The Ohio State Buckeyes were upset in the College Football Playoff, losing their first 2025 playoff game to the Miami Hurricanes. Ohio State suffered a 24-14 loss to the No. 10 seed Hurricanes.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- C.J. Hicks’ time as an Ohio State football has ended having never quite matched the hype he came with. Hicks arrived as a five-star recruit in the 2022 class expected to be the program’s next elite linebacker. Instead he spent three years as a special team contributor and a backup struggling to get onto the field.

Miami is looking to return to the top of the college football world and a defeat of Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. But the task won't be easy.

The Ohio State Buckeyes and Miami Hurricanes went punch-for-punch on Wednesday night in a hard-nosed fight in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals.

Ohio State found a replacement for Brian Hartline as wide receivers just a day after its season ended in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals.