Here are three keys and a prediction for the national championship as Ohio State looks to become the third two-loss national champion.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day is mad about officiating and the SEC referees for the College Football Playoff title game. He has 728 plays to back him up.

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Will Howard, Jim Knowles and Al Golden are just some of the ties the College Football Playoff National Championship has to Philadelphia.

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day, left, and Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman pose with the trophy after a news conference ahead of the College Football Playoff national championship game Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Atlanta. The game between Ohio State and Notre Dame will be played on Monday. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Ohio State football head coach Ryan Day was brutally honest about the impact the loss to Michigan had on his program. The Buckeyes have responded to this brutal defeat in extraordinary fashion. Ohio S

Ohio State and Notre Dame battle Monday in Atlanta in the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship. The 7-seed Fighting Irish and 8-seed Buckeyes had to play three rounds of playoffs to reach the finale.

Ohio State and Notre Dame will meet in the College Football Playoff championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday night.

The first 12-team College Football Playoff is steamrolling toward a dramatic finish in the heart of SEC country Monday night. At Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, the unofficial home of college football meaning more, it will be two Midwest teams meeting for the national championship for the first time.

Paul Finebaum said Ryan Day can complete his redemption arc should Ohio State beat Notre Dame in the national championship Monday night. After losing the Michigan game to conclude the regular season,

Ohio State is going for its first title since the end of the 2014 season. It's been much longer for Notre Dame; the Irish last won a championship in 1988 when the team capped a 12-0 season with a Fiesta Bowl victory over West Virginia.