notra Dame's college football playoff path changes after upset against NIU notra Dame has lost all leverage for the optimal college football playoff position with the early season Victory against Texas A&M notra Dame had inside information on a fantastic playoff seed maybe even the desired five seed which would come with a home game in South Bend and the easiest draw in terms of matchups that leverage lasted a week notra Dame must now avoid another loss in order to qualify for the playoffs could the Irish make the field at 10 to2 it's feasible but not certain and it would also mean a very harsh Road game scenario in round one as well as worse bracket matches all around this is a difficult path for the Irish one they would want to avoid can notra Dame run the table the rest of the way what about a 10 to2 record I know notra Dame supporters aren't happy to hear this because they believe it's implausible given today's performance but the Irish have the potential to run the table