Marcus Freeman issued a message to the College Football Playoff Selection Committee following his team's 49-20 win at Stanford . Notre Dame has 10 straight wins since an 0-2 start, and he wants the Fighting Irish discussed among the nation's best.

Ranked No. 9 entering rivalry weekend, Notre Dame's in line to be the second-to-last at-large selection in front of Alabama if Tuesday night's penultimate rankings remain unchanged.

"You talk about a team that is probably playing as well as anyone right now," Freeman said. "We've won 10 straight games in a row. I think all of them by double-digit points maybe. And you want the 12 best teams. Now I know you have the conference champions and the Group of Five highest-ranked team, but you talk about who are the best teams now. Not week on

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