r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 14 '25

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Texas A&M Defeats Notre Dame 41-40

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Texas A&M 7 21 3 10 41
Notre Dame 14 10 7 9 40
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u/homefree122 Oklahoma Sooners Sep 14 '25

ND possibly booted from playoff contention by week 3

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u/Chicago_Blackhawks Northwestern Wildcats • Sickos Sep 14 '25

And one of those weeks was a bye for them lol

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u/helium_farts Alabama • Jacksonville State Sep 14 '25

They put the bye in bye week

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u/TexasNatty05 Texas Longhorns Sep 14 '25

How you get fired on your day off?

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u/Middle_Wheel_5959 James Madison • Penn State Sep 14 '25

Have to win out and that might not even do it

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u/Benson879 Iowa State Cyclones Sep 14 '25

There’s no quality win left in their schedule besides maybe USC? One of those times where their lack of conference does them in.

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u/Jeffmister Cheer Sep 14 '25

Yep - their first two games were meant to be the platform to set up the rest of the season but they threw away dropped that opportunity.

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u/Benson879 Iowa State Cyclones Sep 14 '25

I’m just hoping one more loss gets dropped in somewhere so it’s not even a debate. Lol

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u/ozymandais13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 14 '25

Why , we don't even play you guys

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u/Benson879 Iowa State Cyclones Sep 14 '25

Any hope of the Big 12 getting a second bid relies on ND being out of the picture. Definitely has meaning.

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u/MinnyRawks North Dakota State • Minne… Sep 14 '25

They’d be worse off with a conference schedule tbf

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u/ozymandais13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 14 '25

If Michigan was OK with Catholics we'd have been in the big 10 since the like 30s or some shit

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u/MinnyRawks North Dakota State • Minne… Sep 14 '25

Should’ve recruited convicts and joined the ACC like the rest of their sports

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u/flaminhotcheeto Western Michigan • Michigan S… Sep 14 '25

I have a basketball from my childhood that is a (now B1G) BIG10 conference ball that has all the teams. I'm positive that Notre Dame is on it from my memory. What happened? I swear they were Big 10 at some point

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u/MinnyRawks North Dakota State • Minne… Sep 14 '25

I’m not a basketball guy but I think they were Big East before ACC.

They are B1G in hockey currently tho and given the Western Michigan flair maybe that’s where it’s coming from?

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u/flaminhotcheeto Western Michigan • Michigan S… Sep 14 '25

I think it's just a Mandela Effect / false memory

I think this is the ball but i could swear the logos were smaller.

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u/wysiwygperson Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 14 '25

We literally have to pray that Miami and A&M and playoff teams and that USC is actually good enough to be ranked.

And even then, we probably need a lot of chaos so there aren't a bunch of one loss teams.

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u/snickerDUDEls Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 14 '25

Miami looks legit so far. USC will show who they are their next 3 games against MSU, Illini, and UM. Arkansas could be a problem. Realistically there are still 3 or 4 games that could be an issue for the Irish. I have turned my expectations all the way down

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u/RulersBack Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 14 '25 edited Sep 14 '25

So much peacocking (pun) from them about having the perfect setup for the playoffs. They’re not exactly wrong but it would be hilarious if this ends up being the case

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u/carter1137 Michigan • Western Michigan Sep 14 '25

Ya just hate to see it

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u/mjs_pj_party Michigan Wolverines • Colorado Buffaloes Sep 14 '25

But even more than that...

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u/Cmp_ Boise State Broncos Sep 14 '25

Hey!

Ok yeah that’s fair

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u/Benson879 Iowa State Cyclones Sep 14 '25

😢

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u/thecarlosdanger1 Notre Dame • Cornell Sep 14 '25

Win out and honestly pray for help. Absolutely don’t control their own destiny at this point.

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u/Sam_Strake Texas A&M Aggies Sep 14 '25

Ah but you're forgetting the very important fact that they're Notre Dame™️

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u/RiotsMade Texas A&M Aggies Sep 14 '25

No chance a 10-2 ND is left out of a 12 team playoff. None. If they win out, they’re in.

