Happy New Year!
— Miami of Florida never trailed in a 24-14 Cotton Bowl win over Ohio State on Wednesday night in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals.
— Duke scored on a 17-yard pass from Darian Mensah to Sean Brown with 2:10 remaining for a 42-39 Sun Bowl win over Arizona State on Wednesday in El Paso.
— No. 5 Oregon takes on No. 4 Texas Tech in a CFP quarterfinal in the Orange Bowl today (ESPN, noon).
— No. 9 Alabama plays top-seeded Indiana in a CFP quarterfinal in the Rose Bowl (ESPN, 4 p.m.).
— No. 6 Ole Miss meets No. 3 Georgia in a CFP quarterfinal in the Sugar Bowl tonight (ESPN, 8 p.m.).
— Utah was a 44-22 winner over Nebraska in the Las Vegas Bowl.
— Texas topped Michigan, 41-27, in the Citrus Bowl in Orlando.
— Iowa held off Vanderbilt, 34-27, in the Citrus Bowl in Orlando.
— In ACC men’s basketball openers on Wednesday, host N.C. State topped Wake Forest, 70-57, No. 6 Duke defeated Georgia Tech, 85-79, in Durham and Virginia Tech beat No. 21 Virginia, 95-85, in triple overtime in Blacksburg.
— The Carolina Hurricanes host Montreal tonight (ESPN+, 7 p.m.).
