Over 70,000 fans — clad in either burnt orange or scarlet and gray — filled the seats of AT&T Stadium to watch No. 8 Ohio State play No. 4 Texas in Friday’s Cotton Bowl Classic. The Buckeyes pulled ahead in the fourth quarter,

ESPN likely expected the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff to do record television ratings when it signed a $7.8 billion media rights deal to broadcast the postseason tournament through 2031 in March of last year.

Ohio State and Notre Dame arrived in Atlanta on their charter flights on Friday as the teams moved closer to Monday night’s College Football Playoff national championship game.

Though the final score showed a 28-14 Ohio State victory over Texas in the Cotton Bowl, those who watched saw an alarmingly neck-and-neck game. In fact, if it were not for Jack Sawyer’s 83-yard touchdown with two minutes left,

Notre Dame and Ohio State fans have had to endure unprecedented travel demands throughout college football’s first 12-team playoff to reach Monday night’s national championship game.

The College Football Playoff National Championship airs on ESPN. The Ohio State/Notre Dame title game begins at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. If you have a valid cable login, you can stream the Ohio State/Notre Dame game live on ESPN, Watch ESPN, or the ESPN app.

The Ohio State football program is currently preparing for its upcoming National Championship Game matchup vs the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, which is set to take place on Monday evening in Atlanta. The Buckeyes got to this point with a thrilling win over the Texas Longhorns in the Cotton Bowl,

The usual suspects will line up in 2025 to compete for spots in the second go-round of the 12-team College Football Playoff.

Here's where "College GameDay" is for Monday's CFP championship game, including time, location, schedule, guest picker and more:

Ohio State and Notre Dame will take the field Monday in Atlanta in the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship. The 7-seed Fighting Irish and 8-seed Buckeyes are the last teams standing and are in the finale after three rounds of playoffs .

Ohio State can celebrate another title after holding off a Notre Dame comeback bid to walk away with a nailbiter of a 34-23 victory over the Fighting Irish. Will Howard

With its Cotton Bowl win, Ohio State will now advance to play No. 7 Notre Dame in the CFP national championship on Monday Jan. 20 in Atlanta. Notre Dame pulled off its second straight upset in ...