Greg McElroy reacts to CFP rankings for Notre Dame, Texas, and Oklahoma
By Luke Greco
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On Wednesday morning, former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy reacted to where the selection committee placed Notre Dame, Texas, and Oklahoma in the latest College Football Playoff rankings.
Notre Dame checked in at No. 9 on Tuesday night in the second Top 25 released by the CFP selection committee. Texas and Oklahoma sat right behind the Irish in order. Notre Dame is the highest-ranked 2-loss team in the CFP and, according to McElroy, will need the SEC to have very few upsets over the final weeks of the regular season to remain in the field.
McElroy, on his Always College Football show, highlighted how Notre Dame’s biggest problem is their lack of big opponents down the stretch in its schedule.
“But here’s the problem with Notre Dame. Their strength of schedule down the stretch,” McElroy said.
McElroy noted how teams like Texas and Oklahoma have chances to pick up wins over opponents ranked ahead of them. Texas will go on the road this weekend to face No. 5 Georgia, and Oklahoma goes on the road to face No. 4 Alabama. Wins over these teams will more than likely launch Texas and Oklahoma ahead of Notre Dame and into the CFP.
“I think they [Notre Dame] are appropriately ranked right now,” McElroy said. “But if I’m Notre Dame, I’m concerned. I need to be rooting for chalk to fly in the SEC.”
Notre Dame’s only ranked opponent left on its schedule is No. 23 Pitt, which they will face this Saturday.
As McElroy pointed out, Notre Dame will be hoping for it to be chalk in the final couple of weeks of the regular season in the SEC.
