Notre Dame lost to the only two teams on their schedule who made the playoffs. Yeah, the format is stupid that allows Tulane and James Madison to get automatic bids for winning their conference, but Notre Dame didn’t do anything special to get in as an at-large team.
My school lost to just 1 team that is ranked higher than both schools that Notre Dame lost against & they got snubbed. I am not complaining because teams that lose games have no right to complain about being snubbed for the national title.