Understanding No. 10 Notre Dame's case for inclusion in the College Football Playoff doesn't require an advanced analytics degree or an in-depth comparison of at-large candidates all boasting comparable resumes. The Fighting Irish's case is pretty simple.

They have demonstrated a distinct level of dominance while winning 10 straight games that no one in their neighborhood of the rankings can match. Outside of No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana , no team in college football has been as systematically ruthless in acing the eye test as Notre Dame.

If the CFP is about determining college football's best team, and it should be, Notre Dame should be in without much debate. Among the cluster of five teams slotted between No. 8 and and No. 12 in the CFP Rankings after the regular season,

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