I don't think we are at Cincy's mercy
Hell, the committee has already determined that UC will not be in barring some crazy chaos. Not sure we totally need Cincy to lose to jump them (although this might be a stretch). I think the biggest evidence that the committee doesn't care about these match ups already comes from Ohio St. and Oregon. Granted the Ducks had to lose, but the Committee's penchant for ranking Oregon behind Ohio St. probably doesn't bode well for the Bearcats vis-a-vis Notre Dame's chances.