Valentina Martinez: The Buckeyes and Fighting Irish are set to face off in the College Football Playoff National Championship. This game is a tale of two defenses, but Ohio State will take home the glory. Ricardo Sandoval: The championship match is as highly profiled as one can be while also being one that no one expected.

Just hours before kickoff, the NCAA announced that one of the nation’s top artists will take center stage during the halftime show of the National Championship clash between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (16-2) aim to extend a three-game road winning streak when visiting the Boston College Eagles (12-8) on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET.Notre Dame is coming

One of the wackiest seasons in college football history will end with two schools whose traditions are as old as the game itself — Ohio State and Notre Dame — playing for a national championship.

The Fighting Irish battled their way through Penn State (No. 7 in total defense), Georgia (No. 30) and Indiana (No. 2). Now, the nation’s top-ranked defense stands in the way of a return to college football’s mountaintop for the first time since 1988.

Cornerback Benjamin Morrison was one of the many stars on Notre Dame's roster who helped drive the resurgence. Following the season, Morrison declared for the 2025 NFL Draft , per Inside the Irish .

Notre Dame has certainly raised expectations with its run to the national championship game. Marcus Freeman has changed the game in South Bend, and expectations for the 2025 season are sky high already. ESPN released its Way-Too-Early Top 25 for next season and the Irish will begin just below where they finished the 2024 season.

Notre Dame takes on the Virginia Cavaliers after Markus Burton scored 28 points in the Fighting Irish's 77-69 loss to the Syracuse Orange.

While Notre Dame football didn’t see any transfer movement during its run in the College Football Playoff, the same can’t be said about following the season-ending loss. On We

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Ohio State and Notre Dame bring big brands, with a Midwest mindset, to Monday's national championship game in Atlanta. Not everyone is happy about it.