Surprise candidates like SMU, Illinois, Vanderbilt and Deion Sanders’ Colorado remain very much alive in the CFP race.

Notre Dame has beaten Navy in 82 of their 96 meetings going back to 1927. It has won the last six games by an average of 23.5 points. It reflects college football Darwinian theory that the strongest survive.

Can Navy beat Notre Dame for a fifth time in my lifetime? Based on what we’ve seen out of the Midshipmen so far, I think that’s a resounding yes.