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u/rmcg11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 14 '25

Win out with A&M and Miami both being playoff teams

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u/JumboFister Texas A&M Aggies Sep 14 '25

You’re putting far too much trust in us lol we def losing 3-4 games

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u/dyfish Hawai'i • Northern Arizona Sep 14 '25

I think you could get by with one of them being a playoff team but the other definitely needs to be ranked top 20.

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u/Aggie9er TCU Horned Frogs Sep 14 '25

So A&M holds the fate of Notre Dame playoff chances thats tempting

2

u/dyfish Hawai'i • Northern Arizona Sep 14 '25

Legitimately yeah. Aggies lose like 4 games. ND has 0 chance.

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u/Aggie9er TCU Horned Frogs Sep 14 '25

So a glass half full type of season

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

A&M and Miami both being playoff teams would hurt them. That locks up 2 at-large spots.

What they need (well, besides a new DC) is mass carnage. What A&M and Miami do from here on is irrelevant unless they both go like 3-9.

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u/AlphaH4wk Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Sep 14 '25

It probably would have been good enough last year. They have a pretty soft schedule remaining so they can do it

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

the soft schedule is actually not a good thing for them in this situation though

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u/CalTono Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 14 '25

No they'll let a 3 loss SEC team over us, and they should, this defense is extremely sorry

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u/buxtonOJ Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 14 '25

our d is horrendous…they will lose again to navy or something

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u/HailLeroy Purdue Boilermakers Sep 14 '25

Can I interest you in a Spoilermaking?

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u/cptspacebomb Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Clemson Tigers Sep 14 '25

It probably won't and I'm all for them missing the playoffs this year. They don't deserve it. Haven't played with the same intensity and they're just worse...so much worse than I thought they'd be.

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u/titanup001 Tennessee Volunteers Sep 14 '25

They should just win their conference title game. Oh right. Fuck notre dame. lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

Oh look it’s the stupidest take of all time.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

It really isnt. If you had a conference championship to play for your hopes of a playoff would be alive and well right now.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

Oh honey. 10-2 is in sorry

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

Lmao whatever you have to tell yourself to sleep tonight

You gotta win even one first loser

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

Tell me more about winning Nebraska

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

well we are 3-0 and youre 0-2.

Last time you won a national championship was 1988. You likely werent alive for that. Ive seen my team win 3 national championships in my lifetime, last one being in 1997.

Despite having better teams over the past couple decades, your team has accomplished nothing, and won nothing. Maybe if you werent independent youd have a conference championship to at least point to.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

My last title was 2017. Your team took that coach and tried to kill him with the failure of having to live in Nebraska.

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u/CrumbBCrumb Pittsburgh Panthers Sep 14 '25

I'm kind of a ND hater so that might be clouding my judgment but the only way I see winning out getting them in is off the name alone. Their best two games remaining are probably Arkansas and USC. If USC isn't ranked when they play is that really enough of a signature win to get in?

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u/AuGa_skittles USC Trojans • Saddleback Bobcats Sep 14 '25

Yea and we play Michigan and Illinois before them so in a weird way they’ll need to root for us to help them out.

It’s also ND though and I think the committee lets them in with 2 losses especially with how inconsistent the rest of the field is.

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u/CrumbBCrumb Pittsburgh Panthers Sep 14 '25

Oh, if they go 10-2 I definitely expect them to get in because their name is Notre Dame but that'll probably miss of a lot of fans. They need you guys to basically go 10-2 or 11-1 and they probably needed Arkansas to win today. Or, someone like Navy, Cuse, or NC State to go on a run

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

The only ND fans I know are so quick to just stop watching and give up on their team if they think the natty is no longer winnable. Its kinda funny. If they had a conference championship to play for, it would be a whole different story right now.

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u/Ml2jukes Michigan Wolverines • Rose Bowl Sep 14 '25

I don’t think they needed any help to root for y’all playing us.

