Former Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis was (in)famously opined during a press conference that Florida moved up in the rankings ahead of Notre Dame on a week for the Gators when they were “sitting at home eating cheeseburgers.” Well, this year, it was the Irish who benefitted on a bye week while the Gators saw their playoff hope evaporates. Overall, yesterday couldn’t have gone better for the Irish, who were at home instead of facing Wake Forest due to the ACC’s cancelation of the game.
Notre Dame was already #2 in the College Football Playoff rankings heading into yesterday, and nothing that happened will change that.