Social media reacts to Alabama jumping Notre Dame in the CFP rankings

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It wasn’t a great Tuesday night for Notre Dame football, as it found out that the College Football Playoff ranking committee had dropped them from No. 9 to No. 10.

The Irish moved down as Alabama jumped them, and they’ll have another game this weekend against Georgia to impress the committee. Notre Dame has finished its 2025 regular season schedule, and it’s not guaranteed that they’ll make the field of 12-teams.

There are more than a few factors that could make it a much longer offseason for the Irish. It’s not what Notre Dame wanted to see, and many took to social media to react to the news. Check out below some of the top reactions to the Irish dropping in the CFP.

College Football Playoff top-25

Let’s start off with where everyone is ranked inside the top-12 teams. Obviously a Group of 5 school will make it, and they’re not ranked in that range, so that’s one spot that’ll bump a currently much higher ranked team. It could be the Irish as that team, especially if BYU beats Texas Tech in the Big 12 Championship game. Then it could come down to….

Notre Dame vs. Miami

The committee is going to have to try and rationalize why they’re making these decisions, but it’s hard to understand why they moved up the Tide over Notre Dame. It’s not like the Irish looked bad against Stanford, and Alabama needed a late touchdown to beat an under .500 Auburn.

Alabama over Notre Dame just doesn’t make sense with this explanation

So what if Notre Dame struggled against the Cardinal, and needed a late 4th down conversion to win the game? Do the Irish stay in their previous spots. It just doesn’t make much sense as to why Alabama jumped Notre Dame.

There there a guideline to what the CFP committee is doing?

It’s really hard to understand how this committee will rank teams, as they’re seemingly just randomly changing their minds each week. It would be nice to have a concrete system, as it looks very disjointed right now.

Was this the plan all along for Alabama and the CFP?

Clearly Chaney made his statement prior to the rankings being released, but he could see it coming. If the committee came out and said that this was the reason, many wouldn’t be happy with them. It seems like they’re dancing around the real answer why Alabama jumped Notre Dame.

If not Miami and Notre Dame then who?

Personally, I think that Notre Dame has shown that they’re better than this “tier,” but the committee doesn’t. It’s hard for me to understand why they made this move now, and not in the previous weeks. Maybe it’s because…

The CFP is gerrymandering?

It sure looks like Fuitak has this one on the nose, as it does seem like the goal is to get five SEC teams into the field. It also looks like three Big Ten teams will make it in as well, giving those two conferences a total of eight bids. Is that justified? Hard to say.

The worst scenario for Notre Dame

Notre Dame will be big Georgia and Texas Tech fans this weekend, both of them winning will make the Irish rest a bit easier as they’ll await their fate on Sunday.

It might not be this straightforward for Notre Dame

As much as we’d like to think this is the case, it might not be. If BYU does win, and Alabama loses, do the Irish move into a more comfortable spot? The committee says they won’t penalize a team for losing this weekend, but if Georgia blows the Tide out, could that change their mind. I think there’s more than one way for Notre Dame to make the field.

Notre Dame’s resume vs. Alabama

Just a quick recap of how each of these two teams have fared over the last month, and it’s pretty clear which team hasn’t struggled. Notre Dame has looked better on paper, and most likely the eye test as well. It’s just very disappointing to see Alabama take a late lead on the Irish in the CFP race.

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This article originally appeared on Fighting Irish Wire: Social media questioned Alabama ranked over Notre Dame in CFP

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