Notre Dame players were angry after their loss to Ohio State in the title game. But there was motivation after its College Football Playoff run.

It should come as no surprise that the Buckeyes landed plenty of players on the CBS Sports' All-College Football Playoff Team

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Ohio State Buckeyes meet in the college football national championship Monday with talk of faith preceding each team.

Notre Dame is an independent but plays four other ACC schools. The dates for those games have yet to be set but the opponents are: at Pitt, at Boston College, North Carolina State, and Syracuse. The Miami game is scheduled for Hard Rock Stadium on Aug. 30 but it could move anywhere from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1.

SportsLine's model simulated Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Ohio State Buckeyes in the 2025 CFP National Championship game 10,000 times

The Marcus Freeman-led Fighting Irish have become a force to be reckoned with, boasting an impressive 14-1 record. Their road to the National Championship game included wins against Indiana, Georgia, and most recently, a nail-biter 27-24 victory over a talented Penn State Nittany Lions team.

The Fighting Irish (14-2) were ranked No. 2 in the final Associated Press Top 25 college football poll of the season released Tuesday morning.

On 3rd and 9, Leonard threw up a money ball to Greathouse streaking down the left sideline stride-for-stride with OSU cornerback Jordan Hancock. With one hand free, Greathouse made the 30-yard one-handed catch for a touchdown on arguably the matchup's best throw-catch combination of the game.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day celebrated his team after the Buckeyes captured the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship with a 34-23 win over Notre Dame on Monday. Despite losing a pair of regular-season games,

Notre Dame became the latest team to find out what the rest of Ohio State’s opponents learned during this newly expanded College Football Playoff: It’s amazing what one can sometimes accomplish when angry,

The confetti had fallen, the Ohio State marching band was belting out Queen’s “Fat Bottomed Girls” and Mercedes-Benz Stadium was a scarlet and gray free-for-all.