I really hate to say this, but ND seems to be for real this year. Much less mistakes on the offensive side of the ball, and the defense is playing light years better than they have in the past decade.
I know I will get blasted for this, but if by some miracle (since they are already trying to pre-determine another all SEC NC game) ND makes it to the NC game against an SEC team, I will root for the Irish.
If it ends up being KSU vs ND in the NC game (highly doubt this will happen or Slive might go on a a shooting spree) then I will be rooting for the Fighting Snyders.