Notre Dame Football: Irish remain #2 team in College Football Playoff Rankings

The College Football Playoff committee released their second to last set of rankings for 2020 on Tuesday night, and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish remain the #2 team in the country heading onto championship weekend.

The entire top 4 stays the same, although there seems to be more conversation about the chances of the Texas A&M Aggies jumping the Ohio State Buckeyes for the 4th spot in the playoff. A&M will be idle this weekend but the FIVE WIN Buckeyes will take on the Northwestern Wildcats in the adjusted Big 10 Championship game.

The Irish will play the #3 Clemson Tigers on Saturday in a game that is most likely “do or die” for Clemson’s playoff chances. There is plenty of talk about Notre Dame being in the playoff win or lose — but this is a strange year, so I wouldn’t count on anything at this point. For god’s sake — the Iowa St. Cyclones are ranked #6 as a slap in the face to actual football teams that didn’t lose to Louisiana at home.