Are BOTH Tulane AND JMU better than ND?

I remember a couple of years ago (2023 season, I believe) Florida State had a great season, but lost their star QB late in the year...and the "committee" passed FSU over, because it wasn't about "most deserving", but "best team right now, at the end of the year".

Does anybody remember that?

If so...does the "best teams at this point" reasoning still trump the "most deserving" reasoning?

I have a hard time believing that BOTH JMU and Tulane would be favored over ND in a game to be played a week from now.

Do you think the committee got it right (adding both JMU and Tulane to the CFP and leaving ND out)?

Follow Ups:

• Does March Madness feature the 64 best teams in the country? Rubik543 23:57:33 12/08/25 (3)
  • AND...even with 64 teams (68?)...there is always a commotion BruinPatti 10:52:53 12/09/25 (0)
  • This is what gets frustrating to me on all this. hotspot 09:31:46 12/09/25 (1)
    • Add 1 more note hotspot 09:40:09 12/09/25 (0)
• Money talks, so what do oddsmakers say? MisterJohnny 18:09:21 12/08/25 (0)
• Gotta give these teams something to play for. Starbucks 16:48:15 12/08/25 (0)
• When it comes to conference champions, the rules are different mh 13:58:38 12/08/25 (8)
  • As long as there is human judgment in defining the playoff field blindness 15:47:04 12/08/25 (6)
    • That's why this will ALWAYS be BS. hotspot 16:12:50 12/08/25 (2)
      • ND can pound sand. If they so want to be in playoff contention blindness 16:45:34 12/08/25 (1)
        • One of my favorite parts to this. hotspot 17:37:14 12/08/25 (0)
    • The problem with totally non-subjective criteria is ... mh 16:09:56 12/08/25 (2)
      • Then reorganize the whole thing blindness 16:51:35 12/08/25 (0)
      • It's not just about winning it UCLART 16:33:02 12/08/25 (0)
  • Yep. n + 1 is a bad place to be * ClockBlocker 14:55:40 12/08/25 (0)
• Yes, both would kick Notre Dame's A$$! The committee didn't.... BrewNGold 12:58:31 12/08/25 (13)
  • What???? Bru-n-fan 13:19:55 12/08/25 (12)
    • Whether ND may be better than JMU or Tulane is irrelevant. BluBlood 13:34:22 12/08/25 (1)
      • I don’t know why you guys let facts get in the way…… hotspot 13:41:15 12/08/25 (0)
    • Read the post, 'Notre Dame would likely be favored... BrewNGold 13:28:13 12/08/25 (9)
      • if they won the ACC incl the ACC championship game, they'd be in TheHappyBurgermeister 14:29:58 12/08/25 (8)
        • That's not the point... Bru-n-fan 15:43:29 12/08/25 (7)
          • Why do you need to care about the 12 best teams? blindness 17:03:12 12/08/25 (0)
          • Sigh. Of course we don't have the best 12 teams. BluBlood 16:55:37 12/08/25 (0)
          • But, if you're an ND fan, it should be the point TheHappyBurgermeister 16:24:40 12/08/25 (4)
            • JMU lost to Lousville* TJJ 23:26:38 12/08/25 (1)
              • Dang. TheHappyBurgermeister 18:47:44 12/09/25 (0)
            • Exactly. ND has made their own bed, so they need to stop complaining* blindness 16:53:26 12/08/25 (1)
              • yah, they can complain all they want, but it's not going to move TheHappyBurgermeister 17:32:38 12/08/25 (0)
• Something I was thinking about... ClockBlocker 12:52:46 12/08/25 (0)

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