It all comes down to this! The culmination of the 2024 college football season sees the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish battle in the 2025 College Football National Championship Game.
It promises to be an epic tussle to define a college football champion and here’s how to watch Ohio State vs. Notre Dame.
Here’s How To Watch Ohio State vs. Notre Dame in the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship Game
- Game Date: Jan. 20, 2025
- Game Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
- TV Channel: ESPN
Ohio State vs. Notre Dame kicks off at 7:30 p.m. ET from Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA. The main broadcast will be on ESPN, with the broadcast team of Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe, and Molly McGrath calling all the action as Will Howard and the Buckeyes take on Riley Leonard and the Fighting Irish for the right to be named the 2025 college football national champions.
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ESPNU will showcase the Ohio State vs. Notre Dame Command Center, which gives viewers a multi-screen format to enjoy the game. In addition to “four different vantage points,” the Command Center is football geek heaven, with up-to-the-minute player and team stats available throughout the broadcast.
Meanwhile, ESPNews will feature the ever-popular SkyCast at the College Football Playoff National Championship Game. The presentation puts the viewer at the heart of the action, with a camera positioned behind the offense, allowing you to see all the action unfold.
ESPN2 will broadcast Field Pass with The Pat McAfee Show, in which the former West Virginia Mountaineer will provide analysis and commentary from the sidelines of Ohio State vs. Notre Dame. McAfee and his regular cast, led by AJ Hawk, will bring the viewer interviews from the world of football and celebrity and has been the most popular alternative broadcast during the College Football Playoff.
If the commentary crew of Fowler, Herbstreit, Rowe, and Rutledge isn’t to your taste, you can catch the game with Spanish language commentary on ESPN Deportes, with commentary from Eduardo Varela, Pablo Viruega, Katia Castorena and Ciro Procuna.
ESPN Radio will carry alternative audio from Sean McDonough, Greg McElroy, Ian Fitzsimmons, Katie George, and ESPN rules analyst Matt Austin, perfect for if you’re also trying to catch the game on the go.
If you prefer your radio local, the ESPN App will feature the Ohio State Sports Network Powered by LEARFIELD commentary team of Paul Keels, Jim Lachey, Matt Andrews, and Skip Mosic. Meanwhile, the Notre Dame Football Radio Network duo of Tony Simeone and Ryan Harris will call the game from a Fighting Irish perspective.
If that wasn’t enough to occupy all your senses during the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, the ESPN App features a number of unique options for enjoying Ohio State vs. Notre Dame. The halftime performances from the teams’ marching bands will be a visual spectacle to enjoy, while you can watch the full game from the All-22 angle via the ESPN App too.
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