The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff is set to crown a national champion on Monday as 7-seed Notre Dame takes on 8-seed Ohio State at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium. This will be the ninth meeting for two of college football's most storied programs and marks the third consecutive season the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish will face off -- the longest such streak in the series' relatively brief history.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Ohio State Buckeyes will battle for the first national championship in the 12-team CFP era.

Ohio State cannot afford to sleep on Marcus Freeman's version of 'Tresselball.' The former Buckeye has turned Notre Dame into something like 2002 OSU.