BYU’s playoff dream didn’t just wobble, but it crashed after a 7-34 loss to Texas Tech in the Big 12 championship game. But that collapse cracks the door open for Notre Dame to get a chance to enter the playoffs, as their late stumble helped them big time. Now, if the committee doesn’t send them in, then both teams might face each other in a bowl game.

“We’ll likely see Notre Dame vs. BYU in the Pop-Tarts Bowl if the Fighting Irish are not selected for the College Football Playoff,” CBS Sports’ Brad Crawford said on X.

Notre Dame’s playoff fate was squarely sitting on the outcome of the BYU game. If they had won, it would have put the Irish completely out of the race. But now that Texas Tech has beaten them, there are two possibilities: one, if BYU falls in rank between Miami and Notre D

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