ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips seems to be determined to repair his conference's fractured relationship with Notre Dame.

Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua said the Irish "had the rug pulled out from underneath us" by the Atlantic Coast Conference in wake of Sunday's College Football Playoff snub.

Notre Dame was snubbed by the CFP Committee this year. Hey, it happens to everyone. But it won't happen to Notre Dame again.

If Notre Dame is in this same position next year, they won't have to worry about another College Football Playoff snub.

The 12-team College Football Playoff field was announced Sunday and a team from the Big Ten is is a slight favorite to win the national championship.

Notre Dame says team has decided not to play in a bowl game this season after being left out of College Football Playoff.

The Texas A&M Aggies fell to No. 7 in the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings after dropping its final game of the regular season following a 27-17 defeat to the then-ranked No. 16 Texas Longhorns.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coach Marcus Freeman said he considered his team to be among the best in the nation after Saturday's win over Stanford.