CLEVELAND, Ohio – The college football playoff race is on. How does Notre Dame’s schedule down the line stack up against Ohio State’s? Or how about the schedules for Clemson and Georgia? Answers to those questions become more important if the list of playoff contenders remains crowded over the next few weeks. In our weekly breakdown of playoff contenders (see full chart below) we take a look at top 13 schools. They are the last of the schools from the Power Five conferences, plus Notre Dame, with no more than one loss. In the short three-year history of the playoffs, every one-loss or better outright champion of the Power Five conferences has been invited to the playoffs. Added to the mix of ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC teams this year is independent Notre Dame. What we also know from history is that the selection committee looks closely…
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