Let's take a look back at Sports Illustrated's best images and coverage from the Buckeyes' championship night.

Plus, more questions on whether the CFP format was a success, next year's rising teams and college football's longest season ever.

The Ohio State University Buckeyes are national champions after defeating Notre Dame 34-23 in the College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday night. It was the first college football championship game played under the new 12-team format implemented this season.

A traditional superpower reasserts itself in the era of the 12-team playoff, conference realignment, the transfer portal, and paying athletes.

The early betting favorite to win next year’s national championship is Ohio State. The question nobody can really answer at this time is what sort of game will the Buckeyes or anyone else return to when they kick it off again seven months from now.

It all comes down to this, as college football looks to wind up its annual schedule as Ohio State and Notre Dame face off to determine the national championship

Ohio State’s run to its first national championship in a decade enabled the Buckeyes to dominate the Associated Press’ all-College Football Playoff team

The Ohio State-Notre Dame game Monday delivered ratings good enough to make it the second-most watched sporting event of the past year.

Ryan Day deserved to feel vindication when he won a national championship less than two months after it seemed his Ohio State job was on the line