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u/thecarlosdanger1 Notre Dame • Cornell Sep 14 '25

We need at least one of Miami/A&M to be elite, someone else to be ranked when we play, and some B1G/SEC chaos. Otherwise we are out at 10-2

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u/AdventureDude24 Notre Dame • UIndy Sep 14 '25

They dont deserve to. I want this team unranked and written off from the ESPN manuscript

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u/BadDadJokes LSU Tigers • Chattanooga Mocs Sep 14 '25

It’s Notre Dame, they’ll be in the mix is they win out.

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u/RulersBack Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 14 '25 edited Sep 14 '25

They have zero currently ranked teams left on the schedule. They’ll need to look absolutely dominant and benefit from a fair amount of chaos

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u/Leet_Noob Sep 14 '25

They probably need one of their remaining opponents to get hot and become ranked

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u/BuckeyeForLife95 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 14 '25

Not only do they have no currently ranked opponents, I don’t even know who could rise up and become one. USC? Pitt? Boise? It’s a dire situation for Notre Dame. For once, their schedule matches the stereotypes.

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u/Mattp55 Penn State Nittany Lions • Florida Gators Sep 14 '25

USC could be solid for sure. I dont see it being anyone else. Maybe they steamroll teams and get in like that

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u/thecarlosdanger1 Notre Dame • Cornell Sep 14 '25

USC, Pitt, or Honestly Navy. It’s ironic because I was worried having the hardest 2 games first would be an issue with a new QB, but Carr has been one of the best parts of the team.

Defense on the other hand…

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u/lkn240 Illinois Fighting Illini • Sickos Sep 14 '25

USC I think is the main hope. They do look frisky so far

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u/BuckeyeForLife95 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 14 '25

The problem for USC is that USC probably goes into the Notre Dame game losing two straight, and feels like they have an 8-4/9-3 ceiling. They could easily wind up in "additional receiving votes" range at the end of the year.

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u/BadDadJokes LSU Tigers • Chattanooga Mocs Sep 14 '25

Counter point: they’re Notre Dame.

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u/RulersBack Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 14 '25 edited Sep 14 '25

The committee could’ve easily twisted themselves into some justification to put Bama and Miami (Cam Ward eyeballs) in last year. I think they’ve earned the benefit of the doubt that you need a deserving resume to get in

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u/Volleyball45 Penn State • Appalachian State Sep 14 '25

Would they deserve it? As of right now they don’t play a single ranked team for the rest of the season.

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u/theboarderdude Missouri Tigers • Missouri S&T Miners Sep 14 '25

No but they’ll fall to ~18 after this and if they win out they’ll 100% be back in the top 12

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u/USMNT_ Notre Dame • Boise State Sep 14 '25

I’m pretty sure they’re gonna be unranked. Two close losses to playoff ish teams but still 0-2

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u/jedi_mac_n_cheese Oregon Ducks Sep 14 '25

Playoff via poll inertia

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u/Volleyball45 Penn State • Appalachian State Sep 14 '25

First confirmed case of dead cat bounce in CFB? How exciting.

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u/thecarlosdanger1 Notre Dame • Cornell Sep 14 '25

Only if Miami/A&M are really good, one of their remaining opponents is ranked, and there’s chaos in the Big 2 conferences.

We absolutely don’t control our destiny now.

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u/Volleyball45 Penn State • Appalachian State Sep 14 '25

It’s true, we really have no idea how good Miami or A&M are. TAMU will have their fair share of tests but Miami just has FSU on their schedule and not a ton else.

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u/thecarlosdanger1 Notre Dame • Cornell Sep 14 '25

I feel more confident that Miami is good. They have some elite OL and DL players and Beck is very good when clean.

ND did almost nothing to make Reed uncomfortable as much as I like Elko as a coach.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

That would completely depend on what else happens throughout the CFB landscape.

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u/cheerl231 Michigan Wolverines Sep 14 '25

Theyll have the benefit of poll inertia if they win out. Also admittedly their two losses were close games.

