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How Caleb Downs could help Ohio State win national title after leaving Alabama
National championship 2025: Five keys to Notre Dame upsetting Ohio State, winning first title since 1988
No. 7 seed Notre Dame finds itself as the betting underdog for Monday night's College Football Playoff National Championship against No. 8 seed Ohio State, but the Fighting Irish believe they have a plan to take down the Buckeyes and win the program's first national title since 1988.
CFP National Championship: How to Watch Ohio State vs. Notre Dame
When to watch the national championship game between Ohio State and Notre Dame? The national championship game will air on ESPN. Since the start of the College Football Playoff, the Buckeyes have looked like the best team in the country.
Ohio State faltered on a play from Steve Sarkisan and Texas when they turned to Arch Manning on a fourth down play in the Cotton Bowl. Downs and the Buckeyes defense can’t allow plays like that to happen if they want to win the program’s first national title since 2014.
Ohio State center Seth McLaughlin and quarterback Will Howard first met as players at Alabama and Kansas State, and their initial meeting wasn't telling of the future friendship that has developed throughout the season.
The former Alabama football center's Ohio State team is in the national championship game, after he won the Rimington Trophy.
The star safety transfer found a perfect fit in the national title-hunting Buckeyes after entering the portal after Nick Saban's retirement.
Here's why Ohio State football DB Caleb Downs decided to leave Alabama and transfer to the Buckeyes this offseason:
Notre Dame head football coach Marcus Freeman reflects on his time as a linebacker at Ohio State from 2004 to 2008
On Jan. 20, Ohio State and Notre Dame face off in the 2025 CFP National Championship. Notre Dame aims for its first title since 1988, while Ohio State won the first CFP championship a decade ago.
Ohio State, like Georgia, was very familiar with talented safety Caleb Downs. Both schools were among the finalists to land Downs when he was the No. 1 player in the state of Georgia in the 2023 recruiting cycle.
Two of the top SEC teams face off as we continue our College Basketball odds series with an Alabama-Kentucky prediction and pick.
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Former Georgia football commitment Jared Curtis, a five-star quarterback from Nashville Christian, has a list of his top six schools, according to a report.
No. 8 Ohio State will play No. 7 Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff final. Here’s a look at the uniforms and helmets the Buckeyes will wear.
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