Chris "The Bear" Fallica is incensed over the Miami-Notre Dame CFP ranking fiasco

Chris "The Bear" Fallica has a lot of questions and concerns about the most recent college football playoff rankings that have Miami at No. 13 and Notre Dame four spots higher at No. 9 despite the Hurricanes holding a Week 1 win over the Irish.

Fallica understands the frustration that Miami must be feeling and questions why would the Hurricanes, or any top program, schedule non-conference games against other top programs if the results of those games aren't heavily weighed in the rankings. 

Why should teams schedule tough non-conference games?

Fallica questioned the need for teams to schedule tough non-conference games in a Facebook Live rant. He wonders what the purpose of the is if the committee isn't going to acknowledge the results of those games in their rankings. Miami and Notre Dame both have two losses. 

"Imagine the first game of the year. You beat Notre Dame and you wind up with the same exact record at the end of the year and Notre Dame goes to the playoffs, and you don't?" Fallica said. "How are you going to feel? How are you going to feel? Why would you ever sign up to play another big marquee non-conference game against a big-name opponent if winning it ultimately wasn't guaranteed to matter?"

The committee is working both sides of the coin right now. Fans of teams like Texas believe they are being punished for playing Ohio State on the road to start the season and then trying to navigate a brutal SEC schedule, while Hurricane fans are upset they aren't getting credit for the win against top competition. And both fanbases are right to wonder what's the point. 

What else can Miami do?

Last year, the Hurricanes played Florida, South Florida, Florida A&M and Ball State in the non-conference. Between the Gators being down and a weak ACC, Miami didn't play a ranked team all season and fell short of the playoffs despite a 10-2 and a Heisman finalist at quarterback.

This year, Ball State was swapped out for Notre Dame. Florida is a disappointment, but South Florida was solid and even spent some time as the top G5 team in the rankings. So the non-conference schedule was much improved and if the Hurricanes are left out in preference of a team that they beat and has an identical record, it's going to be a major black mark on the CFP committee selection process. The sort of black mark that will make fans and pundits wonder if there is a better way to do this.