Id guess they're in if they win out but it depends on the rest of the field.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

but imagine if Texas A&M falls to 9-3, and Miami ends up not winning the conference and missing the playoff.

It all depends what would happen with the rest of CFB. Basically, even if they win out their fate would be out of their hands. They would need some things to align, and then its possible.

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u/americansherlock201 Miami Hurricanes Sep 14 '25

I don’t even think they would at that point. Zero quality games left on their schedule. Multiple losses to ranked opponents.

It’s wild to say but NDs season is effectively over by sept 14 lol

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u/mbrogan4 Notre Dame • Illinois State Sep 14 '25

If we got 10-2 we will make the playoffs. But I’d be shocked if this team doesn’t stumble on some pebble team. 9-3 and a “solid” bowl game win is the zenith we have this season.

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u/Purples_A_Fruit USC Trojans • Big Ten Sep 14 '25

Ya hate to see it 😁

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u/Skeptical_Lemur LSU Tigers • North Texas Mean Green Sep 14 '25

Truly hate to see it.

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u/FreedomCripple LSU Tigers • Air Force Falcons Sep 14 '25

Disagree!

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u/MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME USC Trojans Sep 14 '25

I’m so mad! 😡😡

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u/Baby_giraffes LSU Tigers Sep 14 '25

Feasting

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u/Dudeasaurus22 Texas Longhorns • UTSA Roadrunners Sep 14 '25

But more than that… you love to see it.

2

u/chaser676 Ole Miss Rebels • Egg Bowl Sep 14 '25

We just got picked apart by Green with Arkansas. That all of a sudden is going to be a good game.

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u/carnivorous_seahorse Notre Dame • Michigan State Sep 14 '25

It is funny seeing teams who have never even made the playoffs talking though

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u/PrincePuparoni Notre Dame • Cortland Sep 14 '25

Taking the quality out of your quality loss

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

For all you know one or both of these losses wont look so quality by the end of the season, you just never know.

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u/bitcoinstake Texas Longhorns Sep 14 '25

UNRANK NOTRE DAME

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u/GrudenLovesSlurs Illinois Fighting Illini Sep 14 '25

I get they played 2 good teams but seriously how do you rank an 0-2 team

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u/Sampsonite_Way_Off Cincinnati Bearcats Sep 14 '25

Quality losses move 'em up to #7. /s

They should be unranked, but they won't be.

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u/Fyrelyte67 Georgia Bulldogs • Air Force Falcons Sep 14 '25

That's the neat thing, you don't...

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

Welcome to the top 25.

checks notes

Top 10? That must be a typo.

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u/Gen_Z_boi Illinois Fighting Illini Sep 14 '25

Especially when both losses are, to a significant extent, because the defense and/or special teams doesn’t show up

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u/AgITGuy Texas A&M Aggies • Zlín Golems Sep 14 '25

Last i checked, it was a team sport, so the whole team contribution is what matters...

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u/lowes18 Florida State Seminoles • FAU Owls Sep 14 '25

UNRANK TEXAS

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u/ALStark69 Alabama • Florida State Sep 14 '25

RANK FSU

Wait

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u/EIiteJT Texas Longhorns • Team Chaos Sep 14 '25

Don't worry. If Arch continues to play like he is, we won't be ranked for long.

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u/HoovesCarveCraters Texas A&M Aggies • McGill Redbirds Sep 14 '25

Unironically we should be ranked above Texas. This joy will be fleeting but I want it.

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u/buxtonOJ Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 14 '25

Arch is garbage

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u/bitcoinstake Texas Longhorns Sep 14 '25

Lol go cry lil bro

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u/AgITGuy Texas A&M Aggies • Zlín Golems Sep 14 '25

Your QB is ass, got called out and you try to play the 'lil bro' card against a Notre Dame flair?

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u/cptspacebomb Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Clemson Tigers Sep 14 '25

While I agree with you, Texas looks like ass this year. I wouldn't talk too much.

