FOX Sports' RJ Young offers up his way-too-early top 25 rankings for the 2025 college football season, with Ohio State, Texas, Michigan and Colorado all in the mix.

The Buckeyes ended their regular season with a loss to rival Michigan. Then they rebounded to play their best football.

ATLANTA — Instead of crying over another collapse, Ohio State can celebrate another national title after holding off a Notre Dame comeback bid Monday night to walk away with a nailbiter of a 34-23 victory over the Fighting Irish.

Coach Ryan Day shushed the critics, running back Quinshon Judkins scored three touchdowns, and the No. 8 seed Ohio State Buckeyes held off a furious second-half rally to beat No. 7 seed Notre Dame, 34-23,

Ohio State captured its 6th national championship with a win over Notre Dame. Here are the moments that defined the Buckeyes' season.

The longest college football season ever, starting in August and ending on Inauguration Day, became an Ohio State coronation.

Ohio State is back on the top of the college football world with its first national championship since 2014 after beating Notre Dame in Atlanta.

Ohio State held on to defeat Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff National Championship. Eric Edholm provides three takeaways from the game, with an eye on the 2025 NFL Draft.

The Marcus Freeman-led Fighting Irish have become a force to be reckoned with, boasting an impressive 14-1 record. Their road to the National Championship game included wins against Indiana, Georgia, and most recently, a nail-biter 27-24 victory over a talented Penn State Nittany Lions team.

The first 12-team College Football Playoff produced plenty of thrillers among plenty of the sport's greatest programs, and Ohio State finished on top courtesy of a 34-23 win over Notre Dame in the championship game.