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2025 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Preview
Publish Date: December 23, 2025
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The 2025 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Preview features the 11-2 Miami Hurricanes and the 12-1 Ohio State Buckeyes. Here is the 2025 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Preview.
Miami won 12 games to make their first College Football Playoff. They defeated four bowl-eligible teams in the regular season: Notre Dame, USF, NC State and Pitt. Both of their losses, to Louisville and SMU, were to teams that made bowl games. They defeated Texas A&M on the road to advance to the Cotton Bowl.
The Hurricanes score 32.2 points per game, ranking 29th in the country. They pass for 262.5 yards (ranked 32nd) and rush for 151.9 yards (ranked 76th) per game.
Carson Beck transferred to Miami from Georgia and has played well, but did struggle in the first CFP game against Texas A&M. He has passed for 3,175 yards, 26 touchdowns and 10 interceptions on 74.5 percent completion. Three players have over 350 receiving yards for the Hurricanes. Malachi Toney has been a game-changer as a freshman with 89 catches for 992 yards and eight touchdowns.
Keelan Marion and CJ Daniels have also been solid with 590 and 420 receiving yards, respectively.
Three running backs have over 350 rushing yards on the season. Mark Fletcher Jr. has been the starter, putting up 857 yards and 10 touchdowns on the ground. CharMar Brown ang Girard Pringle Jr. have chipped in with 389 and 363 yards apiece.
Defensively, the Hurricanes give up 13.0 points per game, ranking sixth in the country. They allow 194.5 passing yards (ranked 30th) and 87.0 rushing yards (ranked seventh) per game. Mohamed Toure has the team lead with 62 tackles. Akheem Mesidor and Rueben Bain Jr. make a solid pass-rushing duo with NFL potential, with 8.5 and 7.5 sacks apiece. Jakobe Thomas has made plays in the secondary with four passes defended and four interceptions.
Ohio State Buckeyes (12-1)