2008 BCS National Championship Game

DateJanuary 7, 2008Season2007StadiumLouisiana SuperdomeLocationNew Orleans, LouisianaMVPOffense: QB Matt Flynn (LSU)
Defense: DE Ricky Jean-Francois (LSU)FavoriteLSU by 5½National anthemPreservation Hall Jazz BandRefereeJon Bible (Big 12)Halftime showAllstate Alumni Kicker Challenge,
Ohio State's marching band,
LSU's Marching bandAttendance79,651PayoutUS$17,500,000 per conferenceUnited States TV coverageNetworkFoxAnnouncersThom Brennaman, Charles Davis, and Chris MyersNielsen ratings14.4International TV coverageNetworkESPN RadioAnnouncersBrent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit, and Lisa Salters

The 2008 BCS National Championship Game (branded as the 2008 Allstate BCS National Championship Game for sponsorship reasons) was played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Monday, January 7, 2008, and featured the No. 1 and No. 2 college football teams in the United States as determined by the BCS Poll (a combination of polls and computer formulas) to decide the BCS National Championship for the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

The game featured No. 1 Big Ten champion Ohio StateBuckeyes hosting No. 2 SEC champion LSUTigers. It also featured the second postseason matchup between head coaches Jim Tressel and Les Miles in four seasons. The first was the 2004 Alamo Bowl, when Tressel's Buckeyes defeated Miles' Oklahoma State Cowboys, 33–7, in what turned out to be Miles' last game with the Cowboys, as he was hired by LSU to replace Nick Saban five days later. In the BCS National Championship Game, the Tigers defeated the Buckeyes by a 38–24 score to win their second national championship in five years and first consensus national championship since 1958.