The playoff committee has shown every year that they pay attention to the games and not the other polls. The teams will be similar as a good team is a good team in every poll. But, there are going to be differences in how the order stacks up. If the committee recognizes that ND 's two losses were early and by 4 pts total to two top ten teams, then there is a good chance that ND will be in the top 10. Then they would just need to take care of business in a dominant fashion to get into the playoffs, (very much like last year).
However, if ND is not in the top 12 on Tuesday, that's when the worry should begin. It would mean the committee doesn't value enough ND's performance since those two opening losses. And, as it's been pointed out, there will be few opportunities to impress the committee going forward.
All this angst over the polls, when the only poll that matters starts this week...
Replies to: "All this angst over the polls, when the only poll that matters starts this week..."
- All this angst over the polls, when the only poll that matters starts this week... - Irish_Demon - 12:52pm 11/1/25
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- Agree [NT] - WoodstockIrish - 3:02pm 11/1/25
- It’s great that the games were close…but that’s being negated by the weakness of the remaining - WoodstockIrish - 1:00pm 11/1/25
- Probably. But, the point is. we don't know yet what is or isn't being negated or emphasized. - Irish_Demon - 1:49pm 11/1/25