Why the Fuck is a MAC conference team in the championship series?

[madinmaryland]

At least there should have been a Big Ten team in.

[brush]

1. I don't think there is one.

[oswaldactedalone]

2. What team are you referring to?

There are no MAC teams in the championship series. There's an AAC team, UCF, playing in the Fiesta Bowl but that's not one of the "playoff" games. UCF has won 25 straight games so they belong in a New Year's Day bowl such as the Fiesta Bowl.

[madinmaryland]

3. Notre Dame. They play a weak schedule

[unc70]

4. ND is an Independent in football, but aligned with the ACC

Notre Dame joined the ACC in all sports except football. Because of its longstanding scheduling commitments and related reasons it could not meet the minimum of seven games against ACC opponents needed to compete within the conference. ND does play five ACC opponents in football each year, in rotation.

[stopbush]

5. They were listed as 25th in strength of schedule for 2018. One wonders how any team

that far down the list could be considered for the final four. Ohio State, Georgia and a few others were robbed this year. ND's woeful performance yesterday was proof positive that they did not belong in the final four.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Yep

They got punked!
Their record was an illusion from pounding a bunch of also-rans.

[unc70]

7. Nobody was "robbed" by ND

Certainly not Georgia. Not Ohio State either, not anyone else. Clemson and Alabama seem in a different class. We will see next week.