Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith capped off another sensational night with a championship-clinching, 56-yard reception on third down in the final minutes of 2025 College Football National Championship.

Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes proved to be the final team standing Monday night, holding off a Notre Dame comeback bid to walk away with a memorable 34-23 win over the Fighting Irish to become the second team since 1960 to win the national championship with two losses in one season.

Watch freshman Jeremiah Smith score the Ohio State Buckeyes' first touchdown in the National Championship against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

In his first season with the Ohio State Buckeyes, Jeremiah Smith has taken the college football world by storm. The freshman put up eye-popping numbers for the Buckeyes this season. He led the Big Ten with 14 receiving touchdowns and also amassed 1,226 receiving yards this season. Both of those marks are freshman records.

Ohio State fans at the Gateway Film Center in Columbus reacted to Will Howard's 56-yard completion to Jeremiah Smith late in the fourth quarter of the CFP national championship against Notre Dame. Ohio State won,

Just catch it,” Jeremiah Smith thought to himself. The Ohio State freshman receiver knew the ball was coming his way. Notre Dame was in man coverage. “Man-on-man, I don’t lose,” Smith said later. He didn’t lose here,

Jeremiah Smith's trajectory as one of college football's biggest stars just keeps rising. In Monday's College Football Playoff national championship matchup against Notre Dame, Ohio State's star freshman virtually sealed a win with a massive play.

This play looked very similar to one the Crimson Tide used against the Buckeyes in the national title game in 2021.

Ohio State football quarterback Will Howard linked up with superstar wide receiver Jeremiah Smith for an epic eight-yard touchdown pass in the National Championship game against Notre Dame. The No. 5 Fighting Irish set the tone early in Atlanta with a jarring 9-minute,