Ohio State and Texas both rank in the top-three or four out of 134 FBS teams in total defensive production, yards per play allowed to opponents, scoring, and passing yards allowed.

Q2, 9:52 - Ohio State 7, Texas 0Ohio State is forced to punt after failing to convert on third-and-8.Will Howard tries to find Emeka Egbuka across the middle but the pass is off to the right. The ...

Like Ohio State, the Longhorns had to win two games to get to this point. UT held off a late Clemson rally at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium to win 38-24 in the first round and avoided an ...

No. 1 Ohio State secured revenge in 2006 with a 24-7 win at No. 2 Texas in Week 2. Tight end Anthony Gonzalez opened the scoring with a 14-yard touchdown reception from Troy Smith and led the ...

Ohio State and Texas head into the fourth quarter in a 14-14 tie with a shot at the national championship on the line. The Longhorns have the ball, facing a third-and-5 from their own 44-yard line ...

Texas has the personnel to match up with Ohio State, but the Longhorns need to find a new gear that they haven’t shown this year. The Buckeyes, however, have reached cruising altitude.

Ohio State and Texas will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 10 in the 2025 Cotton Bowl and the second CFP semifinal in Arlington, Texas at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys.

In 2006, Texas was the defending national champion playing at home with redshirt freshman Colt McCoy at quarterback. Ohio State came in as the top-ranked team with Heisman hopeful Troy Smith.

Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers is intimately familiar with the Ohio State program. As a high school prospect out of Southlake Carroll, Ewers was the top prospect in the nation and reclassified to ...

The 2024-25 College Football Playoff continues with a semifinal matchup on Friday, Jan. 10, as Ohio State and Texas meet in the Cotton Bowl for a trip to the national championship.

This will be the first matchup between Texas and Ohio State since Jan. 5, 2009, when Texas earned a 24-21 Fiesta Bowl victory in Glendale, Arizona.