Former Auburn quarterback Walker White has committed to Baylor, he announced Saturday on Instagram.

White was the No. 3 dual-threat quarterback in the 2023 ESPN 300 behind Florida’s DJ Lagway and Ohio State’s Julian Sayin and the No. 161 prospect overall.

Baylor finished 101st in scoring offense last season at 23.1 points per game, prompting coach Dave Aranda to hire offensive coordinator Jake Spavital in hopes of becoming more explosive.

This season, the Bears are riding a six-game winning streak and averaging 34.7 points per game, as junior quarterback Sawyer Robertson threw for 2,626 yards and 26 touchdowns to seven interceptions.

“I can’t wait to meet my new teammates and get to work in Coach Spavital’s offense,” White told ESPN’s Pete Thamel. “I’m also excited that there’s a clear plan for quarterback development.”

After going 3-9 last year, Baylor is 8-4 headed into the Kinder’s Texas Bowl against LSU on Dec. 31 (3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN).

The first 12-team College Football Playoff is down to the final two contenders: Notre Dame and Ohio State.

The seventh-seeded Fighting Irish and eighth-seeded Buckeyes will meet Jan. 20 at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the CFP National Championship Presented by AT&T. Whichever team wins will end a championship drought. Notre Dame aims for its first title since 1988. Ohio State’s lull isn’t nearly as long, as the Buckeyes won the first CFP championship a decade ago, but given how consistently elite they are, it seems like a while.

Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman and Ohio State’s Ryan Day are also aiming for their first championships as head coaches, and Freeman’s past will be in the spotlight. Freeman and the Irish lost to the Buckeyes and Day in each of the past two seasons. But after a masterful coaching job this season, Freeman now will face his alma mater — he was an All-Big Ten linebacker for Ohio State under coach Jim Tressel — with everything on the line. Day, meanwhile, can secure the loftiest goal for a team that fell short of earlier ones, but never stopped swinging.

Here’s your first look at the championship matchup and what to expect in the ATL. — Adam Rittenberg