I get that Notre Dame is a nice story this year, but after this season, they are going to go straight back to irrelevance just like they have always been for as long as I've been alive. It's no surprise that the voters are going for the more traditional power in Kansas State. Is it fair? No, but that's just the way it is, and there is nothing lil' ol' Notre Dame can do about it, short of praying that one of the powers loses a game.