A Buckeyes win would give the Big Ten back-to-back national champions for the first time since 1942, when the league was called the Western Conference. Paul Brown-coached Ohio State went 9-1 that year and was the third straight national champion from the conference. Voters crowned Minnesota in 1940 and ’41.

The Buckeyes and Fighting Irish square off Monday night. Here are three Ohio State vs. Notre Dame best bets you can make right now for the national championship.

Notre Dame enters Monday night's national championship game against Ohio State as a sizeable underdog according to the oddsmakers but logic tells you the Fighting Irish don't exactly need the stars to all align in order to pull out a victory.