All week (and really all season), the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have been arguing for their place in the College Football Playoff.
Despite the losses to then-No. 10 Miami and then-No. 16 Texas A&M, the Irish finished the season with an incredible 10-2 overall record and look like one of the hottest teams in the country right now.
Even the CFP committee has repeatedly ranked Notre Dame ahead of Miami and currently has the team at No. 10 in the rankings. On Championship Saturday, before the Fighting Irish watched every game unfold but didn't play in one themselves, the committee chair, Hunter Yurachek, gave them even more hope.