It’s the final day of 2025 and there’s plenty of action on the sports schedule for Wednesday, Dec. 31, headlined by the first College Football Playoff quarterfinal with Miami taking on Ohio State. The Buckeyes enter the bracket as the defending national champions, while the Hurricanes are coming off a 10-3 win over Texas A&M in the first round. Sports fans looking to wager on Miami vs. Ohio State, NBA or NHL games on Dec. 31 can do so with the latest BetMGM bonus code CBSSPORTS, which gives users $150 in bonus bets if their wager of $10 or more wins or up to $1,500 in bonus bets if their qualifying wager loses, depending on the state they live in. Sign up for BetMGM Sportsbook to bet on Wednesday’s top games:
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The Hurricanes looked like they were going to win the ACC after the first month of the season, but stumbled against Louisville and SMU. Miami did win its last four games, but got lucky to be placed in the CFP field. It took advantage of the selection, but now must go up against one of the top units in all of college football. Both the Canes and Buckeyes are stout defensively, so this will likely come down to the performances of quarterbacks Carson Beck and Julian Sayin. The Buckeyes are 9.5-point favorites in the latest SportsLine consensus odds, but the model likes Miami, which covers in 51% of simulations.
We have a rematch of the NBA Cup final to close out the year as the New York Knicks battle the San Antonio Spurs. The Knicks won the NBA Cup behind OG Anunoby’s 28 points and Jalen Brunson’s 25. Both Anunoby and Brunson are in for this contest, but Josh Hart and Mitchell Robinson are out for New York. The Spurs were on a five-game winning streak, including back-to-back wins over the Thunder, but have lost their last two games. They’ll be without Devin Vassell in this one, and second-year guard Stephon Castle is considered questionable. The Spurs are 2.5-point favorites at home in this game, and the SportsLine Projection Model backs them to cover that spread in 61% of simulations.
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