Trying to figure out who owns the most national championships in college football is not for the weak of heart. The sport has changed considerably since the sport's inaugural season -- 1869 -- when Princeton and Rutgers played twice and,

I​t all comes down to this. The No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish take on the No. 8 Ohio State Buckeyes in the inaugural​ College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T.

Both Notre Dame and Ohio State rank in the top 10 among programs with the most college football national championships. The Fighting Irish sit in fourth all-time with their 13 total, while the Buckeyes's nine titles are seventh, now ahead of Harvard.