Let's take a look back at Sports Illustrated's best images and coverage from the Buckeyes' championship night.

ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit, an Ohio State alumnus, revealed that he received a text message from former Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel ahead of Monday night's title game. “He texted me today – ‘Buckeyes versus a Buckeye. What a night,'” Herbstreit said.

The national championship tonight is more complicated for Marcus Freeman than anyone else with him as the coach of Notre Dame who’ll be playing none other than his alma mater in Ohio State. Someone who’ll win either way,

Former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel has a vested interest in the CFP title game not only with the Buckeyes, but also former Buckeye Marcus Freeman, who played for him from 2004-08.

Week 1 of the 2025 college football season features a loaded slate, including LSU at Clemson, Notre Dame at Miami and Alabama at Florida State, among others. LSU-Clemson could be a top-five matchup, as could the biggest headliner: Manning and Texas visiting Ohio State in a matchup of the 2024 national champion and our early 2025 favorite.

ATLANTA —Ohio State scored on its first five possessions and beat Notre Dame 34-23 in the College Football Playoff ... Brown (one), Woody Hayes (five), Jim Tressel (one) and his predecessor ...

For all the flag-planting of rivalry week, Ohio State is proving teams can overcome multiple losses (including the big one) on way to glory.

Freeman, who is in his third season in charge of the Fighting Irish, is facing his alma mater Ohio State in the College Football Playoff ... at OSU under Jim Tressel, the program's head coach ...

Let's take a look at the college football teams with the most national championships in the AP Top 25 rankings era, since 1936.

Will Howard will live forever in the lore of Ohio State football in the same vein as Cardale Jones and Craig Krenzel. He's hardly the only recent Buckeye quarterback that deserves immortality.

By dropping their last two games, the Packers are the No. 7 seed and will play all playoff games away from Lambeau Field. If they are fortunate enough to avenge an earlier loss to the Philadelphia ...