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Notre Dame Football: Predicting the College Football Playoff

By Daniel Morrison

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - DECEMBER 29: A Notre Dame Fighting Irish cheerleader waves a flag during the College Football Playoff Semifinal Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic against the Clemson Tigers at AT&T Stadium on December 29, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TEXAS - DECEMBER 29: A Notre Dame Fighting Irish cheerleader waves a flag during the College Football Playoff Semifinal Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic against the Clemson Tigers at AT&T Stadium on December 29, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /
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It has been a strange season for Ohio State. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
It has been a strange season for Ohio State. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

3. Ohio State

The three seed is where the debate begins this season.

We all know Ohio State is one of the best teams in the country based on pure talent, we just don’t know if they deserve to be in the College Football Playoff. After all, is the CFP for the best teams or the most deserving teams? It seems the answer has been best teams, with the decision to put an Alabama team who didn’t even win their division in 2017 into the Playoff over unbeaten UCF.

So, is six games enough to earn Ohio State a spot in the College Football Playoff? Yes. Without out of conference play, the committee has seemed to be going off the eye test, which they deemed the Buckeyes pass. Looking at USC, ranked 13th before their loss to Oregon in the PAC-12 Championship, you’d know that Ohio State wouldn’t be top-4 if they weren’t passing the eye test already.

Of course, they didn’t look great against Northwestern, but they did win and there was a loss ahead of them. So, they should be good to get into the Playoff based on how the committee has treated them so far.

Is that right? The coaches who are fighting for a spot in the Playoff don’t think so, but they aren’t making the decision. Besides, if they got their games in against Illinois, Maryland, and Michigan, would it change your opinion on them? Yes, those were opportunities to lose, but realistically they would have all been blowout wins.

This is a great team, and since this is an invitational tournament and not a true playoff, why not put them in?

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