Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith was able to keep a team-first approach after having extra defensive attention make him almost invisible in the Buckeyes’ Cotton Bowl win over Texas in the College Football Playoff semifinals.

The Buckeyes are the favorites to win the CFP National Championship. Pamela Maldonaldo breaks down the game, spread, total and player props to watch.

The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff is set to crown a national champion on Monday as 7-seed Notre Dame takes on 8-seed Ohio State at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium. This will be the ninth meeting for two of college football's most storied programs and marks the third consecutive season the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish will face off -- the longest such streak in the series' relatively brief history.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine will appoint the state's lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, to fill Vice President-elect JD Vance's former seat in the U.S. Senate, Politico reported on Friday, citing two sources it did not identify.

"We have worked to make Ohio great again, and I look forward to working with President Trump, JD Vance to make America great again," Husted told a news conference. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday named state Attorney General Ashley Moody to replace U.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday announced his lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, will replace Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate.