Ohio State, Texas picks, predictions

Ohio State is the lowest seed remaining in the College Football Playoff, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a significant amount of people that didn’t have the Buckeyes as the favorites to win the national championship in Atlanta on Jan. 20. That’s because Ohio State have rolled through Tennessee and No. 1 Oregon in consecutive matchups with its offense dominating two of the better defenses in the country.

The task of stopping the Buckeyes in the Cotton Bowl semifinal is Texas. The Longhorns appeared to be cruising to a defeat of Arizona State in the Peach Bowl quarterfinal before a fourth-quarter stumble led to a dramatic overtime victory. With questions on offense, Texas will need to find a way to generate points to keep pace with Ohio State.

In addition to reaching the national championship game, there are also bragging rights at stake with the Buckeyes of the Big Ten facing the Longhorns of the SEC. One conference will be able to puff out its chest at the end of the game. So who wins? Our experts make their picks.