The No. 7 seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish will face the No. 8 seed Ohio State Buckeyes in the College Football Playoff Championship on Monday, Jan. 20. Notre Dame has picked up wins over Indiana, Georgia and Penn State in the CFP, erasing a 10-0 deficit in its victory over the Nittany Lions in the semifinals. Ohio State has knocked off Tennessee, Oregon and Texas, winning all three of those games by at least two touchdowns. 

Kickoff from Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. The Buckeyes are 8.5-point favorites in the latest Ohio State vs. Notre Dame odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 45.5. Ohio State is the -360 favorite on the money line (risk $360 to win $100). You can see up-to-date odds for this game on our college football odds page. 

Before making any Notre Dame vs. Ohio State picks, you NEED to see what SportsLine Notre Dame expert Mike Tierney has to say.

A veteran sportswriter whose work appears periodically in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, Tierney has covered the NFL for decades and reported from seven Super Bowls. Tierney is 58-37 in his last 95 college football picks, returning $1,689 to $100 players. In addition, he is 13-5 in his last 18 college football ATS picks in games involving Notre Dame, returning nearly $800. Anyone who has followed him could be way up!

Now, Tierney has analyzed Notre Dame vs. Ohio State from every angle and just locked in his picks and predictions.

We can tell you he's leaning Under on the point total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK PLAY! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

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