ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky says Notre Dame should have made CFP over Alabama
By David Wasson
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The great debate about Notre Dame’s exclusion from the 2025 College Football Playoff bracket continued throughout Monday, with pundits across the college football landscape lining up to either agree or disagree with the Fighting Irish being left out of the 12-team field.
ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky came down on the Notre Dame side of things, arguing on Monday’s Get Up show that Alabama should have been passed over by the Fighting Irish for a Playoff spot.
“Notre Dame should have been in over Alabama. I am 100 percent onboard with having Miami in because of that head-to-head point. … Alabama hasn’t played good football in a month,” Orlovsky said “I said Friday if Alabama gets boat-raced they I would leave them out, and they got boat-raced. They didn’t look good in that game, they didn’t look good against Auburn, they didn’t look good against OU. Shoot, they didn’t look good against LSU like 5 weeks ago.
“Notre Dame, unequivocally, is a team that people can sit there and say ‘Yes, they could win a national title.’ The way Alabama has played, at least in the last 4-5 weeks, is not a team right now that can win a national championship.”
No. 9 seed Alabama (10-3) plays at No. 8 seed Oklahoma (10-2) in a Playoff first-round game on Dec. 19 (8 pm, ABC/ESPN).
An APSE national award-winning writer and editor, David Wasson has almost four decades of experience in the print journalism business in Florida and Alabama. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and several national magazines and websites. His Twitter handle: @JustDWasson.
