College Football Playoff committee chairman Jeff Long reiterated his point Tuesday night when the latest playoff rankings were released, saying that Notre Dame still “remains strong in the four” and very much in line to become one of the playoff participants.
Long’s announcement was good news again for Notre Dame supporters, but his assessment of the Irish this week wasn’t quite as comforting compared to last week when Notre Dame leapfrogged LSU and debuted in the top four.
“I’ll certainly tell you that the Big 12 teams, as we anticipated, with their schedule backloaded, we now see some of those teams emerging,” Long said.