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Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coach Marcus Freeman made his team’s case to make the College Football Playoff after their 49-20 win Saturday night against the Stanford Cardinal.

The Fighting Irish came into the game ranked No. 9 in the College Football Playoff rankings with much debate swirling over whether they deserved to be put higher than the No. 12 Miami Hurricanes.

Freeman said that the Fighting Irish’s growth over the season proved they should be considered.

“We have improved as much as anybody in the country, been playing as well as anybody in the country and we have, in my opinion, the best player in the country,” Freeman said. “That’s what you want. You want the best teams in the country now. Who’s the best teams for the playoff

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