yeaOk, but they'd essentially be guaranteed a berth every year in in that scenario.
There's a reason why they're able to negotiate their way into a top 12 guarantee no one else has...
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Notre Dame has 2026 College Football Playoff assurance and the schedule is embarrassingly favorable
A change in Notre Dame's relationship with the CFP committee should bode well for next season's playoff hopeswww.cbssports.com
no one else is independent & has a contract with NBC. but if ND gets shut out from scheduling ACC or B1G teams , they are effed .
it’s only because 3-4 B1G teams and the ACC , that they have any power as an Independent
