The first 12-team College Football Playoff comes to a conclusion when Ohio State and Notre Dame meet on Monday night. In the previous four-team format, neither the No. 7 seed Fighting Irish (14-1) nor the eighth-seeded Buckeyes (13-2) would have made the CFP. Now, two of the most storied programs in college football history will battle it out for the title in Atlanta. ODDS AND TRENDS The Buckeyes are consensus 9.0-point favorites across regulated sportsbooks. The line on Monday was sitting at 9.5 at BetRivers, where the public has been split -- backing Ohio State with 51 percent of the total spread-line bets but Notre Dame with 53 percent of the money.