Overview
- Notre Dame finished No. 11 and first team out after Miami jumped the Irish in the final CFP rankings despite both being idle.
- The selection chair said the committee rewatched Miami–Notre Dame and used head-to-head as the deciding metric once the teams were side by side.
- Notre Dame withdrew from bowl consideration following the bracket reveal, ending its season early.
- AD Pete Bevacqua criticized ACC promotion of Miami and described the relationship as damaged and now strained, while the ACC said it was advocating for its members.
- Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark called Bevacqua’s response “egregious,” saying the head-to-head criterion had been clearly communicated.