Joel Klatt: CFP Committee Made a Mistake Ranking Notre Dame Above Alabama

Yes, FOX Sports lead college football analyst Joel Klatt ranked Notre Dame above Alabama in his most recent top-15 ranking, but he has a problem with the College Football Playoff committee doing that. 

Following the third unveiling of the CFP rankings this season, Klatt said he had a problem with Alabama dropping to No. 10 and behind ninth-ranked Notre Dame for a pretty clear reason. 

"I don't agree with the committee. I know most of you will say this, and I'll say it to myself: I know I put Alabama behind Notre Dame as well, but I'm way more eye test than résumé. In a résumé discussion and in a committee room, the résumé should, at times, carry the day," Klatt said on his podcast, "The Joel Klatt Show." "The wins that Alabama has are far superior to the wins Notre Dame has. I look at Notre Dame and think, ‘I don’t want to play that team.' Meanwhile, I don't love Alabama's one-dimensional play, but their résumé is better than Notre Dame." 

Klatt added that he believes Alabama's "résumé is much stronger than Notre Dame's."

"They're both 8-2, yes, but the best win being in Athens against Georgia takes the cake — and it should," Klatt said. "The best win Notre Dame has is against USC. Nothing to scoff at. They're the 15th-ranked team in the country. But remember, that game happened in South Bend. That was against a USC team that, up to that point, didn't show it could play very well on the road. They've since played better on the road — and we will see them on the road this week against Oregon — but in a résumé comparison, it's not a comparison and Bama should've been No. 9."

Adding on to Klatt's point, Alabama is 4-1 against teams that are ranked in the top 25 of this week's College Football Playoff Poll. Notre Dame,