Kirk Herbstreit says Michigan gets in Playoff over 1-loss Irish

Even as a huge Notre Dame fan, I see nothing wrong with this opinion. UofM has run the table since the opening week loss to ND. ND schedule has turned out to not be as tough as the "experts" thought (no fault of ND) which is a deciding factor. And most importantly, the quality of the opponent lost to would be in UofM favor.

ND controls their own destiny. Win all remaining games and in. Lose one and watch 4 other teams play for the opportunity to call themselves champs