Costs to get into Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the national championship remained high before kickoff. (Don Juan Moore/Getty Images) ATLANTA — Perhaps Ohio State and Notre Dame fans skipped the early-round College Football Playoff games to save up for this moment. Judging from the secondary-market offerings in the hours before kickoff, they were hopefully saving for quite some time in advance …

Notre Dame and Ohio State are set to square off for the College football Playoff national championship Monday night in Atlanta. The Fighting Irish have not won a national title since 1988. As for Ohio State, the Buckeyes haven’t lifted the title since 2014. Both sides have been built over the last few seasons to get to this point, though. …

USATSI The matchup for 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship is set as (8) Ohio State and (7) Notre Dame will meet in Atlanta for the sport’s most illustrious prize. This will be Notre Dame’s first shot at a national championship since 2012, while the Buckeyes are back in the national title game for the second time under coach Ryan Day.  …

The Wisconsin Badgers will sit idle on Monday night as Ohio State and Notre Dame meet for the national title. Wisconsin finished the 2024 season at 5-7, missing a bowl game for the first time since 2001. It was the program’s first season since 1996 without spending a single week ranked in the AP Poll. Related: Significant takeaways from Wisconsin cornerback …

Getty Images The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff concludes on Monday when (7) Notre Dame faces (8) Ohio State in the College Football Playoff National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. With only one game remaining in the 2024 season, it’s time to look ahead at future locations of the CFP title game. After hosting the CFP title game between …

Jan. 20—ATLANTA — Ohio State and Notre Dame will play one last game for all the marbles Monday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Here’s a look at the coverage of the College Football Playoff National Championship Game from Cox First Media: Five keys to the game between the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish: LINK Ohio State players look ahead to matchup with …

ATLANTA — The ACC is expected to consider changing the format of its football championship as it weighs how to protect its regular-season champion before the College Football Playoff, commissioner Jim Phillips said Sunday. One of the ideas soon to be discussed among athletic directors is changing the ACC Championship Game into a play-in game for the CFP with a …

The Oregon Ducks men’s basketball team had just one last week, a 63-58 loss to Purdue and that loss was reflected in the latest USA TODAY Coaches poll. Oregon dropped down a spot to No. 15, but the Ducks are still 15-3 overall and 4-3 in Big Ten action. On the other side of things, the Boilermakers jumped up three …

College football’s champion will be crowned when the eighth-seeded Ohio State Buckeyes battle the seventh-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship game on Monday. Ohio State advanced with a 28-14 win over Texas in the semifinals, while Notre Dame defeated Penn State 27-24. The Buckeyes (13-2, 7-2 Big Ten), who placed fourth in the …

The curtain comes down Monday night on the longest, strangest college football season anyone has ever seen. About the only thing that feels normal about it are the teams playing for the title: Ohio State and Notre Dame. Two of the country’s most storied programs are set to meet in a title game that wraps up the sport’s first 12-team playoff. The Jan. 20 …

Only one game remains in the longest college football season in history. It started way back on Aug. 24, 2024, when Georgia Tech upset then-No. 10 Florida State 24-21 in Ireland and that contest in Week 0 certainly set the tone for what would be a wild college football season that will go down in the memory banks.  Now, nearly …

Former UConn head football coach Bob Diaco is expected to join Bill Belichick’s staff as linebackers coach at North Carolina, according to multiple reports. Diaco, who Huskies fans will remember for creating the ‘Civil ConFLiCT,‘ and for coming up with the idea for football games to be broadcast on Nickelodeon (which actually happened), spent last season as a defensive analyst …

Ohio State legend Cris Carter’s program record of eight touchdown receptions by a freshman stood since 1984. In the time since, the Buckeyes have been a factory that consistently churns out All-Americans and first-round NFL Draft picks at the wide receiver position, including the likes of Garrett Wilson, Chris Olave and Marvin Harrison Jr.  But no one could break Carter’s …

Jan. 20—ATLANTA — One could barely turn around at the media day for College Football Playoff National Championship Game without running into a player from southwest Ohio. “One hundred percent I could definitely see myself playing here some day,” said C.J. Hicks, a junior reserve linebacker for Ohio State. “Going to Alter, playing for Coach (Ed) Domsitz, competing at the …

Elite defenses will clash on Monday night when Notre Dame faces Ohio State in the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship game. The Buckeyes are aiming for their first national title in 10 years after winning their first three playoff games by 14-plus points. They advanced to the championship with a 28-14 win over Texas in the Cotton Bowl. Notre …