The first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff is down to just four schools, and only three games remain before a national champion is crowned. Though the season is winding down, there is plenty of drama left to unfold,

Notre Dame is a slim favorite over the Nittany Lions, but the teams enter the Orange Bowl evenly and uniquely matched.

It’s been a long time since either Notre Dame or Penn State reached college football’s mountaintop as national champions.