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The longest College Football Playoff season in history is down to one game. Notre Dame and Ohio State are the two teams left standing after three rounds and will face off in Atlanta to decide the national champion for the 2024 season.
It’s a surprising matchup given the Fighting Irish entered as the No. 7 seed and the Buckeyes were seeded eighth. But after each convincingly won first-round matchups at home, they then defeated the champions of the SEC and Big Ten, respectively, to make the semifinals. From there, Notre Dame scored a late defeat of Georgia in the Orange Bowl, and Ohio State knocked off Texas in the Cotton Bowl to get to the final game.
While these are two of the biggest programs in college football, both will be looking to end long title droughts. The Fighting Irish last won a nation