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College Football Playoff alters seeding process

College Football Playoff alters seeding process: Why Notre Dame emerges as biggest winner under new format

This has been quite the offseason for Notre Dame and coach Marcus Freeman. The College Football Playoff's decision to alter the seeding and first-round bye process for the 2025 season continues a string of wins for the Fighting Irish that includes an elite signing haul and the news of a 12-year partnership with Clemson for a future series that strengthens their stance as an independent program.

Athlon Sports on MSN · 6h

College Football Playoff Seeding Change Is A Major Plus For Notre Dame ... For The Most Part

The first obvious advantage is that if Notre Dame is a top four seed it will only have to win three games to win a national championship. Notre Dame won three games in the 2024-25 College Football Playoff, beating Indiana (27-17), Georgia (23-10) and Penn State (27-24), but those victories simply got the Irish to the national title game.

Sports Illustrated on MSN · 23h

College Football Playoff Moving to Straight Seeding Format in 2025

The College Football Playoff will be moving to a straight seeding format in 2025. A major change for the college football playoffs was announced on Thursday as

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Sugar Bowl Game Postponed

Sugar Bowl Chief Executive Jeff Hundley said the College Football Playoff quarterfinal game between Georgia and Notre Dame scheduled for Wednesday evening would be rescheduled for Thursday.

South Bend Tribune23d

Trade breakdown: Notre Dame adds WR Malachi Fields as replacement for Jayden Thomas

SOUTH BEND —Notre Dame football has its own version of the recent ... That included a five-catch, 66-yard outing in the 2022 Gator Bowl win over South Carolina. Thomas added a 5-yard touchdown ...

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Former backup QB Steve Angeli among key transfers Notre Dame football will face in 2025

It’s not exactly a grudge match, but this could be the first of two straight years in which the Irish face their former backup quarterback from North Jersey. Angeli took the final four snaps of Notre ...

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CFP seeding undergoes changes. What it would have meant for Georgia football in 2024

The College Football Playoff seeding is changing. A look at how that format would have affected Georgia last year and comments from AD Josh Brooks.

South Bend Tribune1mon

Save the date: Steve Angeli, Syracuse will be at Notre Dame Stadium for Senior Day in 2025

More: A look at every Notre Dame football QB taken in the NFL Draft since 1960 Angeli closed out the 2023 season with a Sun Bowl win over Oregon State in his only career start for the Irish.

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Notre Dame legend Jerome Bettis will be induced into a bowl games Hall of Fame

The legend of Notre Dame football running back Jerome Bettis continued on Thursday, as the Cotton Bowl announced that he will be inducted into its Hall of Fame on Friday.

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