Ohio State and Notre Dame are two of the biggest brands in college football, but the television ratings weren’t exactly indicative of that. The game had 22.1 million viewers, and peaked with 26.1 million viewers in the 8:30-8:45 p.

Notre Dame fell in the national championship to Ohio State, 34-23. Things looked like it was towards blowout city when Ohio State scored in the third quarter to make things 31-7, but as was the case all year with the Fighting Irish,

The Buckeyes beat the Fighting Irish 34-23 to win the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff, their first national championship since the 2014 season