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Ohio State vs. Notre Dame odds: 2025 CFP National Championship game picks, prediction by expert on 77-57 roll

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SportsLine expert Eric Cohen shares his college football national championship over/under, spread and prop picks for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Ohio State Buckeyes on Monday

College football's champion will be crowned when the eighth-seeded Ohio State Buckeyes battle the seventh-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship game on Monday. Ohio State advanced with a 28-14 win over Texas in the semifinals, while Notre Dame defeated Penn State 27-24. The Buckeyes (13-2, 7-2 Big Ten), who placed fourth in the Big Ten Conference, have won three straight. The Fighting Irish (14-1), who have won 13 in a row, are 7-0 against ranked opponents in 2024-25. Ohio State has won six straight against Notre Dame, going 4-1-1 against the spread.

Kickoff from Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. Ohio State leads the all-time series 6-2, last meeting in 2023. The Buckeyes are 8.5-point favorites in the latest Ohio State vs. Notre Dame odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 45.5. Ohio State is the -391 money line favorite (risk $391 to win $100), while Notre Dame is the +306 underdog (risk $100 to win $306). Before making any Ohio State vs. Notre Dame picks, check out the college football predictions from SportsLine Ohio State expert Eric Cohen.

Cohen, host of the weekly Early Edge College Football Picks Show on CBS Network, is 77-57 on college football picks this season, returning a betting profit of $1,559 for $100 players on his college spread football picks. Anyone following him at sportsbooks and on betting apps could have seen impressive returns.

What to know about Ohio State, Notre Dame and college football's championship game

In a previous era of college football, the two teams in Monday night's championship game — Ohio State and Notre Dame — wouldn't have been in the playoffs at all.

For most of the history of the top level of college football, a team had to go undefeated in the regular season, or else get very lucky, in order to contend for a title. A single bad regular season loss often would doom those chances.

CFP championship game live score, updates, how to watch Ohio State vs Notre Dame

On Monday night, nearly five full months after it began, the 2024 college football season will draw to a close and a champion will be crowned.

The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff will wrap up when Ohio State and Notre Dame face off at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta in the national championship game, with one of the two prestigious programs set to add another piece of hardware to their already sizable trophy cases.

Despite being the No. 8 seed, the Buckeyes have looked like the country’s best team for much of the event. Coach Ryan Day’s squad has rolled through its first three playoff games, defeating Tennessee, Oregon and Texas by a combined 59 points. The 28-14 victory against the Longhorns on Jan. 10 in the Cotton Bowl was harder earned than the others, with the win not being secured until an 83-yard Jack Sawyer scoop-and-score touchdown off a fumble recovery with 2:13 remaining.

Standing between Ohio State and its third national title this century is a Fighting Irish team that has been similarly impressive over the past month. Since a stunning 16-14 loss to Northern Illinois on Sept. 7, No. 7 seed Notre Dame has reeled off 13 consecutive wins, the last three of which have come over Indiana, Georgia and Penn State in the playoff. The Irish iced a 27-24 victory against the Nittany Lions on Jan. 9 in the Orange Bowl with a Mitch Jeter 41-yard field goal with seven seconds remaining.