A 49-point win and two teams ahead of Notre Dame in the inaugural College Football Playoff rankings suffering a Week 11 defeat had to mean good news for the Fighting Irish. Right? Right. Sure enough, the Irish moved up in the Week 12 edition of the CFP poll, which was unveiled Tuesday night. Notre Dame (8-1) is now No. 8. If the playoff started today, the Irish would be the No. 9 seed playing at No. 8 seed Tennessee (8-1). The Volunteers are No. 7 in the rankings but both teams, ND and UT, are getting jumped by Miami in the bracket seeding. The Hurricanes (9-1) are No. 9 in the rankings but ar…