Even former Alabama star Damien Harris, who won a pair of national titles with the Crimson Tide, believes the committee made a mistake. According to Harris, Notre Dame should have made the playoff and Alabama should have been left out.

The red elephants with a rabbit’s foot are back in the hunt for another big ring with a little help from their friends on the College Football Playoff committee. The committee could use some help from Alabama to prove Bama Bump wasn't in vain.

Notre Dame announced Sunday that it would not play in a bowl game this season, hours after the ninth-ranked Fighting Irish were left out of the College Football Playoff.