Social’s were excited that Notre Dame can get a first-round CFP bye

NEWS: The College Football Playoff will move to straight seeding for this upcoming 2025 season, @TheAthletic has learned.

Unanimous approval. No more auto-byes for top four conference champs, but those four still expected to get extra $.

The CFP format for 2026 is still TBD.

— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) May 22, 2025

If you haven’t hear the news, on Thursday the College Football Playoff announced that its seeding model is going to change to a straight system, and the biggest benefactor of this was Notre Dame.

The Irish previously were unable to earn a bye, as they aren’t affiliated with a conference, as the top ranked conference champions were the teams that didn’t have to play in the first-round. That will now change, and it’s a huge bonus for Notre Dame.

They’ll be able to be a top-4 team, not having to win an extra game, and still be able to watch the eight other teams battle it out in mid-December. As it always does, social media reacted to the news, and it was very favorable for Notre Dame. Check out the best reactions below.

Some extra details on the announcement

Interesting that everyone thought that this was a good idea, maybe they saw what my thoughts were on the change. It makes plenty of sense after what we saw this year, and a big plus for Notre Dame is that they won’t have to share the money earned with a conference. It looks like this might not be an immediate fix, but that is still up in the air.

No need to join a conference now

The biggest factor that could have made the Irish join a conference was this exact reason, not being able to earn a bye. Now that this is going out the window soon, there is absolutely no need for Notre Dame to join a conference in the forseeable future.

The exclusive club has opened for Notre Dame

Notre Dame can get a first-round bye now if it’s ranked in the top four….

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