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u/bitcoinstake Texas Longhorns Sep 14 '25

Texas winning the natty this year screenshot this

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u/cptspacebomb Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Clemson Tigers Sep 14 '25

Texas scored all of 7 points against the only ranked team they played this year. 7. Points. They are not winning the natty.

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u/IrishRhino70 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • LSU Tigers Sep 14 '25

Please do. Defense like that doesn't deserve to be ranked

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u/brendan87na Washington Huskies Sep 14 '25

best we can do is move ND up 2 spots

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u/Rohkey Michigan • Georgia Tech Sep 14 '25

You love to see it.

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u/Troubledking-313 Ole Miss • Notre Dame Sep 14 '25

I’d say it’s a wrap now.

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u/tonyjefferson Oklahoma Sooners Sep 14 '25

Yall can still get in by winning your Conference Championship

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u/Troubledking-313 Ole Miss • Notre Dame Sep 14 '25

Good troll

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u/DweltElephant0 Notre Dame • Wyoming Sep 14 '25

Would take a miracle to not only win 10 straight but have enough chaos ahead that those 10 wins are impressive enough to get us in

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u/Billyshears68 Army • Notre Dame Sep 14 '25

as they should be. They bungled every opportunity they had to win this game. The team just isn't good

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u/indescipherabled Sep 14 '25

The team just isn't good

Look, I hate Notre Dame as much as anyone else. Really don't like Catholicism either.

But, if they're simply not good then what does that make TAMU or Miami?

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u/Billyshears68 Army • Notre Dame Sep 14 '25

"really don't like Catholicism either" okay...not sure why you needed to say that.

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u/carnivorous_seahorse Notre Dame • Michigan State Sep 14 '25

Lol “isn’t good”. Two close games against what will be a top 5 team and a top 15 team. There’s a lot to clean up but god damn are you crybaby fans obnoxious

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u/KruegerFishBabeblade Texas A&M Aggies • Colorado State Rams Sep 14 '25

ND so used to playing plumbers that you think A&M's finishing top 15 cause we won our big ooc game. Don't get it twisted we will be finishing the year unranked

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u/carnivorous_seahorse Notre Dame • Michigan State Sep 14 '25

The ND plays no one take is so outdated and nonsensical it’s almost like an iq test

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u/KruegerFishBabeblade Texas A&M Aggies • Colorado State Rams Sep 14 '25

Boss we were the best team you played last year and the best you'll play this year

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u/carnivorous_seahorse Notre Dame • Michigan State Sep 14 '25

Boss, you’re not better than Miami and you won off of a botched xp snap and blatant hold on 4th and goal

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u/Sir_Bryan Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 14 '25

Yeah but you lost that game too. You can’t hang your hat on two games you lost lol. Your remaining schedule is fucking garbage

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u/carnivorous_seahorse Notre Dame • Michigan State Sep 14 '25

I’m not hanging my hat on anything, I’m speaking on what literally transpired. Apparently I have to remind you of the original debate that happened like 20 minutes ago of someone calling ND bad for losing narrowly to a top 5 and top 15 team

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u/KruegerFishBabeblade Texas A&M Aggies • Colorado State Rams Sep 14 '25

Have fun beating up on 9 6-6 teams and then playing in the pop tart bowl ig

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u/carnivorous_seahorse Notre Dame • Michigan State Sep 14 '25

Have fun making the playoffs if that ever happens

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

lol two last possession losses to ranked teams and we are gonna do the bad team thing?

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u/Billyshears68 Army • Notre Dame Sep 14 '25

Do good teams miss PAT's and give up 41 points at home? Are good teams 0-2?

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

Yes good teams miss extra points. Sometimes good teams lose 2 in a row to ranked teams. Just gotta be 12 in December.

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u/Jeffmister Cheer Sep 14 '25

Is it the team or more the coaching? Personally, I think Marcus Freeman is massively overrated and that's been highlighted time and time again during his ND stint.

