One team that wasn’t in the CFP during the 2024 season was the LSU Tigers, however, the tide could be changing for the Tigers in 2025. After winning less than 10 games for the first time under Brian Kelly in his third season,
LSU head coach Brian Kelly left Notre Dame because he felt like he couldn’t win a national championship there. Well, the Fighting Irish are a win away from proving him very, very wrong.
Ryan Day and his Ohio State Buckeyes defeated Marcus Freeman and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 34-23 in the College Football National Championship, vindicating Brian Kelly (for no
The Fighting Irish were coming off their worst three-year stretch in some time when Kelly was hired. Through his 12 years in South Bend, Kelly compiled seven records of 10 or more wins and coached 55 NFL Draft picks, including 10 first-rounders.
This loss for Notre Dame to Ohio State in the national title game wasn't Alabama 2013 all over again, but there were similarites. The differences were huge, though.
Brian Kelly, meanwhile, came out of nowhere to accept ... the veteran coach bolted to become Ohio State's offensive coordinator in February to fill the role initially occupied by Bill O'Brien.
Alabama hammered the Fighting Irish 42-14 in the BCS Championship Game. However, it was later discovered that Notre Dame committed NCAA violations during that time, so had to vacate wins from 2012 and 2013.
LSU head coach Brian Kelly remains in headlines with his former program, Notre Dame, set to take on the Ohio State Buckeyes in Monday's National Championship Ga
In total, Brian Kelly went 92-39 at Notre Dame over 10 seasons. That record includes vacated wins from the 2012 and 2013 seasons due to a violation of academic misconduct. The 2012 season ended with a loss in the national championship game.
Many overreacted when the Vols were dominated by Ohio State in the first round of the College Football Playoff, but it turned out that the Buckeyes were simply superior to everyone in the 12-team field.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are set to face off in the national championship against Ohio State on Monday night. This will be the program's first title
The Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 34-23, to become 2024-25 College Football Playoff National Champions and earn its sixth national