{"id":644328,"date":"2026-01-01T00:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T00:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/644328\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T00:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T00:52:13","slug":"ohio-state-vs-miami-live-updates-score-follow-college-football-playoff-quarterfinal-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/644328\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State vs. Miami live updates, score: Follow College Football Playoff quarterfinal action"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ohio State\u2019s national title defense begins at the Cotton Bowl against a team that many didn\u2019t think would make the College Football Playoff<\/a> field.<\/p>\n

Miami backdoored into the postseason in the final CFP rankings<\/a> and then proved it belonged with a road comeback against Texas A&M<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Which team will be moving on to the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 8? Here\u2019s how to watch all the College Football Playoff games<\/a> (scroll for live updates).<\/p>\n

No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 10 Miami (7:30 ET, ESPN)<\/p>\n

After an undefeated regular season that included wins over Texas and Michigan, the Buckeyes entered the conference title game as one of just two undefeated teams in college football. But Indiana won the Big Ten title game slugfest 13-10. How will the Buckeyes respond?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s probably fair to also use the term slugfest to describe what took place in College Station on Dec. 20. The Hurricanes and Aggies combined for 13 points in Miami\u2019s 10-3 victory and the only touchdown of the game came with less than two minutes to go.<\/p>\n

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Miami\u2019s defensive front took over in the second half of the win over A&M. Can it get that type of pressure against Ohio State? That\u2019s Miami\u2019s best chance of pulling the upset. OSU QB Julian Sayin was sacked five times in the Big Ten title game loss to Indiana.<\/p>\n

However, the Hurricanes have to score too. Ohio State hasn\u2019t given up more than 16 points to an opponent all season and just five teams have scored 10 or more points. Miami averaged 5.7 yards per play against the Aggies but had three missed field goals and a turnover. There will be far, far less margin for error on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Live6 updatesWed, December 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

\"NickWed, December 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM PST<\/p>\n

Nick Bromberg<\/p>\n

Not the fastest start in the world for either offense \u2026 though I think we\u2019ll get more than 13 total points tonight.<\/p>\n

Wed, December 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll refrain from too many of these updates, but it\u2019s a slow start offensively for the two teams.<\/p>\n

Wed, December 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a quick three-and-out for the Hurricanes in their first series against the vaunted Buckeyes defense.<\/p>\n

Ohio State has the best unit in college football, allowing just 8.2 points per game.<\/p>\n

Wed, December 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

We are moments away from kickoff.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes will have the ball first after the Buckeyes won the toss and deferred.<\/p>\n

Wed, December 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

\"INDIANAPOLIS,<\/a><\/p>\n

Click the photo above to read the story. (Joe Robbins\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

(Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Wed, December 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM PST<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Good evening folks and welcome to our live tracker for the CFP quarterfinal game between Ohio State and Miami!<\/p>\n

We still have about an hour before kickoff, but there\u2019s plenty to catch up on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ohio State\u2019s national title defense begins at the Cotton Bowl against a team that many didn\u2019t think would…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2026],"tags":[332,7,216,1446,93795],"class_list":{"0":"post-644328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-college-football-playoff","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-miami","11":"tag-ohio-state","12":"tag-undefeated-regular-season"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115817109671069701","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}