Not since the 2004 and ’05 seasons has the South been shut out of the championship field, and the Big Ten has a chance to win back-to-back titles.

The first 12-team version of the College Football Playoff has reached the national championship game and it will be Notre Dame against heavily favored Ohio State. The tantalizing matchup comes after some wondered if the CFP selection committee got it right.

Just one more to go. The Ohio State football team has been a different club after losing to Michigan on November 30. Once the Buckeyes got into the 12-team College Football Playoff, it has looked

Now, the Buckeyes not only are in the College Football Playoff national championship game on Jan. 20 against Notre Dame in Atlanta, they are the second-biggest favorites in the title game since the playoff began 10 years ago.

Two upset losses stood out among the rest in college football this season. Notre Dame suffered one of them. Ohio State the other.

Ohio State and Notre Dame have met twice in the last couple of seasons and are set to meet again in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game. Bot

Ohio State football can taste it now. The Buckeyes are four quarters away from capturing their ninth national championship. They’re rolling after pulling away from Texas in the Cotton Bowl Friday and will be the favorite to surpass Notre Dame.