College Football Playoff picks, predictions, win probabilities for Miami-Ohio State, Oregon-Texas-Tech, Alabama-Indiana, Ole Miss-Georgia CFP games.

After a season in which college football generally had a marked increase in viewership, the opening weekend of the College Football Playoff was a significant stumble. On average, the first round of the CFP averaged 9.9 milliion viewers, according to reports from the Associated Press. That represented a decline of roughly 7% from a season ago.

CBS Sports experts Brad Crawford and Chris Hummer reveal their picks for the playoff quarterfinals and the rest of bowl season

Miami's defensive front represents their one clear advantage over the Buckeyes – and they'll need complete domination to pull off the Cotton Bowl upset.

The College Football Playoff quarterfinals will feature a matchup of multi-time national champions, a game pitting two programs searching for natty No. 1, an SEC rematch and the first meeting between Indiana and Alabama.

The first round of the College Football Playoff is in the books. Eight teams remain in the hunt to win it all, with Miami and Ohio State kicking off the quarterfinals slate in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl on December 31.

The College Football Playoff quarterfinals feature four blockbuster matchups involving eight teams that have been spurred to this point in varying degrees by their quarterback play. But there's one QB matchup that appears to stand above the rest as New Year's Eve and the resumption of the CFP approach.