ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit, an Ohio State alumnus, revealed that he received a text message from former Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel ahead of Monday night's title game. “He texted me today – ‘Buckeyes versus a Buckeye. What a night,'” Herbstreit said.

Let's take a look at the college football teams with the most national championships in the AP Top 25 rankings era, since 1936.

The national championship tonight is more complicated for Marcus Freeman than anyone else with him as the coach of Notre Dame who’ll be playing none other than his alma mater in Ohio State. Someone who’ll win either way,

Former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel has a vested interest in the CFP title game not only with the Buckeyes, but also former Buckeye Marcus Freeman, who played for him from 2004-08.

Freeman, who is in his third season in charge of the Fighting Irish, is facing his alma mater Ohio State in the College Football Playoff ... at OSU under Jim Tressel, the program's head coach ...

As Ryan Day looks to hire his fourth defensive coordinator in seven seasons, here are potential candidates to replace Jim Knowles.

ATLANTA —Ohio State scored on its first five possessions and beat Notre Dame 34-23 in the College Football Playoff ... Brown (one), Woody Hayes (five), Jim Tressel (one) and his predecessor ...

By dropping their last two games, the Packers are the No. 7 seed and will play all playoff games away from Lambeau Field. If they are fortunate enough to avenge an earlier loss to the Philadelphia ...

Will Howard will live forever in the lore of Ohio State football in the same vein as Cardale Jones and Craig Krenzel. He's hardly the only recent Buckeye quarterback that deserves immortality.

The two were among tens of thousands of Ohio State fans who flooded the stadium Sunday to celebrate the Buckeyes' most recent national title and their second earned as part of the College Football Playoff. The Buckeyes won the first ever four-team playoff a decade ago and have now also won the first 12-team playoff.

Al Golden is headed to Cincinnati to become defensive coordinator for the Bengals.