We’ve followed just about every poll, rankings system, and college football analyst who decides to put together rankings this season and one we kept finding to be quite compelling was ESPN’s Football Power Index. It was mind-boggling at times but also very compelling, however it was rarely favorable to Notre Dame.
That may be until this moment.
The majority of the nation had seemingly written off Notre Dame’s chances at a College Football Playoff berth months ago, yet at 11-1 and their regular season already a wrap, their odds haven’t been viewed as overly great.
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FPI tells a slightly different story however as they relatively like Notre Dame’s odds at crashing the playoff party. There are seven teams who FPI says has a chance at a playoff spot so who are they and what are their chances?