The stage is set at HardRock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Fla.) for a classic winner-take-all matchup between two story-filled schools for a College Football Playoff National Championship.
Since the CFP era started in 2014, Alabama has captured two national titles (2015, 2017) while Ohio State won one in 2014.
Both programs have elite head coaches, passionate fans and marquee talent on its rosters.
Nick Saban is trying to win his seventh national championship in his coaching tenure, which would surpass Paul W. “Bear” Bryant for most all-time by any college football head coach. In coming after Urban Meyer, Ryan Day seeks his first championship as head coach of the Buckeyes.