College Football

ATLANTA — Will Howard, like us all, has felt lost many times in life. He felt lost as a freshman at Kansas State, when COVID isolated so many and left him living alone before being thrust — well before he was ready — into the starting job. He felt lost two years later, when, finally prepared for the starting gig …

Ohio State coach Ryan Day celebrated his team after the Buckeyes captured the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship with a 34-23 win over Notre Dame on Monday. Despite losing a pair of regular-season games, the Buckeyes fought back from the 8-seed and blew past the competition en route to the program’s first title in a decade.  “After all the …

ATLANTA — At Notre Dame, the bar for legendary status is high. This is the school that gave us Rudy, after all, and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and Knute Rockne, and “Win One For The Gipper.” You’ve got to work hard to etch your name alongside those legends. That said … leading your team to a stunning touchdown, …

Getty Images Ohio State became just the fifth team in the AP poll era to win the national championship without winning its conference’s title as the Buckeyes beat Notre Dame 34-23 on Monday in the College Football Playoff National Championship. The Buckeyes not only failed to win the Big Ten championship, but they didn’t even appear in the league title game. …

Ohio State’s 34-23 win against Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff championship game will earn the Buckeyes a spot in history as the first champion in the 12-team playoff format. Ohio State was also the first winner of the four-team playoff tournament, so this is becoming a bit of a trend. But where do the Buckeyes rank among the …

1 The Arch Manning Era begins with all the expected hype. Thanks for the memories, Quinn Ewers, but the ‘Horns will be more dangerous at quarterback because of Manning’s overall athleticism and smarts. Steve Sarkisian gets back national freshman of the year Colin Simmons at defensive end as well as star linebacker Anthony Hill. Injured running back C.J. Baxter should …

The bitter cold temperatures in central Ohio didn’t keep Ohio State students inside after the Buckeyes secured the College Football Playoff national title late Monday night. Within minutes of the clock ticking down on the Buckeyes’ 34-23 victory over the Irish, students were flooding out across the Columbus campus, quickly making their way to the gates of Ohio Stadium. Chants …

Trying to figure out who owns the most national championships in college football is not for the weak of heart. The sport has changed considerably since the sport’s inaugural season — 1869 — when Princeton and Rutgers played twice and, conveniently, split those two games. For decades after that, even as the sport expanded, the definition of “champion” remained uncertain. …

Now that the 2024 college football season is officially over, we’re already looking ahead to the 2025 season. Here’s our way-too-early guess at what the top 25 could look like in August. 25. Michigan How much of an upgrade can Michigan make at QB? The Wolverines signed five-star recruit Bryce Underwood and added former UCF and Fresno State QB Mikey …

Getty Images (8) Ohio State defeated (7) Notre Dame 34-23 to cap off the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff and win the program’s first national title since 2014. Now that the 2024-25 college football season is in the books, it’s time to look ahead to next fall. Ohio State is the betting favorite to repeat as national champs. Though a plethora …

Editor’s note: Follow Ohio State vs. Notre Dame live updates, scores and highlights from the national championship game. Sometimes, coaches get so concerned with being crafty they forget to do what makes sense. So it was in the second half of Notre Dame vs Ohio State in the national championship game, when on fourth-and-2, from their own 33-yard line, the Fighting Irish …

Getty Images Ohio State quarterback Will Howard became the first quarterback to throw for 1,000 yards in the College Football Playoff after a strong first half against Notre Dame. By hitting the mark, Howard set the record for most passing yards in a CFP run.  Howard connected on his first 13 passes against Notre Dame, a championship game record, as …

Newly appointed President Donald Trump made an appearance during Monday’s College Football Playoff national championship game. During halftime of Ohio State vs. Notre Dame, ESPN cutaway from its halftime show coverage to an address from Trump, who was not at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Trump made a political statement surrounding his first day in office before he talked about the …

Riley Leonard and the Fighting Irish got off to a raucous start against Ohio State in the national championship game Monday, with the QB accounting for 65 yards (34 on the ground and 31 through the air) in an 18-play, 75-yard touchdown drive that took 9:45 off the clock. After Leonard got into the end zone, he had a message …

When Notre Dame takes on Ohio State in the College Football Playoff national championship game, there may be a noticeable jersey on the Fighting Irish sideline. With one of the most recognizable uniforms in all of college football, Notre Dame tweaks its traditional jersey by adding players name on the back of the jerseys during the postseason. During the run …