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How Does Notre Dame Football Fare In A Tournament of Bragging Rights?

By J.P. Scott

24 Sep 1988: Head coach Lou Holtz of the University of Notre Dame leads his team onto the field prior to the Fighting Irish 52-7 win over Purdue at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Daniel/Allsport
24 Sep 1988: Head coach Lou Holtz of the University of Notre Dame leads his team onto the field prior to the Fighting Irish 52-7 win over Purdue at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Daniel/Allsport /
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How would Notre Dame football stack up in a single-elimination tournament of bragging rights against the other elite programs in the country?

If you’re a Notre Dame football fan, chances are you’ve encountered fans of other big-time programs who try to argue with you about which is the superior program — both presently and historically.

With the help of Winsipedia, I’ve come up with one fun method to help fans decide — and continue to argue — about which college football program rules them all.

My method is simple: Take the top sixteen teams according to all-time wins and seed them in that order into a traditional sixteen-team bracket.

To decide who wins each matchup, you look at two factors: head-to-head record and national championships. Head-to-head wins are worth one point, while national titles are worth two points apiece. In the event of a tie, “scoreboard” decides winner, meaning the team that won the last head-to-head matchup advances.

The great part about this method is that your results can possibly change every week during the college football season.

Using my method, here is how the 2018 College Football Tournament of Bragging Rights would shake out.

The Bracket

16. Texas A&M vs. 1. Michigan

9. Southern Cal vs. 8. Penn State

12. LSU vs. 5. Alabama

13. Auburn vs. 4. Nebraska

14. West Virginia vs. 3. Texas

11. Georgia vs 6. Notre Dame

10. Tennessee vs. 7. Oklahoma

15. Virginia Tech vs. 2. Ohio State

First Round Results

Michigan over Texas A&M, 24-5

Southern Cal over Penn State, 26-12

Alabama over LSU, 84-33

Nebraska over Auburn, 13-7

Texas over West Virginia, 11-4

Notre Dame over Georgia, 26-6

Oklahoma over Tennessee, 17-9

Ohio State over Virginia Tech, 17-1

Second Round Results

Southern Cal over Michigan, 26-26 via SCOREBOARD

Alabama over Nebraska, 35-12

Notre Dame over Texas, 35-11

Ohio State over Oklahoma, 18-16

Semifinals

Alabama over Southern Cal, 38-22

Notre Dame over Ohio State, 28-20

Tournament of Bragging Rights Championship

Alabama over Notre Dame, 34-31

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And there you have it. Again, this is just one way to solve a bar room, dorm room or living room argument about superiority in college football.

Do you have another method? Share it in the comment section below!

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