Elite programs are set to square off in the College Football Playoff semifinals when the Ohio State Buckeyes battle the Texas Longhorns in the 2025 Cotton Bowl Classic on Friday. The Buckeyes have been firing on all cylinders after suffering a surprising defeat against Michigan in the regular season finale. Ohio State throttled the top-ranked Oregon Ducks in the Rose …

Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian before the game against BYU Cougars at Royal-Memorial Stadium on Saturday October 28, 2023. It’s almost time. Ohio State and Texas are all set to matchup in a College Football Playoff semifinal in the Cotton Bowl and the whole college football world will be watching. It’s two teams that were thought to have the …

A berth in the College Football Playoff Championship Game will be at stake when the sixth-seeded Ohio State Buckeyes battle the third-seeded Texas Longhorns in the CFP semifinals on Friday at the 2025 Cotton Bowl. Ohio State defeated Oregon 41-21 in the Rose Bowl, while Texas outlasted Arizona State 39-31 in double overtime in the Peach Bowl. The Buckeyes (12-2), …

The eyes of the college football world will all be on Ohio State and Texas Friday night at AT&T Stadium in the 2025 Cotton Bowl and College Football Playoff semifinal. It’s a matchup between two of college football’s titans that are coming off an upset victory over No. 1 Oregon and No. 4 Arizona State respectively in the CFP quarterfinals. …

Bowl season culminates with the College Football Playoff National Championship, which will crown the first champion of the new 12-team playoff on Monday, January 20. Next up in deciding the two teams that will ultimately play in that championship game are the CFP semifinals. For the full schedule/scores of bowl games through January, including the CFP first round, quarterfinals, semifinals, …

Jan 9, 2025; Miami, FL, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish running back Jeremiyah Love (4) celebrates a touch down in the second half against the Penn State Nittany Lions at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images With Notre Dame football being the first team to make the College Football Playoff championship game after defeating Penn State on Thursday …

Nick Saban spent his first year of retirement plenty busy. The former Alabama football coach spent his Saturdays in cities from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Columbus, Ohio and Dublin, Ireland, working as a analyst for ESPN’s College GameDay. Sitting next to Pat McAfee, Desmond Howard and Kirk Herbstreit, while watching Lee Corso don a mascot head each …

The North Central College football team is getting pretty good at this national championship thing, winning its third NCAA Division III title in the past five seasons on Sunday. North Central (15-0), based in Naperville, got five touchdowns from quarterback Luke Lehnen while knocking off Mount Union 41-25 in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, …

Mandarin High School graduate and University of Georgia quarterback Carson Beck is apparently backing off his Dec. 28 announcement that he is entering the NFL draft and instead is entering the transfer portal, according to two reports. On3.com, citing “multiple sources,” reported on Thursday that Beck was entering the portal and tagged himself with a “do not contact” designation, which, …

Several former Wayne High School football players are on the biggest college football stage. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Three Warrior alums are on this year’s Notre Dame team, two coaches and one player, according to a social media post. TRENDING STORIES: Notre Dame Head Coach Marcus Freeman graduated from Wayne High School in 2004 …

USATSI The Cotton Bowl pits two of college football’s most iconic brands against each other as Ohio State and Texas will tangle Friday night for a spot in the College Football Playoff National Championship. Texas claims four national championships and Ohio State claims eight. But the historic powers have only met three times previously and never in a postseason game …

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Drew Allar put both hands on his Penn State football helmet as he walked off the field after making this final throw of his College Football Playoff season. It was as if he couldn’t believe what he had just had done. And with the ensuing result. Allar’s ill-advised, first-down pass with 37 seconds remaining in this …

There’s always a lot on the line when Ohio State and Texas take the field, and Friday evening is no exception. The (8) Buckeyes and (5) Longhorns are set to face off in the Cotton Bowl, with a trip to the College Football Playoff National Championship on the line.  This is just the fourth time that Ohio State and Texas …

MIAMI GARDENS — Prior to Thursday, the last time Notre Dame played a postseason game in South Florida, things ended badly. Very badly. Alabama embarrassed the Fighting Irish in the national championship game, starting a trend under coach Brian Kelly that led the New Englander to channel his inner fake Cajun accent and bolt to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Enter a …

Notre Dame, behind third-year head coach Marcus Freeman, is moving on to the College Football Playoff National Championship after securing a thrilling 27-24 win over Penn State in the 2025 Orange Bowl semifinal. This will be the first time that the Fighting Irish, who are the first team in the sport’s history to win two bowl games in a single …