Kirk Herbstreit updates his rankings following Oregons blowout loss – Fighting Irish Wire

Notre Dame won their sixth straight game on Saturday with a 55-0 rout of Georgia Tech that wasn’t as close as the scoreboard indicated.

Seriously.

The win coupled with college football happenings this weekend has the Irish knocking on the door of the College Football Playoff.  Can it happen?

After how this year started it seems like Notre Dame is playing with house money in a year that was supposed to be such a rebuilding season, and in many ways was, despite being 10-1 and a CFP threat entering the final regular season contest.

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