The top two favorites to win next season's College Football Playoff will square off in Week 1, when Ohio State hosts Texas on Aug. 30.

Notre Dame 34-23to cap off the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff and win the program's first national title since 2014. Now that the 2024-25 c

As odds for the 2026 national champion go live, the Buckeyes are a clear favorite to win the Playoff in 2025-26 with +450 odds at BetMGM (bet $100 to win $450).

The Buckeyes ended their regular season with a loss to rival Michigan. Then they rebounded to play their best football.

ATLANTA — Instead of crying over another collapse, Ohio State can celebrate another national title after holding off a Notre Dame comeback bid Monday night to walk away with a nailbiter of a 34-23 victory over the Fighting Irish.

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.

The Ohio State Buckeyes will play for a national championship on Monday night. After rampaging through three rounds of the College Football Playoff, the Buckeyes will meet the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta (7:30 p.

Ohio State has been favored in every game throughout this postseason. The Buckeyes opened as 7.5-point favorites over Tennessee, 1.5-point favorites over Oregon and six-point favorites over Texas. That will not change for OSU in the national title game,