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Ohio State opens as 6.5-point favorites vs. Missouri in the Cotton Bowl

With Ohio State failing to make the College Football Playoff following a loss to Michigan in the regular season finale, the Buckeyes now know who and where they will be playing their final contest of the 2023 campaign.

The CFP Committee didn’t exactly get things right, as 13-0 ACC Champion Florida State was left out of the final field of four in favor of a 12-1 Alabama team that needed to convert a 4th-and-31 against Auburn to stay alive and won what was the worst version of the SEC in several years by knocking off Georgia in conference title game.