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u/Billyshears68 Army • Notre Dame Sep 14 '25

tbh, I don't know and won't pretend to know. What I do know, is you can't give up 41 points at home and miss every chance you have to put the game away.

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u/roadman67761 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 14 '25

Cake schedule from here out. Not sure what you’d make of them at 10-2

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u/HebBush Florida Gators Sep 14 '25

10-2, 10 wins a row going into relevant time, 100% in

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u/FreedomCripple LSU Tigers • Air Force Falcons Sep 14 '25

Well they lost to NIU last year and are 0-2 to start this year so let's not assume anything about what Notre Dame can and cannot do with a "cake" schedule.

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u/JDraks Michigan Wolverines • College Football Playoff Sep 14 '25

They had quality wins last year because their loss was to a G5, they've basically got one team left this year who could be a quality win in USC.

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u/roadman67761 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 14 '25

lol fair

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u/jregovic Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 14 '25

Possibly? A whole lot of teams will need to take 2 losses. That defense was atrocious.

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u/KonigSteve LSU Tigers Sep 14 '25

Possibly? They play a shit schedule. They should be nowhere near it.

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u/ScottyMcFree Arkansas Razorbacks Sep 14 '25

You can still get in with 2 losses, but you def have to win out and people ahead of you need to lose.

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u/duiwithaavgwenag Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 14 '25

They don’t have anyone else to play all season… which is a big issue for them

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u/suzukigun4life North Texas • Summertime Lover Sep 14 '25

Their games have been thrilling as hell AND ended in losses.

Perfect for the neutrals and the haters.

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u/IR8Things Miami Hurricanes • Georgia Bulldogs Sep 14 '25

Very likely. Unless their back end of currently unranked ACC teams all end up highly ranked, then ND is already out of the CFP race.

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u/NDinFL Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 14 '25

Honestly it’s deserved. Imo this team believes all their own hype this season and has been playing like the other team is just gonna lay down for them

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u/LiquidLight_ Notre Dame • Purdue Sep 14 '25

I think at this point we'd need no undefeated teams in the top 25, multiple 2 and 3 losses up there, and to win out. None of that is happening, so it's "try to make a bowl" as the goal.

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u/No_Illustrator842 Florida State Seminoles Sep 14 '25

Two of the best teams eye test wise they lost to. I think they’ll be okay. Gotta win out though

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u/radiakmjs Michigan • Western Michigan Sep 14 '25

I think if they convincingly beat everyone they have left & both Miami and A&M make it (if they're also bubble teams they'll have head-to-head argument over Irish) they'll make the argument that they shouldn't be punished for scheduling tough teams, especially since both of these came down to the wire.

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u/engineerbuilder Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 14 '25

Please. Just end it now.

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u/OnionFutureWolfGang Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 14 '25

We’re not out, but it’s 100% out of our control.

We need a signature win now, so realistically we probably need USC to be really good.

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u/Ethangains07 Sep 14 '25

Hopefully. They always have easy schedules. Unfortunately if they run the table against the rest of their schedule (very easy and likely) they will likely get in

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u/BananaBouquet Georgia • Georgia State Sep 14 '25

If they win out, their brand power will see them in.

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u/cptspacebomb Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Clemson Tigers Sep 14 '25

YES. Boot their poser asses. If you can't beat A&M you have NO right to be in the playoffs. Their O-line was shit and has been all year, and their Defense under Chris Ash is MIA. This is a far cry from last years team and it sickens me.

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u/YABOYLLCOOLJ Colorado Buffaloes Sep 14 '25

Conference play hasn’t really started they can still win their …. Oh wait

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

Eh, their schedule gets easier and a 10-2 ND will make playoffs even as the 12th team.

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u/Valiantlycaustic Oregon Ducks • /r/CFB Donor Sep 14 '25

Possibly? I think they are out of contention unless a lot of other teams suddenly shit the bucket.

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u/JDraks Michigan Wolverines • College Football Playoff Sep 14 '25

They have one other opponent that seems like they might be a quality win in USC, if they lose that or USC winds up being mediocre I don't see any argument for them making it unless their ACC slate winds up going crazy out of nowhere.

