The Notre Dame Fighting Irish athletic director, Pete Bevacqua, said that the school would prefer to remain independent in football, even if that means no byes in the College Football Playoff.

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Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua said the school prefers to remain independent even though the Irish are ineligible for byes under the current CFP model.

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