The first national championship game of the 12-team College Football Playoff is a television executive’s dream.
Notre Dame (14-1) and Ohio State (13-2) will meet on Jan. 20 in Atlanta, the epicenter of SEC country but for the second straight year, there won’t be an SEC team involved in the CFP final.
Coming on the heels of last season’s Michigan-Washington CFP championship, this will be the first time two consecutive title games involved no SEC teams since 2004 (USC-Oklahoma) and 2005 (USC-Texas).
Fighting Irish-Buckeyes is a seven vs.