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How to watch Notre Dame vs. Ohio State in the CFP national championship originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Notre Dame and Ohio State have each won three games in the 2024-25 College Football Playoff — the team who earns a fourth victory will be national champions.
The No. 7-seeded Fighting Irish (14-1) will meet the No. 8 Buckeyes (13-2) in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game on Monday in Atlanta. It will be the first national title game of the 12-team CFP era.
Notre Dame had gone winless in its two previous CFP appearances, but Marcus Freeman‘s team now could end the storied program’s decades-long national championship drought.
The Fighting Irish started their run to the national championship with a home win over the No. 10 Indiana Hoosiers before taking down the No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs in the Sugar Bowl. The semifinal Orange Bowl then saw Notre Dame rally past the No. 6 Penn State Nittany Lions.
The Buckeyes, who were champions of the debut CFP, have come up with quite the response to a stunning upset defeat at the hands of the rival Michigan Wolverines in the regular-season finale that knocked them out of the Big Ten title game.
After crushing the No. 9 Tennessee Volunteers at home in Round 1, Ryan Day’s team ended the No. 1 Oregon Ducks’ bid for a perfect season with a Rose Bowl rout. Then, in the semifinal Cotton Bowl, Ohio State sealed the program’s third CFP championship game berth with a late goal-line stand against the No. 5 Texas Longhorns.
This year’s national championship matchup features the top two scoring defenses in the nation. Ohio State is first in points allowed (12.2 per game) and total yards allowed (251.1 per game), while Notre Dame ranks second in points allowed (14.3 per game) and ninth in total yards allowed (298.3 per game). Both of these teams can…
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Publish date : 2025-01-17 16:24:00
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