The final brackets for the upcoming College Football Playoffs have been revealed, and to the surprise of many, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish were left out of the main field. Instead, the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Miami Hurricanes earned the privilege of competing for a spot in the National Championship Game.

Regarding the situation, insider Pete Thamel revealed on his X account that CFP Chair Hunter Yurachek explained the reasons behind the committee’s decision to leave Marcus Freeman’s team out of this decisive stage.

“Once we moved Miami ahead of BYU, we had that side-by-side comparison (with ND) that everyone had been hungering for,” Yurachek said. “The one metric we had to fall back on was the head-to-head.” He also added that Miami and Notre Dame’s resumes “almost equal.”

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