The College Football Playoff national championship is set for Monday, Jan. 9, when No. 1 Georgia and No. 3 TCU clash. The game will be live streamed on fuboTV (free trial).

In Sonny Dykes’ first season as head coach of the Horned Frogs, TCU has gone from picked to finish seventh in the Big 12 to within a victory of school’s first national championship since 1938.

Facing Georgia marks the culmination of one of the most improbable seasons in college football history. The Frogs went 5-7 last season and saw the most successful coach in program history, Gary Patterson, fired before it even ended.

This season, Heisman runner-up Max Duggan and The Hypnotoads — a nickname borrowed from the animated TV show “Futurama” — have taken their fans on a heart-stopping ride that has included nine victories by 10 points or fewer.

The Frogs are the biggest underdogs in the history of the CFP title game, getting 12 1/2 points.

Georgia has dominated differently this season than last. The Bulldogs fielded one of the best defenses in recent college football history in 2021, a unit that produced a record five first-round picks in the NFL draft.

The Bulldogs have not been quite as stingy this season, but they have picked it up offensively behind quarterback Stetson Bennett, who is 177 yards passing shy of 4,000 for the season.

Under Dykes and offensive coordinator Garrett Riley — both Air Raid offense proteges of the late Mike Leach — TCU has been one of the most explosive offenses in the country. The Frogs have a nation-leading 21 plays of 50 yards or more, including two in the Fiesta Bowl semifinal upset of Michigan.

But Georgia, which outlasted Ohio State 42-41 in the Peach Bowl, is fourth in the country in yards per play (7.09). TCU is 11th at 6.85.

When is the CFP national title game?

The College Football Playoff national championship game between Georgia and TCU will start at 6:30 p.m. (7:30 p.m. ET) on Monday, Jan. 9.

Live stream option

FuboTV

The game will be live streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free trial. The most basic of plans is the “fubo standard” package, which comprises 121-plus channels for $69.99 per month. Like all cord-cutting alternatives, there are plenty of options, especially for sports. It comes with more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.

Will it be televised?

Georgia and TCU will be televised on ESPN. The “Field Pass with The Pat McAfee Show” will be televised as an alternate broadcast on ESP2.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.