Notre Dame (NIU) and Ohio State (Michigan) have both suffered historically bad losses en route to the CFP title game. How do they stack up?

The longest pass play of the Notre Dame season is a bit of a paradox. The Irish don't really do long pass plays. Notre Dame is 102nd nationally in passing offense, worst by far of this season's 12 College Football Playoff teams.

After allowing Ohio State to score on its first five possessions, Notre Dame football nearly climbed all the back from a 24-point hole.

The national champion Ohio State Buckeyes topped the final Associated Press Top 25 college football poll of the season. Notre Dame finished No. 2 for its highest end-of-season ranking since 1993.