Overview
- CFP chair Hunter Yurachek said Miami moved ahead after BYU’s championship performance shifted the comparisons, leading the committee to apply Miami’s Week 1 win over Notre Dame as the decisive metric.
- Notre Dame declined a non‑CFP bowl invitation, ending its season and framing the move as a protest of the selection process.
- AD Pete Bevacqua said a memorandum of understanding ensures Notre Dame a berth next season if ranked in the top 12, with a top‑13 guarantee if the field expands to 14 as described in the MOU.
- Bevacqua accused the ACC of lobbying for Miami and said those actions caused “permanent damage” to Notre Dame’s relationship with the conference.
- High‑profile voices, including Kirk Herbstreit and Nick Saban, urged scrapping the weekly televised rankings show, while commentators across networks blasted the process’s consistency and transparency.