Now that the dust has settled just a bit, it is full-steam ahead to the College Football Playoff for the Miami Hurricanes. Miami was the last at-large team to make the field, beating out the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for the last spot in. They may have had identical records. Miami might have had worse losses, but the Hurricanes owned the head-to-head from way back in Week 1. They earned their spot.
When asked about Notre Dame's odd decision to sit out bowl season, Mario Cristobal was pure class.
"I would say first and foremost, I wouldn't comment on anybody else's situation because you never know.