In the first round of the College Football Playoff, the teams seeded 5-8 all won. In the second round, they all won again.

After a fascinating round of quarterfinals games the last four teams remaining in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff are set. Fifth-seeded Texas will take on No. 8 Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl,

Either Marcus Freeman or James Franklin will become the first Black head coach to make an FBS national championship game, and other story lines to watch in the Orange and Cotton Bowls.

There are 47 total bowl games in the 2024-25 season, including four college football playoff first round games, four quarterfinal games, two semifinals, and the national championship on Monday, January 20.

But here at ESPN bowl prediction headquarters in downtown Indianapolis, we're not afraid of any circumstances. So let's get to the picks, from campus CFP sites through traditional bowls and all the way to the national title game on Jan. 20 in Atlanta.

College football's bowl schedule continues on with two games on Friday. Check out the scores from today's action here:

Tiger Bech, a former Princeton football player and brother of Texas Christian University football player Jack Bech, was killed Wednesday after a truck drove into a New Year's Day crowd gathered in the French Quarter in New Orleans.

Martin Bech, 28, Nikyra Cheyenne Dedeaux, 18, and Reggie Hunter, 37, were among the 15 killed, family members confirmed to multiple news outlets.

A loving father of two, a former college football player, and a student from the University of Alabama were among the 14 people killed when a rented pickup truck plowed into a crowd celebrating the New Year in New Orleans during Wednesday’s early hours.