There’s nothing straightforward about the College Football Playoff anymore. Ask Marcus Freeman , who woke up Tuesday to the kind of rankings twist that makes coaches groan. Notre Dame at No. 9, Miami at No. 13, and absolutely no clean path for the Hurricanes to take over the Irish. Yet somehow, the door creaked open anyway, and that’s where the controversy begins.

On November 18, ESPN College Football posted a section on X of what CFP Committee Chair Hunter Yurachek told Rece Davis about the situation.

“ I think when you look at Notre Dame and Miami, we really compare the losses of those two teams. Miami has lost to two unranked teams Notre Dame has lost to two teams that are ranked in our top 13 ,” he said. “ And so we really haven’t compared those two teams.

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