Notre Dame didn't accomplish its biggest team goal of 2024, but did take huge steps in moving the program forward despite a national championship game loss.

Notre Dame has certainly raised expectations with its run to the national championship game. Marcus Freeman has changed the game in South Bend, and expectations for the 2025 season are sky high already. ESPN released its Way-Too-Early Top 25 for next season and the Irish will begin just below where they finished the 2024 season.

Ohio State is No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 college football poll of the 2024 season, the sixth time its has finished atop the AP poll.

The Ohio State-Notre Dame game Monday delivered ratings good enough to make it the second-most watched sporting event of the past year.

If the numbers behind people tuning into college football has told us anything, Ohio State turns on television sets and streaming devices. We’ve seen that continue during the College Football Playoff,

The Buckeyes beat the Fighting Irish 34-23 to win the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff, their first national championship since the 2014 season

Ohio State and Notre Dame are two of the biggest brands in college football, but the television ratings weren’t exactly indicative of that. The game had 22.1 million viewers, and peaked with 26.1 million viewers in the 8:30-8:45 p.

Ohio State has another National Championship under its belt, and 22.1M people tuned in to watch the Buckeyes defeat Notre Dame for the title on Monday. That’s a pretty strong number, even though it is down from last year’s 24.

Notre Dame football is getting hit in the transfer portal a few days after losing to Ohio State in the National Championship game. Marcus Freeman’s team is finishing up an exceptional season in South Bend that included wins in the Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl.