While Notre Dame football escaped with a win at home against Miami (OH), ESPN did not like what it saw from the Irish on Saturday afternoon.
In its latest update to their Football Power Index, Notre Dame dropped two spots from No. 7 to No. 9. It was an opposite movement from last weekend, where the Irish made a move north a few spots.
After not dominating an outmatched MAC team, it makes sense that Notre Dame would drop a bit. The projection lowered the Irish’s chances of winning out from 22.8% last week to 22% this week, not much of a drop but still somewhat significant.
Like their chances of winning out, the percentage to make the [autotag]College Football Playoff[/autotag] fell slightly as well, going from 37.2% last week to 36.3% this week. Another small move the wrong way, as it makes sense following the less than stellar performance against Miami (OH).
The door isn’t necessarily closed to make the CFP, but ask Joel Klatt pointed out, it’s going to be difficult for the Irish to make the field of 12 without winning out.
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