Recently the Notre Dame Fighting Irish weren’t selected to participate in the college football playoffs. Its reaction: To pull out of a bowl game. Sour grapes?

After being snubbed by the College Football Playoff, Notre Dame has pulled itself out of the postseason entirely. Hours after being left out of the 12-team playoff, the Fighting Irish announced that “as a team, we’ve decided to withdraw our name from consideration for a bowl game following the 2025 season,” the football team posted on X.

It's been a wild week for some of college football's top programs, but even with the drama surrounding the Michigan Wolverines it hasn't taken away the attention from the Notre Dame Fighting Irish during bowl season.

Could Notre Dame football's future schedules be trashed because of its undisclosed College Football Playoff (CFP) agreement?

Now, we are seeing some of the roster fallout that is expected at the end of the season. Notably, backup quarterback Kenny Minchey has announced that he will enter the transfer portal when it opens at the start of the new year.

Despite missing out on the College Football Playoff, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have managed to steal all the headlines this week. Heading into last weekend's conference championship games, Notre Dame was on track to grab the final at-large bid in the CFP.

Notre Dame AD Pete Bevacqua told Yahoo Sports the school signed an MOU, noting the Irish would reach the CFP if ranked in top 12 starting next year.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish announced they will skip playing in a bowl game after it was snubbed from the College Football Playoff on Sunday.

The Texas Longhorns and Notre Dame Fighting Irish have been among the two top public enemies for college football fans over the last two weeks.