Ohio State and Notre Dame arrived in Atlanta on their charter flights on Friday as the teams moved closer to Monday night’s College Football Playoff national championship game.

The new NCAA college football playoff format produced an electric semi-final round, and on one side of it, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish came out on top in a nail-biting finish. The Irish and Penn State Nittany Lions faced off in the Orange Bowl for a place in

Ohio State is fully capable of making Notre Dame pay for its mistakes, but it doesn’t force nearly as many turnovers and commits more on offense as well. The Buckeyes are tied for 54th in the FBS in takeaways (19) and rank 44th in turnover margin (plus-four), which bodes well for the Irish.

Notre Dame outlasted Penn State in a 27-24 thriller to reach the program's first national championship game since 2012 in the Orange Bowl. Thanks to the 12-team College Football Playoff format, the Fighting Irish officially became the first team to win multiple bowl games in the same season.

The University of Notre Dame is an 8.5-point underdog against Ohio State University in the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday night. But in the money race, the Fighting Irish have already won.

Notre Dame has a chance to win its first national championship since 1988. Here's how the Fighting Irish can get past Ohio State.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have (almost) completely changed the narrative of the program over the last month. Besides getting that first playoff win, the Irish are now the Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl champions.

Notre Dame football is one win away from its first national championship in 36 years. After the Fighting Irish were shocked by Northern Illinois in their home opener on Sept. 7, few would have thought they'd ever be at this point.