Jordan Spieth Enthusiast

Head-to-head matters — but so does context. So does timing. So does momentum. Who you lose to and when you lose absolutely matters in college football. Notre Dame and Miami have the same record. The difference? Notre Dame lost to Miami in Week 1 by 3 points with a QB making his first college start… and then won eight straight and dominated for two months. Miami? They’ve lost two games in the last five weeks — both to unranked teams. That’s not a committee problem. That’s not a schedule problem. That’s a Miami problem. A narrow Week 1 game doesn’t outweigh two late-season bad losses. Rankings reward who you are now, not who you were in September. One team is rising. One team is slipping. That’s why Notre Dame is — and should be — ranked higher. #GoIrish