Yup, If Oklahoma State were to win out, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see the committee put ND in over them.
I'd be willing to bet against that and, as
@OrangeAfroMan says:
That would be gross.
Notre Dame's schedule is closer to Cincy's than it is to OU/OkSU, it would be ridiculously gross:

The above uses
rankings from CBS. Note also that I have assumed that each will make their CG (because if they don't we don't care) and I've taken an educated guess at their CG opponent wherever it isn't already known.
A CG would REALLY help ND here. If they were IN the ACC and won a division they'd be adding #17 Pitt, #21 Wake, #23 NCST, or #26 Clemson. All of those fall between their second (#15 UW) and third (#33 PU) best opponents so it would knock #3-#12 each down a rung which would make ND's schedule much more comparable to OkSU/OU/tOSU/Bama.
Both ND and Cincy's top two opponents are comparable to the rest. The weakness of their schedules is at #3 and below, particularly #3-#8 where their third, fourth, etc best opponents are substantially worse than OkSU, OU, tOSU, and Bama:
- #3 for OkSU/OU/tOSU/Bama is 8-18: For ND and Cincy it is #33 and #30
- #4 for OkSU/OU/tOSU/Bama is 15-35: For ND and Cincy it is #48 and #59
- #5 for OkSU/OU/tOSU/Bama is 27-39: For ND and Cincy it is #49 and #64
- #6 for OkSU/OU/tOSU/Bama is 33-56: For ND and Cincy it is #65 and #83
- #7 for OkSU/OU/tOSU/Bama is 43-60: For ND and Cincy it is #74 and #90
- #8 for OkSU/OU/tOSU/Bama is 46-68: For ND and Cincy it is #79 and #99
By the time we get down to #9 and below they are all playing crap opponents so it probably doesn't make any difference. Still, ND and Cincy trail the others at both #9 and #10.