Ohio State vs. Texas Prediction: Ohio State Predicted to Win Cotton Bowl Classic [2025]

Texas and Ohio State will clash in the 2025 Cotton Bowl Classic at AT&T Stadium on Friday, starting at 7:30PM ET.

The winner will not only be crowned the 2025 Cotton Bowl Classic champion, but will also advance to the National Championship game.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' advanced college football model (see Dimers Pro for full access) predicts Ohio State as the most likely winner of today's game.

"Employing the latest data, our experts simulated Friday's Ohio State-Texas game 10,000 times," said Ryan Leaver from Dimers.

"After computing the latest updates and thousands of other inputs, we predict Ohio State's chance of winning is 56%, while Texas' is 44%."

For a closer look at Friday's matchup, including the predicted score, best bets and an expanded look at the predicted final score, visit our interactive Ohio State vs. Texas predictions page.

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Ohio State vs. Texas Game-Day Updates and Essential Details

Friday's college football matchup between Texas and Ohio State at AT&T Stadium is scheduled to commence at 7:30PM ET.

• Who: Ohio State vs. Texas
• Date: Friday, January 10, 2025
• Time: 7:30PM ET/4:30PM PT
• Venue: AT&T Stadium
• Tickets: Get tickets for the game on Ticketmaster

Dimers.com's full preview of Friday's Ohio State vs. Texas matchup includes our prediction, picks and the latest betting odds.

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Cotton Bowl Classic Prediction: Who Will Win, Cover the Spread?

Using powerful machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of the 2025 Cotton Bowl Classic 10,000 times as part of our college football predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives Ohio State a 56% chance of beating Texas. Our predicted final score has Ohio State winning 26-24.

According to our model, Texas (+6) has a 62% chance of covering the spread, while the 51.5-point over/under has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

Pre-Game Probabilities

Last Updated: 12:40AM, Jan 11

Spread

Over / Under

Moneyline

Ohio State

Texas +6.0

38%

62%

-110

-110

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Texas

Ohio State OSU

-110

Texas +6.0

38%

62%

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Texas TEX

-110

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Cotton Bowl Classic Odds

We have researched the best betting odds in America for this game, which are listed here:

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.

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Ohio State vs. Texas Picks

Our model's strongest edge in today's Ohio State vs. Texas matchup is on the moneyline.

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Conclusion

We predict Ohio State, with a 56% win probability, will likely beat Texas on Friday.

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