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

The Buckeyes open the betting lines for 2025-26 college football national champion as the +450 favorite, just ahead of the Texas Longhorns at +650. The Longhorns will enter the 2025 season led by Arch Manning and could even enter the year at No. 1 in the country depending on which pre-season poll you’re looking at.

When that teardrop of a throw from Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard on third-and-11 finally landed, light as a feather, in the hands of receiver Jeremiah Smith late in the fourth quarter Monday, Ohio State had locked up what would be a 34-23 victory over Notre Dame for its sixth national title and first in a decade.