The College Football Playoffs, New Year’s Six and the entire 2022-23 bowl schedule were released Sunday, and the flurry of announcements set in motion the beginning of the sport’s postseason. The CFP was short on controversy as Georgia, Michigan and TCU all held their order from last week’s CFP Rankings with Ohio State sliding into the playoff field after USC’s loss to Utah in the Pac-12 Championship Game. Although Alabama fans and coach Nick Saban put in plenty of work to make a case for the Crimson Tide, the CFP Selection Committee stuck to its guidelines.
The CFP semifinal matchups bring tons of intrigue as Ohio State now has new life following the Michigan loss and can boast a roster just as talented as undefeated Georgia when the two blue bloods clash at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta. The other semifinal, the Fiesta Bowl, will feature Michigan trying to get its first-ever playoff win against a TCU program that is the 14th program to appear in the event over its first nine iterations.
Outside of the playoffs, there is still tons to get excited about as we look ahead to bowl season. Tulane is playing in its biggest bowl game since the 1939 season facing USC in the Cotton Bowl. There’s an all-orange Orange Bowl on deck with Clemson and Tennessee. The Rose Bowl could be yet another instant classic with Utah going head-to-head against Penn State.
There’s also great stories and fun matchups throughout the bowl schedule that will require your attention. Steve Sarkisian should have Texas tuned up and ready to go for a potential shootout against Washington in the Alamo Bowl. Florida State coach Mike Norvell is also bowling for the first time since he took over the Seminoles, and for their bowl matchup, they have been slotted opposite Oklahoma at the end of Year 1 with Brent Venables.
CBS Sports was with you all throughout Sunday as the College Football Playoff and bowl schedule were finalized and announced. Check out the full slate in the tables below and catch up on our live analysis as the games were announced further down the page.
College Football Playoffs
|
Jan. 9 |
National Championship |
Title game | Semifinal winners |
|
December 31 |
Peach Bowl |
Semifinal |
(1) Georgia vs. (4) Ohio State |
|
December 31 |
Fiesta Bowl |
Semifinal |
(2) Michigan vs. (3) TCU |
New Year’s Six bowl games
|
Jan. 2 |
Rose |
Big Ten vs. Pac-12 |
(11) Penn State vs. (8) Utah |
|
Jan. 2 |
Cotton |
at-large vs. at-large |
(10) USC vs. (16) Tulane |
|
December 31 |
Sugar |
SEC vs. Big 12 |
(5) Alabama vs. (9) Kansas State |
|
December 30 |
Orange |
ACC vs. SEC/B1G/ND |
(7) Clemson vs. (6) Tennessee |
2022 Bowl Games
| Jan. 2 | Citrus Orlando, Fla. |
1 p.m. (ABC) | LSU vs. Purdue |
| Jan. 2 | ReliaQuest Tampa, Fla. |
Noon (ESPN2) | Mississippi State vs. Illinois |
| December 31 | Music City
Nashville, Tenn. |
Noon (ABC) | Iowa vs. Kentucky |
| December 30 | Arizona Tucson, Ariz. |
4:30 p.m. (Barstool) | Ohio vs. Wyoming |
| December 30 | Gator Jacksonville, Fla. |
3:30 p.m. (ESPN) | South Carolina vs. Notre Dame |
| December 30 | Sun El Paso, Tex. |
2 p.m. (CBS) | Pittsburgh vs. UCLA |
| December 30 | Duke’s Mayo Charlotte |
Noon (ESPN) | Maryland vs. NC State |
| December 29 | Alamo San Antonio |
9 p.m. (ESPN) | Texas vs. Washington |
| December 29 | Cheez-It Orlando, Fla. |
5:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Florida State vs. Oklahoma |
| December 29 | Pinstripe New York |
2 p.m. (ESPN) | Syracuse vs. Minnesota |
| December 28 | Texas Houston, Tex. |
9 p.m. (ESPN) | Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss |
| December 28 | Holiday San Diego, Calif. |
8 p.m. (Fox) | North Carolina vs. Oregon |
| December 28 | Liberty Memphis |
5:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Arkansas vs. Kansas |
| December 28 | Military Annapolis, Md. |
2 p.m. (ESPN) | Duke vs. UCF |
| December 27 | Guaranteed Rate Phoenix, Ariz. |
10:15 p.m. (ESPN) | Wisconsin vs. Oklahoma State |
| December 27 | Birmingham Birmingham, Ala. |
6:45 p.m. (ESPN) | East Carolina vs. Coastal Carolina |
| December 27 | First Responder University Park, Tex. |
3:15 (ESPN) | Utah State vs. Memphis |
| December 27 | Camellia Montgomery, Ala. |
Noon (ESPN) | Buffalo vs. Georgia Southern |
| December 26 | Quick Lane Detroit, Mich. |
2:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Bowling Green vs. New Mexico State |
| December 24 | Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii |
8 p.m. (ESPN) | San Diego State vs. Middle Tennessee |
| December 23 | Gasparilla Tampa, Fla. |
6:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Missouri vs. Wake Forest |
| December 23 | Independence Shreveport, La. |
3 p.m. (ESPN) | Houston vs. Louisiana |
| December 22 | Armed Forces Fort Worth, Tex. |
7:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Baylor vs. Air Force |
| December 21 |
New Orleans |
9 p.m. (ESPN) | Western Kentucky vs. South Alabama |
| December 20 | Boca Raton Boca Raton, Fla. |
7:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Toledo vs. Liberty |
| December 20 | Famous Idaho Potato Boise, Idaho |
3:30 p.m. (ESPN) | San Jose State vs. Eastern Michigan |
| December 19 | Myrtle Beach Conway, SC |
2:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Marshall vs. UConn |
| December 17 | Frisco Frisco, Tex. |
9:15 p.m. (ESPN) | North Texas vs. Boise State |
| December 17 | Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nev. |
7:30 p.m. (ABC) | Florida vs. Oregon State |
| December 17 | LendingTree Mobile, Ala. |
5:45 p.m. (ESPN) | Southern Miss vs. Rice |
| December 17 | Jimmy Kimmel LA Inglewood, Calif. |
3:30 p.m. (ABC) | Washington State vs. Fresno State |
| December 17 | New Mexico Albuquerque, NM |
2:15 p.m. (ESPN) | BYU vs. SMU |
| December 17 | Fenway Boston, Mass. |
11 a.m. (ESPN) | Louisville vs. Cincinnati |
| December 16 | Cure
Orlando, Fla. |
3 p.m. (ESPN) | Troy vs. UTSA |
| December 16 | Bahamas
Nassau, Bahamas |
11:30 a.m. (ESPN) | UAB vs. Miami (OH) |