Ohio State coach Ryan Day is hugging players with confetti falling overhead. His Buckeyes, who beat Notre Dame 34-23 Monday to win the national title, have cemented their place in program history. The coach himself has stamped an Urban Meyer seal onto his John Cooper-esque resume.

Coach Ryan Day shushed the critics, running back Quinshon Judkins scored three touchdowns, and the No. 8 seed Ohio State Buckeyes held off a furious second-half rally to beat No. 7 seed Notre Dame, 34-23,

The Buckeyes close out a seven-week climb from the depths of a loss to 20-point underdog Michigan to the top of college football.

Ohio State played like a juggernaut in College Football Playoff en route to its first national championship since 2014.

Notre Dame, with 962 wins, is fourth all-time. The Fighting Irish passed Texas in the CFP semifinals when they beat Penn State and the Longhorns lost to Ohio State. Overall, the inaugural 12-team playoff featured five of the 10 winningest programs in college football history.

Ohio State is back on the top of the college football world with its first national championship since 2014 after beating Notre Dame in Atlanta.

If Ohio State beats Notre Dame and wins the national title, it'll be first time in the modern era it has done so as the preseason favorite.

Ohio State defeated Notre Dame 34-23 to win the 2024 College Football Playoff National championship! Theres nothing sweeter than defeating Notre Dame in football, and Ohio State did it on the biggest stage and under the brightest lights in Atlanta tonight.

We're about three hours away from Ohio State and Notre Dame meeting for the national championship in Atlanta. At the end of November, it seemed tough to imagine the Buckeyes being in this position. Ohio State closed out the regular season with an embarrassing home loss to rival Michigan,