Notre Dame exits its bye week knowing full well it controls its own destiny for a College Football Playoff berth. Win and you're in. All that's left to do is a

And as we sit here in the first week of the final month of the regular season, there are more than two dozen teams with a path to the 12-team CFP. Some are the teams still in the mix because they're alive in their conference races,

The first College Football Playoff rankings will be revealed Tuesday night ... Tulane There is a pretty big unknown with Notre Dame, considering it lost to Northern Illinois at home, which is probably the biggest upset we’ve seen from a contender ...