The winner of the 2025 Cotton Bowl will not only receive the Field Scovell Trophy and a spot in the National Championship Game, they’ll also receive a lot of prize money too. So how much are the Ohio State Buckeyes and Texas Longhorns playing for?
The game will take place at the AT&T Stadium, home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, on Friday, January 10 and will be the semifinals phase of the College Football Playoffs as the winner looks to tee up a clash with either the Penn State Nittany Lions or Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
Will Howard passed for 319 yards and created three touchdowns on January 1 as he found a lot of chemistry with Jeremiah Smith, who made 187 receiving yards and two touchdowns from seven catches. He also struck a connection with TreVeyon Henderson, who made 94 rushing yards and two touchdowns on eight carries and three catches for 20 yards.
Look to them to be the dangermen for the Buckeyes. For the Longhorns, eyes turn to Quinn Ewers after leading the team to a 39-31 win over the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Peach Bowl to kick off 2025 with a win.
Ewers passed for 322 yards and three touchdowns in the win, as well as adding a one-yard rushing touchdown too. He was backed up by Matthew Golden, who made 149 yards on seven catches for a touchdown. Gunnar Helm and DeAndre Moore were the other scorers for the Longhorns.
How much does the 2025 Cotton Bowl winner get in prize money?
The winner of the 2025 Cotton Bowl between the Ohio State Buckeyes and Texas Longhorns will receive a minimum of six million dollars in prize money.
They will also earn six million dollars for making it to the NCAA National Championship Game, which is scheduled to take place on January 20. It will be hosted at the Atlanta Falcons’ Mercedez-Benz Stadium in Georgia.
The Cotton Bowl will take place on Friday, January 10 and will kick-off in Atlanta from 19:30 ET/16:30 PT. Ohio are favored -194 to win.
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