Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua told ESPN that the program is in utter disbelief and shock after being left out of the 12-team College Football Playoff on Sunday.

The Irish had been ranked in the top 10 of every CFP rankings release until Sunday, when they were placed No. 11 and were the first team out. Miami , which beat Notre Dame in Week 1, moved ahead of the Irish in the final rankings to take the final at-large berth.

Bevacqua expressed frustration with the entire process, telling ESPN's Jen Lada that the team felt as if it had the rug pulled out from under them, in part because they believed they were well situated to make the field because of where it had been previously ranked.

In the first CFP rankings release on Nov. 4, Notre Dame was No. 10 and Miami was No. 18.

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