Again, Dave Briggs, Toledo Blade has a nice article:

https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/ohio-state/2025/01/11/briggs-ohio-sta...

Four years and seven scores — give or take a few touchdowns — ago, Alabama and Georgia played for the 2020 national championship in Indianapolis.

Even in the North — in the stadium that hosts the Big Ten championship game no less — the South ruled college football.

How much have times changed?

In a beautiful twist, the field has officially flipped.

On Jan. 20, Ohio State and Notre Dame will play for the national title in … Atlanta … the beating heart of the football South.

Mod Edit: OP, we can’t copy and past the entire article. Took an excerpt.