Ohio State has a loaded roaster full of top-end talent. Despite some offensive line concerns, the Buckeyes are a much healthier team entering this contest than the Irish are. It makes perfect sense that they are a decent favorite.

Notre Dame and Ohio State will meet for the first national championship of the 12-team playoff era on Monday, January 20th in Atlanta. Marcus Freeman’s Fighting Irish have played a physical brand on football on their path to the title,

The earliest line for the Notre Dame vs Ohio State national title game has the Buckeyes as a 9.5 favorite over the Irish. And for good reason. The Buckeyes have been the most dominant team in the CFP field thus far with playoff victories of 42-17 over Tennessee,