Notre Dame has seen its College Football Playoff hopes dismantled, has declined its bowl game, and watched its relationship with the ACC deteriorate , all in the last few days.
The University of Notre Dame has been on one over the last few days after getting passed over by the College Football Playoff selection committee for a spot in this year's field, with the Irish getting jumped by the Miami Hurricanes on selection Sunday for the final at large spot.
ESPN personality Paul Finebaum is never afraid of calling out members of the college football world. With that said, he took aim at Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua this Wednesday.
Notre Dame was left out of the College Football Playoff after the matchups were unveiled on Sunday. Notre Dame was the first team out of the CFP, which made the school really upset because it felt it deserved a spot after finishing the regular season with a 10-2 record.
If any NFL team wants to hire Marcus Freeman away from Notre Dame, they are clearly going to have to spend big money to do it. Freeman has been speculated to be a potential target of the New York Giants in their coaching search.
As if missing the College Football Playoff wasn't bad enough, Notre Dame may have to worry about losing head coach Marcus Freeman. Freeman currently has a 43-12 record as the head coach of the Fighting Irish.
Notre Dame has had quite an eventful few days after being snubbed from the College Football Playoff at the last moment, declining to play in any bowl game as a response, and now leadership at the school is taking aim at the conference it has a relationship with.
Since Notre Dame's infamous CFP snub occurred Sunday, Irish Athletic Director Pete Bevacqua has been hitting the media circuit to express his displeasure with the selection process publicly in an effort to defend Notre Dame.
Even before this year's CFP drama, which eventually concluded with Notre Dame and other good teams being left out of the field, I believed that CFP expansion to 16 was going to be a reality.
The biggest surprise of the College Football Playoff was Notre Dame being left out, but no matter how much it may hurt to hear, the Fighting Irish are 100% to blame.
For weeks leading up to the official College Football Playoff bracket reveal, the committee was consistent on one thing in particular. It ranked Notre Dame ahead of Miami every week.
So, Notre Dame is a bit peeved about the College Football Playoff committee leaving it out of this year’s dance. Ever since the initial CFP rankings, the Fighting Irish were ranked ahead of the Miami (FL) Hurricanes despite the head-to-head loss.
The college football world is abuzz following the release of the final 2025 College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings, which set the 12-team field and ignited a firestorm of debate.
Former Notre Dame standout Joe Theismann is among those who feel the Fighting Irish were robbed of a College Football Playoff berth, but he thinks the Miami Hurricanes should not have been omitted instead.
One of Notre Dame's most famous alums is taking ESPN to task after his alma mater was left out of the College Football Playoff. Despite going 10-2 with
Everyone associated with Notre Dame is furious with the College Football Playoff selection committee for leaving the Fighting Irish out of this year’s tournament, and athletic director Pete Bevacqua says those feelings of frustration extend toward the ACC as well.
The expanded 12-team College Football Playoff field was revealed on Sunday, and the biggest headline came from who was left off the list: Notre Dame. Despite