College football playoff seedings are heating up and the committee is making its positions clear.

The committee ranked Notre Dame ninth, ahead of No. 13 Miami — which beat the Fighting Irish earlier this year.

“I think when you look at Notre Dame and Miami, we really compare the losses of those two teams,” Hunter Yurachek, the College Football Playoff Selection Committee Chair, said on ESPN .

“Miami has lost to two unranked teams. Notre Dame has lost to two teams that are ranked in our top 13.”

Notre Dame lost, 27-24, to Miami on the road on Aug. 31 in a nail-biting season-opening game for both teams, but the selection committee apparently doesn’t look at the head-to-head record when ranking teams in tight windows.

Adding to the confusion is that both teams are 8-2, with the Hurrica

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