The Ohio State Buckeyes are national champions after defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the College Football Playoff title game on Monday night. Ohio State had wins over Tennessee, Oregon, and Texas before topping Notre Dame to take home the trophy.

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

Takeaways from Ohio State's national championship on Day, a historically great resume, Will Howard, keys to the title run and what's next.

Day received death threats following a loss to Michigan in November, but on Monday night, he won a national title

Ryan Day became the fifth Ohio State football coach to win a national title, joining legends Paul Brown, Woody Hayes, Jim Tressel and Urban Meyer.