Joe Cox

A college football season was once as brief as 11 or 12 games, but for Ohio State and Notre Dame, it's a 16-game marathon. That race ends in Monday's College Football Playoff championship.

As the biggest college football game of the season approaches, Ohio State and Notre Dame offer an intriguing matchup.

A surprising 11-2 season and a berth in the CFP have left Indiana still reckoning with the transfer portal.

Luke Fickell and the Wisconsin Badgers struggled through a 5-7 season and now have to contend with the transfer portal. The Badgers had over two dozen players enter the portal.

Iowa posted an 8-5 mark and even improved its morbid offense, but has still had to deal with the transfer portal.

The transfer portal has been humming from Washington State . It's been a bizarre year for the Cougars.

As Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame approach mighty Ohio State in Monday's CFP championship, there's certainly reasons for optimism.

As Ohio State seeks its first national title in a decade, Notre Dame is a clearly respectable opponent. The Irish lost in Week 2 and have reeled off 13 straight wins since.

With one catch for 3 yards, Jeremiah Smith had one of the most irrelevant performances of all time in Ohio State 's College Football Playoff 28-14 semifinal win over Texas

It's almost time for the Ohio State Buckeyes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish to settle the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff.