Now that it’s all over and the Ohio State Buckeyes are the college football national champions, it can be definitively said: Expanding the College Football Playoff worked.

Plus, more questions on whether the CFP format was a success, next year's rising teams and college football's longest season ever.

It should come as no surprise that the Buckeyes landed plenty of players on the CBS Sports' All-College Football Playoff Team

Ohio State's ninth matchup against Notre Dame will decide whether or not the Buckeyes claim their ninth National Championship

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Ohio State held on to defeat Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff National Championship. Eric Edholm provides three takeaways from the game, with an eye on the 2025 NFL Draft.

Who has the most college football national championships? Here's what to know leading into Monday's CFP title game between Ohio State and Notre Dame:

The Ohio State Buckeyes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish square off at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta for the College Football Playoff National Championship.

In the sports card hobby, Quinshon Judkins is quickly becoming a name to watch. Autographed cards of rising stars like him are highly sought after, especially as collectors look to identify the next wave of NFL talent.

Will Howard just led Ohio State to the national championship, and his girlfriend had his back throughout the team's College Football Playoff run. Howard, who transferred in from Kansas State, was everything Ohio State hoped he would be this season.

ATLANTA — Will Howard transferred to Ohio State to win a national championship, and he reached that goal by playing the best football of his career throughout the Buckeyes’ four games in the College Football Playoff.