Notre Dame came in at No. 10 in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season, just barely putting them in the field for the playoff at the end of the season. That means that the Fighting Irish are above teams like Texas, Oklahoma, and Miami, a team that beat them at the beginning of the season.
However, Miami also has two losses, like Texas and Oklahoma, and the selection committee felt that the Fighting Irish had a stronger resume in order to put them in. Apparently, that means that the committee is doing everything possible to put Notre Dame in, according to a lot of college football fans.