Notre Dame star 'already over' playoff snub, defends bowl opt-out as he hopes for Heisman Trophy win

Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love talks to Fox News Digital about the team's decision to opt out of a bowl game after they did not make the College Football Playoff.

Jeremiah Love has already moved on from Notre Dame's College Football Playoff snub.

The Fighting Irish running back, a finalist to win the Heisman Trophy, got tough news Sunday afternoon when Notre Dame found out it would not be competing for a national championship.

The Miami Hurricanes skipped over Notre Dame to get into the playoffs, while the James Madison Dukes and Tulane Green Wave were also deemed more worthy of a spot ahead of the Fighting Irish. And despite its loss in the SEC championship game, Alabama also made the playoffs.

Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love (4) runs the ball into the end zone for a touchdown in the first half of an NCAA football game against Syracuse at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana, on Nov. 22, 2025. (Michael Clubb/South Bend Tribune / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

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But the pain for Love, and perhaps many others on the team, was short-lived.

"I'm already over it, to be honest. Like, I'm on the next steps. I'm on to whatever's next. I'm preparing myself for the next opportunity I have to play football," Love said in an interview with Fox News Digital ahead of the Heisman Trophy ceremony. "So, I'm not going to dwell on the past because it's the past. Already happened, can't change it. No reason to dwell on it. That's just how I live my life. A lot of other guys, I feel like they are similar in that regard."

In the aftermath, Notre Dame decided it would not play in a bowl game, much to the dismay of old-school college football fans, as bowl games