are kinda assuming that since Miami and A&M beat ND that they are somehow going to continue winning and just be locks for the playoff.
Conference play is starting up for real now, Miami could easily lose to FSU (Cristobal hasn't Cristobal'd a game yet, even though he tried with ND game 1), A&M is always good at losing games later in the year. The SEC can certainly have upsets out of nowhere. ND can lose to USC based on what we've seen the first few weeks on defense, we have to see if the defense continues to improve prior to that game.
This year of college football has already been a lot of fun. ND needs Miami and A&M to keep winning, and ND needs to keep blowing everyone out. The committee will need to be able to look at what the team is doing, how much it has improved, in order to determine if they think ND will actually have a shot in the playoff. If A&M manages to be Texas 8&4 again this season, and Miami fails to win the ACC again this season, those losses, while close, won't be "good" losses anymore, and ND will be very lucky if they are able to sneak into the playoff were that to happen.
It's just win out and see what happens
Replies to: "It's just win out and see what happens"
- Win & We're In - IdahoIrish - 7:31am 10/1/25
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- 1 play at a time. 1 game at a time. LFG ND! [NT] - KWIRISH - 7:28pm 10/1/25
- If any 10-2 team makes it into the playoffs, it will be ND. The $s ND brings is just too enticing. - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 1:35pm 10/1/25
- I'm nearly 100% confident we will be Top 12 by EOY. May get frozen out by a 9-3 or worse Conf Champ - Turkish - 11:19am 10/1/25
- *Nearly 100% if we win out [NT] - Turkish - 11:20am 10/1/25
- It's just win out and see what happens - wrdomerson - 10:07am 10/1/25
- Well said. We need Miami, A&M and USC to win out except for USC against us. - WoodstockIrish - 1:25pm 10/1/25
- SOS is important. So is FPI. [LINK]
- Hensou - 1:39pm 10/1/25
- Of course it is (now) - WoodstockIrish - 6:14pm 10/1/25
- SOS is important. So is FPI. [LINK]
- Hensou - 1:39pm 10/1/25
- Well said. We need Miami, A&M and USC to win out except for USC against us. - WoodstockIrish - 1:25pm 10/1/25
- I think it would be close but I think it would be hard for a committee to ignore a 10 game winning - THEISMANCARR - 9:52am 10/1/25
- Not so sure - Nigel Tufnel - 9:38am 10/1/25
- You have that backwards - AlbanyIRISH - 6:51am 10/2/25
- There is no way to tell what Big 12 team is quality year to year - wrdomerson - 10:09am 10/1/25
- I had figured this out last week, but we need 4 teams ahead of us to lose each week to jump to 12. - FoolBear - 9:33am 10/1/25
- Agree. 10 wins means 10 in a row. Probably a lower seed but in. [NT] - MuskyTommy - 8:02am 10/1/25
- Not a sure thing with so many teams playing pure cupcakes + not playing the tough conf teams this yr - BaronVonZemo - 7:41am 10/1/25