In a previous era of college football, the two teams in Monday night's championship game, Ohio State and Notre Dame, wouldn't have been in the playoffs at all.
Both Ohio State and Notre Dame are among college football's most successful programs of all time, ranking second and tied for fourth in total wins, respectively.
Under the old system, a single bad regular season loss often would doom those chances. Instead, they're poised to face off on the sport's biggest stage.
College football has come to be dominated by teams from the South, which have won all but two of the last 19 title games.
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