The Ohio State Buckeyes are one win away from winning their sixth national title and the first time in a decade. After a brutal loss to Michigan to close out the regular season, Ohio State has exceeded expectations in the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff format.

We look at how Ohio State and Notre Dame compare at every position, with the Buckeyes holding clear edges at WR and DE but other positions being more closely contested.

Two of college football’s most recognizable schools will face off with everything on the line, as Ohio State and Notre Dame meet in the College Football Playoff

Theismann has spent a good bit of time around this team, and Tim Brown — Notre Dame’s last Heisman Trophy winner (1987) — has spent even more. Brown, who was at the Indiana and Penn State playoff games, has gotten to know Freeman and several key players well.

Ohio State had a couple snoozers to start things off as they dominated their first two CFP games. Ohio State blew out Tennessee at home in the first round as they won 42-17, and then they smoked one seed Oregon in the quarterfinals as it was 31-0 halfway through the second quarter. They cruised to a 41-21 win.

Ohio State enters tonight’s title game as an 8.5-point favorite over Notre Dame, the second-largest favorite in playoff game championship history.

Notre Dame and Ohio State meet in the College Football Playoff championship game on Jan. 20, 2025. Here are Indiana connections, TV, odds and more.

Ohio State had a couple snoozers to start things off as they dominated their first two CFP games. Ohio State blew out Tennessee at home in the first round as they won 42-17, and then they smoked one seed Oregon in the quarterfinals as it was 31-0 halfway through the second quarter. They cruised to a 41-21 win.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish NCAAF game to be played on January 20, 2025 on ESPN.