COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State's 2024 football team will try to etch its name in history Monday to become the school's ninth Buckeyes squad to win a national championship. Coach Ryan Day and the Buckeyes meet Notre Dame in Atlanta at 7:30 p.m. in the first title game in the 12-team playoff system. Should they earn their third win in as many seasons against the Fighting Irish, they can become the ninth school to have nine claimed national titles. College football's format of picking a national champion has changed over the decades, and the Buckeyes have won in many ways. From playoff triumphs to being picked by poll voters, Ohio State claims eight championships in its over 100-year history. 91-year-old Buckeye fan fulfills lifelong dream at Cotton Bowl Here is a look back at those title-winning teams: 2014 The Buckeyes' last national championship came a decade ago in the first year of the College Football Playoff. Ohio State look poised to be one of the four teams to make the inaugural bracket despite starting quarterback Braxton Miller suffering a season-ending injury before the first game. Freshman J.T. Barrett stepped in and despite a hiccup in a week two loss to Virginia Tech, he led a star-studded offense to nine straight wins before hosting Michigan to end the regular season. Barrett hurt his leg in the fourth quarter in the win over the Wolverines, prompting coach Urban Meyer to start third-stringer Cardale Jones for the Big Ten championship game against Wisconsin. Jones led No. 5 Ohio State to a 59-0 win over the Badgers. In turn, the playoff committee put the Buckeyes in as the last team in the four-team bracket. The Buckeyes followed that performance with upset wins over No. 1 Alabama in the Sugar Bowl and No. 2 Oregon in the title game in Arlington, Texas, to prove why a playoff was implemented. 2002 Coach Jim Tressel finished his first season as the Buckeyes coach 7-5. The tables turned drastically the following season with the Buckeyes going 14-0 and taking college football's top prize. Atlanta working to keep College Playoff championship game safe Ohio State's 2002 team consisted of future NFL stars such as Santonio Holmes, A.J. Hawk and Nick Mangold. But no player had the impact of freshman running back Maurice Clarett. The Youngstown native set an Ohio State freshman record with over 1,200 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns as the Buckeyes went 13-0. Under the Bowl Championship Series, the top-two teams in a computer-generated poll made the final and Ohio State was ranked No. 2, chosen to face Miami in the Fiesta Bowl. Down 17-7 late in the third quarter, the Hurricanes rallied to tie the score and send the game to overtime. After Miami scored a TD, it had a chance to clinch the win with a fourth down stop. Buckeye receiver Chris Gamble dropped a pass from Craig Krenzel, and as Miami fans thought they had won it all, a controversial defensive pass interference was called. Ohio State took advantage of the second chance and scored a tying TD to force a second overtime. The Buckeyes then added another TD before stopping the Canes offense to win 31-24. 1970 In his 20th season, coach Woody Hayes led Ohio State to its sixth national championship. Starting the season ranked No. 1, Ohio State had stars like defensive tackle Jim Stillwagon and quarterback Rex Kern, who were part of a national championship team two seasons earlier. The Buckeyes eased past five unranked teams to begin the year before taking down No. 20 Northwestern at home 24-10. Ohio State coordinators preview national championship game vs. Notre Dame A 20-9 win over Michigan put the Buckeyes into the Rose Bowl with a 9-0 record. Hayes' team lost to 12th-ranked Stanford and its quarterback Jim Plunkett 27-17 to ruin any chance of a consensus national championship. Instead, Ohio State was named the top team by the National Football Foundation to be co-champion alongside Nebraska (media poll) and Texas (coaches poll). College Football: Rose Bowl: Stanford QB Jim Plunkett (16) in action vs Ohio State Pasadena, CA 1/1/1971 CREDIT: George Long (Photo by George Long /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images) (Set Number: X15502 TK1 ) 1968 There was no debate over who the best team in college football was in 1968. Ohio State went 10-0 and was named consensus national champion, marking Hayes' fourth national title. Kern and Stillwagon were part of a team that also included fullback Jim Otis and linebacker Jack Tatum that beat four ranked teams on the road to the title. Starting the season ranked 11th, Ohio State put its name in the title conversation after upsetting No. 1 Purdue 13-0 at Ohio Stadium on Oct. 12. The Buckeyes followed that victory with wins over No. 16 Michigan State 25-20 and No. 4 Michigan 50-14 to set up a de facto title game at the Rose Bowl. On the other side of the field was No. 2 USC, led by Heisman Trophy-winning running back O.J. Simpson. OSU won 27-16 to be named the consensus champion in