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The latest College Football Playoff rankings were released Tuesday night with little actual movement at the top as Nos. 1-6 all remained the exact same as a week ago.
What will perhaps anger some Notre Dame fans however is what happened to the Irish after dismantling previously No. 23 Navy:
The Irish remained at 16 with three-loss Auburn coming in a spot above them at 15.
Auburn clearly has a better win to its name than Notre Dame has as the Tigers knocked off now No. 6 Oregon way back on opening weekend.
The Irish have one win over a top-25 team, that being in mid-October over No. 23 USC. They also knocked Navy out of the top-25 last week while Virginia Tech is knocking on the door to enter the rankings.
Is it frustrating that you see three losses next to Auburn’s name and two next to Notre Dame’s yet see the Tigers ranked ahead?
Absolutely.
But the problem here isn’t an Auburn/Notre Dame problem, it’s a Notre Dame/Michigan problem.
If Notre Dame shows up for that game and simply doesn’t get routed they’re not sitting at 16 right now, they’re a couple spots higher and the path to a Cotton Bowl is much easier to figure out.
But get blown out in a game where a 45-14 was somehow worse than the score even indicated.
I wish I could work up the energy to be upset but it’s as simple as that late-October date in Ann Arbor will probably cost the Irish a New Year’s Six date, which sucks for Irish fans but is plenty deserved.