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u/AngrySkate41 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Dayton Flyers Sep 14 '25

100%

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u/RobinU2 Virginia Cavaliers Sep 14 '25

Stick a fork in them - they may play one marginally ranked team the rest of the season

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u/AdventureDude24 Notre Dame • UIndy Sep 14 '25

After week 1, I wouldn’t want to see MD against a playoff caliber team

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u/Chiron17 Notre Dame • Jeweled Shillelagh Sep 14 '25

Including a bye

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u/Btotherianx Sep 14 '25

Bro you are way too much of an optimist the media was Notre Dame they could finish with six losses and still make the playoffs

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u/Impossible-Pie4849 Georgia Bulldogs Sep 14 '25

As it should be, join a conference

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u/definitivescribbles Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 14 '25

Absolutely hilarious that all I heard from ND fans was that independence essentially means that they are guaranteed a playoff spot for the foreseeable future… Those comments have aged like milk 

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u/Mefreh Georgia • Georgia Tech Sep 14 '25

The only arguement left is that the losses were beginning of the season.

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u/boomer2009 Texas A&M • Carnegie Mellon Sep 14 '25

What a time to be alive…

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u/Poverty_Shoes /r/CFB Sep 14 '25

Serious question: if they played and soundly beat two FCS teams instead of losing last second to Miami and Texas A&M, would they still be considered favorites to make the playoffs? I think the answer is yes and I think schools will consider the SEC model of scheduling nobodies more seriously going forward. Notre Dame is going to get screwed out of the playoff the same way South Carolina was last year, and P4 teams will start scheduling only cupcakes for their non conference because so many people think standings should match rankings.

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u/No_Albatross916 Michigan Wolverines Sep 14 '25

They need help idk if their schedule is good enough to make it at 10-2. They basically need usc to be good

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u/No_Albatross916 Michigan Wolverines Sep 14 '25

I agree with you and they will be competing with the fourth best big ten and sec team for that playoff spot

They need a lot of help and the only potentially good team they play is usc

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u/BuckeyeForLife95 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 14 '25

Look at their schedule, definitely booted. They may not beat a single ranked team.

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u/Drinkdrankdonk Washington Huskies Sep 14 '25

As horny as the CFP committee is for Notre Dame, they may need to go 6-6 to be out of contention

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

bUt QuAlItY lOsS

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u/Campcruzo Nebraska Cornhuskers • Wisconsin Badgers Sep 14 '25

But somehow ranked #6 after voters watch future #8 Georgia barely beat Tennessee. A 1 point loss is functionally a tie. 

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u/jojo55321 North Carolina Tar Heels Sep 14 '25

Love to see it ☺️

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u/Justatrowaway5446 USC Trojans Sep 14 '25

🥰

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u/VentureQuotes Purdue Boilermakers • Toronto Varsity Blues Sep 14 '25

U LOVE TO SEE IT

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u/cyanocittaetprocyon Michigan Wolverines • /r/CFB Booster Sep 14 '25

You've gotta love it!

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u/polishprince76 Indiana • Notre Dame Sep 14 '25

Oh, its over. And deserved. They played dumb ball all night.

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u/GokuVerde Sep 14 '25

Wait until the Batman plot armor kicks in

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u/Yeti_Father USC Trojans Sep 14 '25

They'd still have a shot if they were in the B1G...

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u/homelifeisadrag Texas Longhorns • Texas State Bobcats Sep 14 '25

Inshallah

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u/TCup20 Oklahoma State Cowboys Sep 14 '25

That no call hold will keep them in the conversation if they rip off 10 straight.

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u/pataoAoC Oregon Ducks • Team Chaos Sep 14 '25

nobody ever remembers or considers these things. It's a loss.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

It’s the made up targeting. Refs should never see the field again

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u/ALStark69 Alabama • Florida State Sep 14 '25

Nah they’ll get Bama treatment and sneak in

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

I mean 10-2 makes it though.