2022–23 NCAA football bowl games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Season | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of bowls | 43[a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All-star games | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowl games | December 16, 2022[b] | – January 9, 2023||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National Championship | 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location of Championship | SoFi Stadium Inglewood, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Champions | Georgia Bulldogs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowl Challenge Cup winner | MAC[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022–23 NCAA football bowl games were a series of college football games played to complete the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Team-competitive games began in mid-December and concluded with the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship on January 9, 2023, which was won by the Georgia Bulldogs. The all-star portion of the schedule began on January 14 and concluded on February 25, 2023.[2]
The schedule for the 2022–23 bowl games is below. All times are EST (UTC−5). Note that Division II bowls and Division III bowls are not included here. The bowl schedule was released May 26, 2022.
The College Football Playoff system is used to determine a national championship of Division I FBS college football. A 13-member committee of experts ranked the top 25 teams in the nation after each of the last seven weeks of the regular season. The top four teams in the final ranking are then seeded in a single-elimination semifinal round, with the winners advancing to the National Championship game.
The semifinal games for the 2022 season were the Fiesta Bowl and the Peach Bowl. Both were played on December 31, 2022, as part of a yearly rotation of three pairs of two bowls, commonly referred to as the New Year's Six bowl games. The winners advanced to the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship on January 9, 2023.
Semifinals | Championship | |||||||
December 31 – Peach BowlMercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta | ||||||||
1 | Georgia | 42 | ||||||
4 | Ohio State | 41 | January 9 – National ChampionshipSoFi Stadium, Inglewood | |||||
1 | Georgia | 65 | ||||||
December 31 – Fiesta BowlState Farm Stadium, Glendale | 3 | TCU | 7 | |||||
2 | Michigan | 45 | ||||||
3 | TCU | 51 |
Each of the games in the following table was televised by ESPN.
Rankings are per the final CFP rankings that were released on December 4.
The Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) has one bowl game. The FCS also has a postseason bracket tournament that culminates in the 2023 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game.
Date | Time (EST) | Game | Site | Television | Participants | Affiliations | Results |
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Dec. 17 | 12:00 p.m. | Celebration Bowl | Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia |
ABC | North Carolina Central Eagles (9–2) Jackson State Tigers (12–0) |
MEAC SWAC |
North Carolina Central 41 Jackson State 34 (OT) |
Each of these games features college seniors, or players whose college football eligibility is ending, who are individually invited by game organizers. These games are scheduled to follow the team-competitive bowls, to allow players selected from bowl teams to participate. The all-star games may include some players from non-FBS programs.
Date | Time (EST) | Game | Site | Television | Participants | Results | Ref. |
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Jan. 14 | 12:00 p.m. | Hula Bowl | FBC Mortgage Stadium Orlando, Florida |
CBS Sports Network | Team Kai Team Aina |
Kai 16 Aina 13 |
[11] |
Jan. 21 | 4:00 p.m. | Tropical Bowl | Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida |
Varsity Sports Network | American Team National Team |
American 48 National 10 |
[12] |
Jan. 28 | 6:00 p.m. | NFLPA Collegiate Bowl | Rose Bowl Pasadena, California |
NFL Network | American Team National Team |
American 19 National 17 |
[13] |
Feb. 2 | 8:30 p.m. | East–West Shrine Bowl | Allegiant Stadium Paradise, Nevada |
West Team East Team |
West 12 East 3 |
[14] | |
Feb. 4 | 2:30 p.m. | Senior Bowl | Hancock Whitney Stadium Mobile, Alabama |
National Team American Team |
National 27 American 10 |
[15] | |
Feb. 25 | 4:00 p.m. | HBCU Legacy Bowl | Yulman Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana |
Team Robinson Team Gaither |
Robinson 10 Gaither 3 |
[16] |
The College Football Playoff (CFP) selection committee announced its final team rankings for the season on December 4, 2022. It was the ninth season of the CFP era. It was the first time that two Big Ten teams were in the semifinals, and the first time that neither Alabama nor Clemson were in the semifinals.[17]
Rank | Team | W–L | Conference and standing | Bowl game |
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1 | Georgia Bulldogs | 13–0 | SEC champions | Peach Bowl (CFP semifinal) |
2 | Michigan Wolverines | 13–0 | Big Ten champions | Fiesta Bowl (CFP semifinal) |
3 | TCU Horned Frogs | 12–1 | Big 12 first place | Fiesta Bowl (CFP semifinal) |
4 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 11–1 | Big Ten East Division second place | Peach Bowl (CFP semifinal) |
