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Predicting the 12-team College Football Playoff: Will Ohio State still get the Big Ten’s auto-bid?
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Bracketology at this point of the year typically centers around preseason expectations in college basketball. The new 12-team College Football Playoff has changed that.
Bracketology now applies to football.
The four-team CFP era has come to an end, giving the sport an expanded race for a national title.
Here is how we predict the 12-team field to look, including where Ohio State fits after its loss at Oregon.
Predicting the 12-team College Football Playoff
Note: Teams in bold earn automatic bids.
No. 1 Texas
No. 2 Ohio State
No. 3 Miami
No. 4 Iowa State
No. 5 Oregon
No. 6 Penn State
No. 7 Alabama
No. 8 Georgia
No. 9 Notre Dame
No. 10 Indiana
No. 11 Clemson
No. 12 Boise State
Predicting college football conference champions
The five highest-ranked conference champions earn an automatic bid.
In our projection, we expect Texas (SEC), Ohio State (Big Ten), Miami (ACC) and Iowa State (Big 12) to be the four top conference champs, meaning those teams earn a top-four seed and a bye.
Boise State will likely be the top-ranked Group of Five champion, giving the Broncos a bid as the final team in the field.
Predicting the College Football Playoff at-large bids
Oregon beat Ohio State on Saturday, giving the Ducks a clear path to the conference title game. However, ESPN’s College Football Power Index still gives the Buckeyes better odds to win the Big Ten.
If Oregon’s lone loss is to a team it beat, the Ducks should finish as the top at-large team.
Penn State will also be favored to win each of its remaining games outside of a Nov. 2 meeting with Ohio State. At 11-1, the Nittany Lions should finish at No. 6.
Texas has the clearest path to the SEC title, but the race for conference runner-up is foggy. Alabama, despite its struggles, has a win against Georgia, which could be important for tiebreaking purposes.
Both programs should get in, giving the SEC and Big Ten six of the top eight teams.
Notre Dame has responded well from its stunning loss against Northern Illinois, and the Fighting Irish will be favored in each of their remaining games.
The final two at-large bids are tougher to predict. Indiana, Tennessee, Clemson, Texas A&M and BYU sit between a 33-47% chance of making the CFP, according to ESPN.
We slot Indiana in because, like Penn State, the Hoosiers should be favored to win their remaining games outside of a meeting with Ohio State.
Clemson looked unconvincing in its Week 1 loss against Georgia, but if the Tigers finish 11-2 with losses against the Bulldogs and Miami, getting an at-large bid shouldn’t be an issue.
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Cincinnati Children’s opened 6 locations in 2025. Here’s why
Cincinnati Children’s is expanding its access to care across the region, including in Northern Kentucky.
The health system reported in its latest Community Impact Report, released to the public June 9, that six new locations opened in 2025, including facilities in previously underserved communities such as Clermont and Clinton counties. Rural areas often have limited access to specialized and emergency care, placing residents at a higher risk of health challenges and death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Here are the new locations:
- Brandon and Kelly Janszen Union Building, 2015 Children’s Way, Union, Kentucky.
- Crestview Hills Urgent Care, 2765 Chapel Place, Crestview Hills, Kentucky.
- Children’s Eastgate, 4315 Ivy Pointe Blvd., Union Township, Ohio.
- Loveland Primary Care, 10554 Loveland-Madeira Road, Loveland, Ohio.
- Wilmington Primary Care, 1150 W. Locust St., Suite 500, Wilmington, Ohio.
- New Richmond School-Based Health Center, 1135 Bethel-New Richmond Road, New Richmond, Ohio.
Cincinnati Children’s is one of the top-ranked children’s hospitals in the Midwest. The medical professionals at the system’s more than 50 sites provided care in 1.75 million encounters with patients during the July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025 fiscal year, spokesman Barrett Brunsman said.
Some locations are first of their kind
In Boone County, the Brandon and Kelly Janszen building opened at the hospital’s Union location in April 2025, becoming the first in Northern Kentucky to offer both primary and specialty care, including offering behavioral health counselors, lab services, X-ray and ultrasound.
In Kenton County, the hospital opened its first urgent care in Northern Kentucky in July 2025 as part of renovations at the Crestview Hills location, offering residents access to pediatric providers on evenings and weekends.
In Ohio, the Eastgate location opened in October, combining specialty clinics, outpatient surgery and an urgent care center in “the first of its kind on the East Side for Cincinnati Children’s,” where some main campus surgeons and providers now see patients, Brunsman said.
Two primary care centers also opened in 2025: Wilmington, the only primary care in Clinton County dedicated exclusively to children from newborns through teens; and Loveland, which offers closer care to families who once drove farther.
Cincinnati Children’s also introduced the New Richmond School-Based Health Center in September 2025, after reporting over 7,000 patient encounters in 2023 from the village’s ZIP code, including 2,375 without an identified primary care provider, Brunsman said. The new health center is within walking distance for 1,000 middle and high school students, and is open to their families and other children in the community.
The school-based center was funded by a grant from Ohio’s Appalachian Community Innovation Centers program, obtained by New Richmond Schools. Across the other five new locations, Cincinnati Children’s invested around $141 million in renovations, design and acreage, the hospital noted.
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Woman sentenced for driving Postal Service truck while intoxicated
NEWTON FALLS, Ohio (WKBN) – A woman accused of driving intoxicated while working for the Postal Service in a mail truck entered a plea Tuesday in her case.
Michele Kellar, 47, of Warren, pleaded guilty to OVI, a first-degree misdemeanor, according to court records.
Court records state that she was sentenced to 12 months of probation and her license was suspended for a year, with limited driving privileges. She can also serve three days in a driver’s intervention program.
Trumbull County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Kellar in March after those living on Anderson Anthony Road NW in Braceville reported seeing the driver of a mail truck at the end of their driveway had passed out. They reported that they were able to wake the driver up, but said she drove off.
Deputies found the mail truck down the road, where she had driven off into a yard. According to the police report, the woman appeared very intoxicated with glassy eyes and slurred speech.
At the time of her arrest, a spokesperson for the U.S. Postal Service confirmed that Kellar was an employee but declined to comment further. WKBN reached out Thursday for more information on Kellar’s current employment status, but a spokesperson said the Postal Service does not disclose internal administrative actions.
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Storms bring down trees and knocks out power to thousands in Northeast Ohio
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Severe thunderstorms rolled through Northeast Ohio on Wednesday night, bringing down trees and knocking out power to thousands.
The heaviest damage seemed to be in Lorain County in the city of Lorain and Amherst. The Amherst Fire Department said there are large trees down on Jackson Street and Cleveland Avenue.
Check FirstEnergy’s, AEP’s, and Cleveland Public Power’s websites for the latest outage numbers.
More storms will work through the area overnight, as another disturbance reaches the area after midnight.
These storms will be ordinary in nature, though they could contain heavy downpours.
These storms should last through the middle of the day tomorrow, before clearing later in the day.
Lightning strike in Brunswick.
West Park neighborhood lightning show in Cleveland.
Submit any photos and videos from storm below.
Check back with the 19 News First Alert Weather team for the latest weather forecast.
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