No. 1 Texas at No. 3 Ohio State, Saturday, noon ET
BetMGM College Football Odds: Ohio State by 1.5.
How to watch: Fox
Texas (2024):
Overall offense: 437.5 yards per game (21st in FBS)
Passing: 278.8 yards per game (14th)
Rushing: 158.8 yards per game (71st)
Scoring: 33.0 points per game (29th)
Overall defense: 283.4 yards allowed per game (3rd in FBS)
Passing: 173.8 yards allowed per game (7th)
Rushing: 109.6 yards allowed per game (14th)
Scoring: 15.3 points allowed per game (3rd)
Ohio State (2024):
Overall offense: 429.4 yards per game (30th in FBS)
Passing: 263.0 yards per game (29th)
Rushing: 166.4 yards per game (58th)
Scoring: 35.7 points per game (14th)
Overall defense: 254.6 yards allowed per game (1st in FBS)
Passing: 167.0 yards allowed per game (3rd)
Rushing: 87.6 yards allowed per game (3rd)
Scoring: 12.9 points allowed per game (1st)
Texas (2024)
Passing: Arch Manning, 939 yards, 9 TDs, 2 INTs, 67.8 completion percentage
Rushing: Quintrevion Wisner, 1,064 yards on 226 carries, 5 TDs
Receiving: Ryan Wingo, 472 yards on 29 catches, 2 TDs
Ohio State (2024)
Passing: Julian Sayin, 84 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTs, 41.7 completion percentage
Rushing: C.J. Donaldson, 734 yards on 163 carries, 11 TDs (at West Virginia)
Receiving: Jeremiah Smith, 1,315 yards, 76 catches, 15 TDs
Texas lost to Ohio State 28-14 in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Cotton Bowl to end the season 13-3.
Ohio State defeated Notre Dame 34-23 in the CFP Championship game to capture its ninth National Championship and first since 2014. The Buckeyes were 14-2 last season.
Texas hosts San Jose State on Sept. 6. Ohio State hosts Grambling on Sept. 6.
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FILE - Texas defensive back Malik Muhammad plays during the second half an NCAA football game against Mississippi State, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas, File)
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Vote counting was underway Friday in Uganda’s tense presidential election, which was held a day earlier amid an internet shutdown, voting delays and complaints by an opposition leader who said some of his polling agents had been detained by the authorities.
Opposition leader Bobi Wine said Thursday he was unable to leave his house and that his polling agents in rural areas were abducted before voting started, undermining his efforts to prevent electoral offenses such as ballot stuffing.
Wine is hoping to end President Yoweri Museveni's four-decade rule in an election during which the military was deployed and heavy security was posted outside his house near Kampala, the Ugandan capital, after the vote.
The musician-turned-politician wrote on X on Thursday that a senior party official in charge of the western region had been arrested, adding there was “massive ballot stuffing everywhere.”
Rural Uganda, especially the western part of the country, is a ruling-party stronghold, and the opposition would be disadvantaged by not having polling agents present during vote counting.
To try to improve his chances of winning, Wine had urged his supporters to “protect the vote” by having witnesses document alleged offenses at polling stations, in addition to deploying official polling agents.
Wine faced similar setbacks when he first ran for president five years ago. Museveni took 58% of the vote, while Wine got 35%, according to official results. Wine said at the time that the election had been rigged in favor of Museveni, who has spoken disparagingly of his rival.
Museveni, after voting on Thursday, said the opposition had infiltrated the 2021 election and defended the use of biometric machines as a way of securing the vote in this election.
Museveni has served the third-longest tenure of any African leader and is seeking to extend his rule into a fifth decade. The aging president’s authority has become increasingly dependent on the military, which is led by his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba.
Uganda has not witnessed a peaceful transfer of presidential power since independence from British colonial rule six decades ago.
Voters line up to cast their ballots at a polling station, during the presidential election, in the capital, Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Election officials count ballots after the polls closed for the presidential election at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
An election official holds up unmarked ballots during the vote count after polls closed for the presidential election, at a polling center in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A political representative speaks as he works to observe and verify the counting of ballots after polls closed in the presidential election at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A supporter of leading opposition candidate Bobi Wine cheers while watching election officials count ballots, after polls closed at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
