Notre Dame and Ohio State will play for the national championship. Before we get there, Joel Klatt shared his takeaways from the CFP semifinals.

The finale of the first 12-team College Football Playoff is set: Following a frantic final 10 minutes in Miami, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish advanced to the title game with a 27-24 win over the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Elite depth, the staple of so many recent national champions, is harder to maintain in the NIL/portal era of player transience.