The national title game has happened between the Michigan Wolverines and the Washington Huskies. Michigan beat the Huskies 34-13, capping off an undefeated season. Previously in the Rose Bowl game, Michigan beat Alabama in overtime to make it to the championship game, and in the Sugar Bowl, Washington beat Texas 37-31. Michigan fell to TCU in the 2022-2023 national championship game, so they had experience playing in the big games.
About the game
The national title game kicked off at 7:30 p.m. on January 8th 2024. Over 72 thousand people watched the game in person at NRG stadium, and even more were watching it online. The reason a lot of people were able to watch the game in person is because the teams played in one of the biggest stadiums in college football. Both teams were 14-0 on the season coming into the game.
History
The national championship is a postseason college football bowl game, and it determines a national champion of the NCAA division 1 football bowl subdivision. This began in the 2014 football season, and is expanding next year from 4 teams in the playoffs to 12 teams, along with many conference realignments.
