Notre Dame, which was trying to capture its first national championship since 1988, had a 13-game winning streak snapped. It was Ohio State's seventh straight victory against the Irish.

The game peaked with 26.1M viewers from 8:30-8:45p ET, according to ESPN. With two historic teams in Ohio State and Notre Dame, both of which have among the biggest fanbases in the nation ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – ESPN made good use of the scores of cameras in place at the national championship as viewers watched Ohio State defeat Notre Dame, 34-23. Note: For occasional nationally ...

Fear not: We have the answers! For the CFP national title game between Ohio State and Notre Dame, ESPN’s broadcast will feature Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit on the call, while Holly Rowe ...

With a smile, the 39-year-old coach -- a former All-Big Ten Ohio State defender -- swept his hand broadly, toward Mercedes-Benz Stadium across the street, toward the gold-wearing Notre Dame ...

From ESPN: The last team to score a touchdown on each of its first three drives in a national championship game? Alabama in 2013 against Notre Dame. After Ohio State’s defense forces another three-and ...

Ohio State and Notre Dame close the college football season Monday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, where the national champion will be crowned. As the season ends with a bang ...

Ohio State's 34-23 victory over Notre Dame in Monday night's College Football ... However, it was a double-digit drop in viewers from last year. ESPN announced Wednesday that the Buckeyes' second ...

Kirk Herbstreit believes the first quarter is supremely important for Notre Dame football on Monday night. The ESPN college ...

Fantastic isolation on a Notre Dame cornerback going ... to alert teammates to pick up Ohio State receiver Jeremiah Smith. Smith scored on the play. • In all, ESPN used more than 100 cameras ...

However, it appears fans weren't all that interested in watching the title game, at least according to the ratings put out by ESPN. The Ohio State-Notre Dame game averaged 22.1 million viewers ...