Notre Dame’s coaching brilliance and execution lead to a defining Sugar Bowl win over Georgia. Here’s how they proved it.

Notre Dame outlasted Penn State in a 27-24 thriller to reach the program's first national championship game since 2012 in the Orange Bowl. Thanks to the 12-team College Football Playoff format, the Fighting Irish officially became the first team to win multiple bowl games in the same season.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Ohio State Buckeyes are set to play for the CFP National Championship on Monday night. According to FanDuel Sportsbook, the Irish are currently 8.5 point underdogs to the Buckeyes with an over/under of 45.

The College Football Playoff National Championship is finally here. The first ever 12-team format to the playoff is almost complete as the Ohio State Buckeyes face off against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

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.

Notre Dame has a chance to win its first national championship since 1988. Here's how the Fighting Irish can get past Ohio State.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have (almost) completely changed the narrative of the program over the last month. Besides getting that first playoff win, the Irish are now the Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl champions.