The 2024-25 college football bowl and playoff schedule is wrapping up, and four teams -- No. 8 Ohio State, No. 5 Texas, No. 6 Penn State and No. 7 Notre Dame -- have qualified for the semifinals, where it'll be Ohio State vs. Texas in the Cotton Bowl and Penn State vs. Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl. The latest college football odds list Ohio State as 6-point favorites and Notre Dame as 1-point favorites in those matchups. 

The Orange Bowl kicks off at 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday night, while the Cotton Bowl begins at 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday night. 

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Now, it has studied the latest college football odds (see the latest college football lines for each matchup this week on our college football odds page), simulated every single play for every bowl game, and the results are in. 

One of the picks the model is high on during bowl season: It is going Over (45.5) in Notre Dame vs. Penn State in the 2025 Orange Bowl on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. ET.

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