Ohio State won the Cotton Bowl to advance to the College Football ... If accurate, the 500 ticket allotment is a drastic change from earlier CFP playoff games. According to Front Office Sports, visiting teams were given 3,500 tickets during the playoffs ...

None of the other teams in the expanded 12-team playoff average fewer plays than Ohio State's 61.8 per game that rank 120th out of 134 Division I teams. That includes 57 in each of its last two playoff games, wins over undefeated Big Ten champion Oregon in the Rose Bowl and SEC runner-up Texas in the Cotton Bowl.

Early predictions and best bets for Ohio State versus Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff National Championship.