Should they get shut out of the system, though, they won't be lacking suitors. And one suitor in particular is positively giddy over the possibility that they could land the Irish.
The Gator Bowl.
Speaking to the South Bend Tribune, bowl president Rick Catlett said the bowl would be all over the Irish if they happen to fall outside the BcS slotting system.
"It's very early in the process, but we've already got our eye on Notre Dame," Catlett said.
"Obviously, we'd be very excited about an opportunity to host the Irish in any year. But in this particular year, with the exciting brand of football they're playing, with the emergence of Jimmy Clausen and wide receivers playing at a high level, who wouldn't love them?
"To us, Notre Dame still has the mystique of being the one program in America you could either love them or hate them - there's no middle ground. That causes great excitement for fans watching on television and fans here in Jacksonville (Fla.)."
Catlett even has an opponent in mind for the Irish -- Miami of Florida.
As Catlett noted, though, "there's still a lot of football to be played" and things can change. Especially when you consider the fact that Charlie Weis' teams are just 10-7 in the month of November.
It is a shame that college football has evolved into a lust for money for the schools. Greed has taken over. If undefeated teams cannot get BCS bids, why should an unranked ND get one. The BCS plus ND sucks. It is a shame that kids can play their hearts out, get no bid , and watch a team get picked over them because of mystique. I am hoping for ND to carry on their losing ways. You should have to justify your season on the field not at the bank.
They did beat an unranked Hawaii team last year in a bowl...........great...what a powerhouse that ND is
even if dame loses to pitt and has 3 losses they will try and justify putting them in a bcs bowl.if that doesn't happen watch them turn the gator or any lesser bowls down as beneath them as they did a few years ago.and they wonder why people like me hate them so.
The BCS should just stop..it is terrible if ND gets to one this year over Boise or TCU i hope it comes under so much fire and college football would just have to do away with it once and for all.
Well - so much for the Gator Bowl.
Now the Cryin Irish can focus on getting to a Bowl they deserve to be in like the St Pete Bowl. Irish fans invading the Trop agains USF would be classic.