Notre Dame and Ohio State fans have had to endure unprecedented travel demands throughout college football’s first 12-team playoff to reach Monday night’s national championship game.

The College Football Playoff field has been narrowed to four teams, with (6) Penn State, (7) Notre Dame, (5) Texas, and (8) Ohio State remaining in the national title hunt. The Nittany Lions defeated (3) Boise State in the first quarterfinal game on New Year's Eve to set up a date with the Fighting Irish in the Orange Bowl on Thursday.

Bowl season culminates with the College Football Playoff National Championship, which will crown the first champion of the new 12-team playoff on Monday, January 20. Next up in deciding the two teams that will ultimately play in that championship game are the CFP semifinals.

The 2025 College Football Playoff will continue with the semifinals when the No. 6 Penn State Nittany Lions will take on the No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the 2025 Orange Bowl on Thursday. The Fighting Irish are 13-1 on the season and own the nation's ...

Notre Dame takes on Penn State at the Orange Bowl in the first of two College Football Playoff semifinals. Limited tickets still remain.

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The Nittany Lions are +115. The over/under for the game is set at 45.5 points. The Orange Bowl College Football Playoff game between Notre Dame and Penn State can be seen at 5:30 p.m. MST (7:30 p ...

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Nicole Giles couldn't watch.With 4:38 remaining in the Orange Bowl and Penn State leading Notre Dame 24-17 after consecutive touchdown drives, Fighting Irish quarterback Riley Leonard stepped back and found a wide-open Jaden Greathouse for a game-tying 54-yard score.

The national championship game is nearly here. Ohio State is going for its first national title since the end of the 2014 season. The Buckeyes beat Alabama and Oregon with third-string QB Cardale Jones to win the first four-team College Football Playoff. A win on Monday night would make Ohio State the first 12-team CFP champion.

Penn State’s 2024 season has come to a disappointing close with a loss to Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl. Now it’s time to turn the page and look at the good,