The all-important middle-eight. Almost every week, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day preaches that the Buckeyes must dominate the middle-eight. In other words, Day values the final four minutes before halftime and the first four minutes of the third quarter,

The winner claims the national championship in the first year of the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff and longest college football season ever.

The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff is set to crown a national champion on Monday as 7-seed Notre Dame takes on 8-seed Ohio State at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium. This will be the ninth meeting for two of college football's most storied programs and marks the third consecutive season the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish will face off -- the longest such streak in the series' relatively brief history.

With an electrifying partnership, ESPN and the College Football Playoff (CFP) have unveiled a fantastic national championship ring that heralds the first-ever 12-team playoff format in college football.

The expansion of the College Football Playoff led to a renewed focus on the conference championship games with the potential to throw a very interesting