College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic ·
College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.
No. 10 Miami beat No. 3 Ohio State by 10 points, the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.
It was played at a neutral site: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX.
How the game turned
Q2 11:49 Miami 14, Ohio State 0
Miami 74% to win
Scott interception return TD, Miami leads 14-0
Big moments
- 1Q2 13:31 · Miami 7, Ohio State 0Miami's win chance rose from 38% to 51%.Beck 9-yd TD pass to Fletcher, Miami goes ahead 7-0
- 2Q2 11:49 · Miami 14, Ohio State 0Miami's win chance rose from 41% to 74%.Scott interception return TD, Miami leads 14-0
- 3Q3 8:10 · Miami 14, Ohio State 7Miami's win chance fell from 80% to 67%.Jackson 1-yd TD run, cuts it to 14-7
- 4Q4 13:28 · Miami 17, Ohio State 14Miami's win chance fell from 74% to 55%.Sayin 14-yd TD pass to Smith, cuts it to 17-14
Miami's lowest chance to win was 21 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.
The biggest swing
With 11:49 left in the 2nd quarter, Miami's chance to win went from 41 percent to 74 percent when Miami scored a touchdown.
The score went from Miami 7, Ohio State 0 to Miami 14, Ohio State 0.
The play: Scott interception return TD, Miami leads 14-0.
What happened next
Ohio State finished the 2025 season 12-2, No. 3 in the last AP poll before the bowls.
Miami's next game: W 31-27 vs Ole Miss in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the VRBO Fiesta Bowl, Jan 8
8 days laterOhio State's first game of the 2026 season: W 56-3 vs Ball State, Sep 5, 2026
about 8 months later
Related pages
Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.