Overview
- Kickoff is Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET at AT&T Stadium, with ESPN televising the College Football Playoff quarterfinal.
- Sportsbooks list Ohio State around -9.5, making the defending champions the largest favorite of the quarterfinal round.
- Miami’s front led by Rueben Bain and Akheem Mesidor has combined for 17 sacks and five forced fumbles, and Indiana sacked Julian Sayin five times in the Big Ten title game.
- Day is taking back offensive playcalling as Brian Hartline prepares to depart for the USF head-coaching job, and Ohio State pursues a rare back-to-back national title.
- Five-star edge DJ Jacobs, the No. 1 player in the 2027 class, committed to Ohio State over Miami, Georgia and Alabama in an announcement on CBS Sports HQ.