5 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 10–2 | SEC West Division co-champions | Sugar Bowl (NY6) |
6 | Tennessee Volunteers | 10–2 | SEC East Division second place | Orange Bowl (NY6) |
7 | Clemson Tigers | 11–2 | ACC champions | Orange Bowl (NY6) |
8 | Utah Utes | 10–3 | Pac-12 champions | Rose Bowl (NY6) |
9 | Kansas State Wildcats | 10–3 | Big 12 champions | Sugar Bowl (NY6) |
10 | USC Trojans | 11–2 | Pac-12 first place | Cotton Bowl (NY6) |
11 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 10–2 | Big Ten East Division third place | Rose Bowl (NY6) |
12 | Washington Huskies | 10–2 | Pac-12 second place (tie) | Alamo Bowl |
13 | Florida State Seminoles | 9–3 | ACC Atlantic Division second place | Cheez-It Bowl |
14 | Oregon State Beavers | 9–3 | Pac-12 fifth place (tie) | Las Vegas Bowl |
15 | Oregon Ducks | 9–3 | Pac-12 second place (tie) | Holiday Bowl |
16 | Tulane Green Wave | 11–2 | AAC champions | Cotton Bowl (NY6) |
17 | LSU Tigers | 9–4 | SEC West Division co-champions | Citrus Bowl |
18 | UCLA Bruins | 9–3 | Pac-12 fifth place (tie) | Sun Bowl |
19 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 8–4 | SEC East Division third place | Gator Bowl |
20 | Texas Longhorns | 8–4 | Big 12 third place | Alamo Bowl |
21 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 8–4 | Independent | Gator Bowl |
22 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | 8–4 | SEC West Division third place (tie) | ReliaQuest Bowl |
23 | NC State Wolfpack | 8–4 | ACC Atlantic Division third place (tie) | Duke's Mayo Bowl |
24 | Troy Trojans | 11–2 | Sun Belt champions | Cure Bowl |
25 | UTSA Roadrunners | 11–2 | C–USA champions | Cure Bowl |
Ranks are per the final CFP rankings, released on December 4, with win–loss records at that time. One bowl will feature a matchup of conference champions – the Cure Bowl. Champions of the Power Five conferences were assured of a spot in a New Year's Six bowl game.
Conference | Champion | W–L | Rank | Bowl game |
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ACC | Clemson Tigers | 11–2 | 7 | Orange Bowl (NY6) |
American | Tulane Green Wave | 11–2 | 16 | Cotton Bowl (NY6) |
Big 12 | Kansas State Wildcats | 10–3 | 9 | Sugar Bowl (NY6) |
Big Ten | Michigan Wolverines | 13–0 | 2 | Fiesta Bowl (semifinal) |
C–USA | UTSA Roadrunners | 11–2 | 25 | Cure Bowl |
MAC | Toledo Rockets | 8–5 | – | Boca Raton Bowl |
Mountain West | Fresno State Bulldogs | 9–4 | – | LA Bowl |
Pac-12 | Utah Utes | 10–3 | 8 | Rose Bowl (NY6) |
SEC | Georgia Bulldogs | 13–0 | 1 | Peach Bowl (semifinal) |
Sun Belt | Troy Trojans | 11–2 | 24 | Cure Bowl |
Generally, a team must have at least six wins to be considered bowl eligible, with at least five of those wins being against FBS opponents. The College Football Playoff semifinal games are determined based on the top four seeds in the playoff committee's final rankings. The remainder of the bowl eligible teams are selected by each respective bowl based on conference tie-ins, order of selection, match-up considerations, and other factors.
Number of bowl berths available: 82
Number of bowl-eligible teams: 80
Number of conditional bowl-eligible teams: 1 (New Mexico State)
Number of teams qualified by APR: 1 (Rice)[21]
Number of bowl-ineligible teams: 49
A total of thirty-seven venues will be utilized, with seven of them in particular for the CFP National Championship and New Year's Six (NY6).[22] Prestige and capacity of venues usually increases as the schedule progresses towards to NY6 bowls and the national championship, in large part due to scheduling Top 25 teams late into the bowl games' time frame, while bowl games before Christmas Day typically involve schools in Group of Five conferences and FBS Independents (with the exception of Notre Dame due to being a member of the ACC in all other sports except for men's hockey which competes in the Big Ten). Televising at the venues of bowl games is largely run by ESPN and joint networks (ABC & ESPN2), with only three bowl games run by a non-affiliated network (Holiday Bowl on Fox, Sun Bowl on CBS and Arizona Bowl on Barstool Sports).[23] With the exception of the Bahamas Bowl in The Bahamas,[24] all bowls will be played within the United States.
The College Football Playoff committee elected to continue with the six venues for this postseason—including two as the semifinals for the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship—as outlined below:[22]
Glendale (Phoenix area) |
Atlanta | New Orleans | |
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State Farm Stadium | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | Caesars Superdome | |
Capacity: 78,600 | Capacity: 75,000 | Capacity: 76,468 | |
Pasadena (Los Angeles area) |
Venues of the 2022 New Year's Six Bowls Source: College Football Playoff[22] | ||
Rose Bowl | |||
Capacity: 92,542 | |||
Arlington (Dallas/Fort Worth area) |
Inglewood (Los Angeles area)NC |
Miami Gardens (Miami area) | |
AT&T Stadium | SoFi Stadium | Hard Rock Stadium | |
Capacity: 105,000 | Capacity: 100,240 | Capacity: 64,767 | |
The following venues were selected to host more than one bowl game or all-star game:
† denotes an all-star game
‡ denotes an FCS bowl game
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