college football. O.J. Simpson (#32) is tackled by the Ohio State defensive line during the Rose Bowl. 1961 Ohio State has won national championships in the playoff era, BCS era and poll era. Among its most uniquely claimed titles, though, is when it declined to play in a bowl game in 1961. The Buckeyes started the season ranked third and began with a 7-7 tie at home against Texas Christian. Momentum shifted as the star running duo of fullback Bob Ferguson and future Hall of Famer Paul Warfield punished Big Ten teams the rest of the way to an 8-0-1 record. Among the most notable wins were 44-0 over Illinois, 29-13 over No. 9 Iowa at home and 50-20 over Michigan on the road. Ranked second in the country, the Buckeyes looked set for a Rose Bowl trip but were stopped by a university faculty vote to decline the invitation. Pickerington ties run deep as Ohio State heads to title game The decision stemmed from council members' frustration regarding the treatment of student-athletes and focus on football compared with academics. What followed were protests at the university and in Downtown Columbus. Ohio State was still named national champion by the Football Writers Association of America and shared the title with Alabama. CIRCA 1970's: Head Coach Woody Hayes of the Ohio State Buckeyes on the sidelines during a NCAA football game mid circa 1970's. Hayes coached the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1951-78. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) 1957 American sports fans in 1957 saw the Detroit Lions win the NFL championship over the Cleveland Browns, baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants announce moves to California, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics win their first NBA title, and Ohio State football's co-national championship with Auburn. The seventh season under Hayes started with a loss to TCU before an eight-game winning streak. Ranked wins over No. 6 Iowa and No. 19 Michigan put the Buckeyes at No. 2 in the Associated Press rankings to send them to the Rose Bowl to play Oregon. Ohio State won 10-7 with a late Don Sutherin field goal to finish the season 9-1. The coaches and football writers named the Buckeyes champions, while the AP named Auburn the champion after a 10-0 season. Part of why the Tigers were not consensus winners stemmed from a probation placed by the Southeastern Conference for paying two players $500 each, leading to a bowl ban. 1954 Hayes' first championship came during his fourth season with Ohio State. The Buckeyes' roster consisted of eight future 1955 NFL draft selections that included All-America halfback Bobby Watkins and end Dean Dugger. Ohio State earned its initial No. 14 ranking after beating 18th-ranked California 21-13 in its second game. The Buckeyes earned four more ranked wins over Iowa, Wisconsin, Pittsburgh and Michigan to head to the Rose Bowl against USC undefeated. Based off the Pacific Coast Conference standings, OSU was supposed to play UCLA, but the conference had a rule where the same team couldn't make the Rose Bowl in consecutive seasons. This allowed the top-ranked Buckeyes to cruise past No. 17 USC 20-7 and be named champions by the AP. UCLA were co-champions after the coaches and football writers picked them No. 1. 1942 Ohio State's journey to become the national college football powerhouse we've known for generations began in 1942. Under coach Paul Brown, who became the namesake of Cleveland's NFL team, the Buckeyes became the top-ranked team in the nation after starting 3-0. At 5-0, No. 1 Ohio State lost to No. 6 Wisconsin 17-7 on the road before winning its last four games. Notable wins in that stretch included a 44-20 victory in Cleveland over No. 13 Illinois for the Illibuck trophy and a 21-7 win over No. 4 Michigan at Ohio Stadium. With a 9-1 record, the Associated Press named Ohio State the national champion despite not playing in a bowl game. The Big Ten had yet to have a contract with the Rose Bowl, so Georgia and UCLA met in Pasadena, California, one year after the game was moved temporarily to North Carolina due to the attack on Pearl Harbor. As World War II raged on, Ohio State's national title was among the few sporting moments America saw in 1942 to go along with the St. Louis Cardinals' World Series title over the New York Yankees and Byron Nelson winning his second Masters golf tournament. Unclaimed national titles Because of the nature of picking national champions during the pre-BCS and playoff era, Ohio State has seven unclaimed national championships. The most notable is 1973 when the Buckeyes finished 10-0-1 with a Rose Bowl win over USC but a tie with No. 4 Michigan. While the Buckeyes were named champions by multiple organizations including the National Championship Foundation, the AP named 10-0 Notre Dame the champs and the coaches gave it to 11-0 Alabama. In five other seasons -- 1933, 1944, 1969, 1974, and 1975 -- the Buckeyes have been named champions, but the school does not classify them as official.