Notre Dame’s omission from the College Football Playoff even briefly led to the cancellation of a book event at the school’s bookstore. According to Matt Fortuna, the Notre Dame bookstore canceled a Friday event with CFP committee member Ivan Maisel for his book about longtime Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy titled “American Coach.

ACC commissioner Jim Phillips is setting the record straight after Notre Dame's AD made a bold accusation towards the conference.

One could make the case Notre Dame’s top transfer portal addition in football the last three seasons all came from the ACC.

Bevacqua said that in addition to the CFP snub, Notre Dame also weighed the value of allowing its players to focus on final exams and to return home for the holidays in assessing its desire to play in a bowl game. The decision largely rested on the shoulders of the team captains, with whom coach Marcus Freeman consulted in making the decision.

Notre Dame AD Pete Bevacqua says the ACC engaged in a "targeted" social media campaign against the school's football team for College Football Playoff consideration.

Appearing on the Dan Patrick Show, Bevacqua said that the ACC had done “permanent damage” to its relationship with the school, although he stopped short when pressed on the idea of Notre Dame exiting the conference. The Irish have been affiliated with the ACC since 2014.

With BYU losing to Texas Tech in the Big 12 title game, the committee ranked Miami and Notre Dame next to each other and turned to the head-to-head metric to determine which one would get the No. 10 seed. It was Miami, which beat Notre Dame 27-24 in Week 1 of the regular season.

Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love, Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin are the finalists for the Heisman Trophy for the top player in college football.