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And then there were two. The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff is set to crown a national champion on Monday as 7-seed Notre Dame takes on 8-seed Ohio State at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
This will be the ninth meeting for two of college football’s most storied programs and marks the third consecutive season the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish will face off — the longest such streak in the series’ relatively brief history. Ohio State and Notre Dame completed a home-and-home series in 2023 when the Buckeyes walked into South Bend, Indiana, and walked out with a 17-14 victory.
Notre Dame has not beaten Ohio State since 1936. The Fighting Irish’s only wins in the series came in 1935 and 1936. It’s been all Ohio State since.
The two programs are no strangers to postseason play against each other. They met in the 2006 and 2016 Fiesta Bowls, with the Buckeyes winning both matchups.
Ohio State has been dominant in its CFP run. The Buckeyes won their first two games, including a decisive victory against top-seeded Oregon in the Rose Bowl, by a combined score of 83-38. In their Cotton Bowl semifinal against Texas, the Longhorns had a chance to tie the game late in the fourth quarter, but Jack Sawyer’s strip-sack and subsequent 83-yard touchdown return secured a 28-14 win for Ohio State.
Notre Dame has delivered its own set of impressive performances. The Fighting Irish defeated Indiana by 10 — leading by even more for much of the game — in the first round, then cruised past SEC champion Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. They capped their run with a last-second field goal to earn a 27-24 victory over Penn State in the Orange Bowl, becoming the first program in college football history to win two bowl games in the same season.
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Author : Will Backus
Publish date : 2025-01-17 20:31:00
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