The College Football Playoff announces new selection process that impacts Notre Dame
The release goes on to say that more weight will be given to wins against 'strong opponents' which gives teams who have difficult schedules an advantage. The committee will add record strength as well, and they'll judge that by going 'beyond a team's schedule strength to assess how a team performed against that schedule.'
That will be difficult in my eyes, as often times preseason polls are incorrect. It is great to see that they have come forward and let teams know that they'll give more credit to wins over good teams, and on the flip side, a bigger penalty for losses to bad teams.
They also announced a factor that impacts Notre Dame greatly, as they addresses idle teams in the final week of the season. The committee stated 'that movement in the final weeks should evidence-based and did not recommend creating a formal policy prohibiting such movement.' Since the Irish aren't in a conference, they'll always be one of these teams that could move down without playing. While it doesn't force Notre Dame's hand, it's not the most encouraging part of these changes.
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