Top-ranked Oregon meets No. 8 seed Ohio State at the Rose Bowl in the CFP quarterfinals on Wednesday.
With the first-ever 12-team college football playoff reaching the quarterfinals, top-seeded Oregon squares off against No. 8 seed Ohio State at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Wednesday. In a game that many are billing to be national championship quality, the top-ranked Ducks are coming off a first round bye with a perfect 13-0 record. Oregon is the Big Ten champion after winning the conference championship game over Penn State. The Ducks also beat Ohio State narrowly earlier this season by a final score of 32-31 in Eugene. The Buckeyes, on the other hand, blew out No. 9 seed Tennessee in the first round of the playoff to improve to 11-2 overall on the season. This is the fifth-ever matchup between these two teams, with Oregon winning the contest earlier this season to make it two in a row over Ohio State.
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Game Date: Jan. 1, 2025
Game Time: 5:00 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN
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Most recently, Oregon took down No. 6 seed Penn State in the Big Ten championship game to earn a bye in the College Football Playoff with a 45-37 victory in Indianapolis last month. Ducks quarterback Dillon Gabriel was 22-of-32 passing for 283 yards and four touchdown passes, finding top wideout Tez Johnson 11 times for 181 yards and a score. Oregon’s offense finished with 466 total yards.
As for Ohio State, the Buckeyes dominated their first round matchup with a 42-17 victory over Tennessee at Ohio State in Columbus on Dec. 21. Ohio State’s defense held the Vols to just 256 total yards of offense, while quarterback Will Howard threw for 311 passing yards and two touchdowns.
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