The final game of the 2025 college football season arrives Monday night, and it’s the biggest one of them all. If you’re looking for football to watch, you picked the right evening.
CFP National Championship Game: Miami vs. Indiana Tonight
Yes, there is college football tonight. The 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship Game features No. 1 Indiana against No. 10 Miami at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.
The Hoosiers are making their first-ever national championship appearance after dominating Oregon 56-22 in the Peach Bowl semifinal. Curt Cignetti’s squad has been the story of the season, transforming a program that hadn’t won a bowl game since 1991 into legitimate title contenders.
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Miami enters as a 10-seed that nobody wanted to face in this bracket. Led by transfer quarterback Carson Beck, the Hurricanes knocked off Texas A&M, Ohio State, and Ole Miss to reach the title game behind a dominant, physical defense that leaves no question asked, leaving everything on the field.
They’ll have a significant home-field advantage playing at their own stadium, the first team in the modern College Football Playoff era to play for a national title in their home venue.
How to Watch Miami vs. Indiana in the National Championship
The game airs exclusively on ESPN, with Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit on the call. Streaming is available through the ESPN app or any service that carries ESPN, including YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, and Sling TV.
ESPN’s Megacast coverage spans multiple channels: Field Pass with the Pat McAfee Show on ESPN2, SkyCast on ESPNU, and Command Center on ESPNews. Hometown radio broadcasts for both Indiana and Miami are available through ESPN Unlimited.
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For Indiana, this game represents the culmination of one of the most remarkable single-season turnarounds in college football history. The Hoosiers’ Big Ten Championship appearance against Ohio State drew a record-breaking 18.3 million viewers, making it the most-watched conference championship in college football history.
Miami, meanwhile, is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Hurricanes football in the most fitting way possible, playing for a national title in their own building. Mario Cristobal’s Hurricanes are looking to end a quarter-century drought, having last won a national championship in 2001.
After tonight, college football goes dark until fall camp. Make it count.
