The Notre Dame Fighting Irish were snubbed from the 2025/2026 College Football Playoff field this past Sunday. Sports Illustrated's Pat Forde believes the time to complain about their ranking is over and that introspection is badly needed.
As Forde notes, losing to the Miami Hurricanes and TAMU Aggies was the Fighting Irish's fault, and their fault only. That is why Notre Dame was the first team out in the CFP selection committee's final rankings.
Forde's message to the Fighting Irish? Be more like the Vanderbilt Commodores and their fearless head coach, Clark Lea, who was willing to book an extra game in Hawaii to get his Dores into the CFP field.