Now that it’s all over and the Ohio State Buckeyes are the college football national champions, it can be definitively said: Expanding the College Football Playoff worked.

All you need to know to watch Monday night’s College Football Playoff final between Ohio State and Notre Dame.

The first 12-team Playoff had a lot of great moments. It could also use some tweaks. In the short term, leaders are unlikely to make major changes to the format for the 2025 season. The bigger stuff is more likely to come in 2026, when the new contracts kick in and the SEC and Big Ten basically get to do whatever they want.

The Ohio State Buckeyes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish will go at it in the College Football Championship on Monday, here's how to watch.

The Cotton Bowl (Arlington, Texas), Orange Bowl (Miami Gardens, Florida), Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California), and Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, Louisiana) will host the quarterfinals. The Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, Arizona) and Peach Bowl (Atlanta, Georgia) will host the semifinals.

This year, Boise State was the non-power representative for the College Football Playoff. Next year, it will be Tulane, but it will be a very different situation than the Broncos'. Boise State got a bye and was actually ranked inside the top-12. That won't be the case next season.

The first 12-team College Football Playoff finished on Monday night with Ohio State beating Notre Dame 34-23 in Atlanta, Ga. The new 12-team playoff was a massive success, although the expanded field allows for more mulligans for every team and perhaps reduces the importance of some games.

Ohio State came out on top in the national championship on Monday, outlasting a late Notre Dame comeback push to win 34-23. The game brought an end to the first edition of the expanded College Football Playoff, which features 12 teams vying for the title instead of four.

In or out? A verdict on which of the College Football Playoff qualifiers will be back in the bracket next season.

The 2024 football season isn't going to go down as a memorable one for the West Virginia Mountaineers, who ended the year with a 6-7 record. But according to ES

Ohio State has made history! The Buckeyes have claimed their ninth national championship, defeating Notre Dame 34–23 in the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff National Championship. From an underdog No.