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Ohio State was ranked No. 1 in the final Associated Press Top 25 College Football Poll of the season after beating Notre Dame for its first national championship since 2014. The Buckeyes (14-2) received every first-place vote after largely dominating…

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) – Ace Baldwin Jr. had 22 points, Yanic Konan Niederhauser scored 18, and Penn State snapped a four-game losing streak with an 80-72 win over Rutgers on Monday night. Baldwin made 6 of 16 shots with…

ATLANTA (AP) – Instead of mourning another collapse, Ohio State can celebrate another national title after holding off a Notre Dame comeback Monday night to walk away with a 34-23 victory over the Fighting Irish. Will Howard hit wide receiver…

ATLANTA — Emotionally, this has been a season unlike any other for Ryan Day. Less than two months ago, loud and influential voices in the media were calling for the nation’s winningest active coach to be fired after Ohio State’s…

ATLANTA — Before the first 12-team college playoff even began, there were already plenty of people proposing changes to determine the future national champions. Ohio State (13-2) and Notre Dame (14-1) are not in contention, at least not this year.…

ATLANTA — The curtain is coming down on the longest, strangest college football season anyone has ever seen. The only thing normal about it are the teams playing for the title: Ohio State and Notre Dame. Two of the nation’s…

ATLANTA — Any adjustments to the College Football Playoff for next season, including a potential adjustment to how they are awarded, will have to happen later this year, possibly in the spring, playoff officials said. Conference commissioners and presidents of…

ATLANTA — For Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman and Ohio State coach Ryan Day, those dramatic pregame speeches that inspire a football team to victory are the stuff of Hollywood. Both said they had nothing special planned for their final…

What’s the matter? The winner wins the national championship in the first year of an expanded 12-team College Football Playoff and the longest college football season ever. Ohio State is trying to win its sixth title and first since its…

ATLANTA — It’s no secret that Notre Dame and Ohio State are very polarizing football teams. You either love them or you hate them, and there are very few fans in between. The Fighting Irish have the Four Horsemen and…