The College Football Playoff, New Years six and the full bowl schedule for 2022-23 was released on Sunday, and the flurry of announcements kicked off the start of the sport’s postseason. The CFP had little controversy as Georgia, Michigan and TCU all held on to their orders from last week 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 did a lot of work to advocate for the Crimson Tide, the CFP selection committee stuck to its guidelines.
The CFP semifinal matchups provide plenty of intrigue as Ohio State has now revitalized after losing to Michigan and can boast a roster as talented as undefeated Georgia when the two blue bloods collide in the Peach Bowl in Atlanta. In the other semifinal, the Fiesta Bowl, Michigan is seeking its first-ever playoff victory against a TCU program that is the 14th program to appear in the event during the first nine iterations.
Outside of the playoffs, there’s still a lot to get excited about as we look ahead to the bowling season. Tulane plays in his biggest bowl game since the 1939 season facing USC in the Cotton Bowl. There is an all-orange Orange Bowl on deck featuring Clemson and Tennessee. The Rose Bowl could become another instant classic, pitting Utah against Penn State.
There are also great stories and fun combinations in the bowl scheme that need your attention. Steve Sarkisian should have Texas tuned and ready for a possible shootout against Washington in the Alamo Bowl. Florida State Coach Mike Norvell is also bowling for the first time since taking over the Seminoles, and for their Year 1 bowl matchup, they are seeded against Oklahoma with Brent Venables at the end of Year 1.
CBS Sports was with you all Sunday as the College Football Playoff and bowl schedule was finalized and announced. Check out the full list in the tables below, and watch our live analysis as the games were announced further down the page.
College Football Playoff
|
January 9 |
National Championship |
Title game | Semifinal winners |
|
December 31 |
Peach bowl |
Semi finals |
(1) Georgia vs. (4) Ohio State |
|
December 31 |
Fiesta Bowl |
Semi finals |
(2) Michigan vs. (3) TCU |
New Year’s Six bowl games
|
January 2nd |
Rose |
Big Ten vs. Pac-12 |
(11) Penn State v (8) Utah |
|
January 2nd |
Cotton |
in general vs in general |
(10) USC vs. (16) Tulane |
|
December 31 |
Sugar |
SEC vs Big 12 |
(5) Alabama v (9) Kansas State |
|
December 30 |
Orange |
ACC vs SEC/B1G/ND |
(7) Clemson v (6) Tennessee |
Bowl games 2022
| January 2nd | Citrus Orlando, Fla. |
1:00 PM (ABC) | LSU vs Purdue |
| January 2nd | ReliaQuest Tampa, Fla. |
Afternoon (ESPN2) | State of Mississippi vs Illinois |
| December 31 | Music city
Nashville, Tenn. |
afternoon (ABC) | Iowa vs Kentucky |
| December 30 | Arizona Tucson, Arizona. |
4:30 p.m. (bar stool) | Ohio vs. Wyoming |
| December 30 | crocodile Jacksonville, Fla. |
3:30 p.m. (ESPN) | South Carolina vs. Notre Dame |
| December 30 | Sun El Paso, Texas. |
2 p.m. (CBS) | Pittsburgh vs. UCLA |
| December 30 | Duke’s mayonnaise Charlotte |
afternoon (ESPN) | Maryland vs. the state of NC |
| December 29 | Alamo San Antonio |
9 p.m. (ESPN) | Texas vs. Washington |
| December 29 | Cheez It Orlando, Fla. |
5:30 p.m. (ESPN) | State of Florida vs. Oklahoma |
| December 29 | Pinstripe New York |
2 p.m. (ESPN) | Syracuse vs Minnesota |
| December 28 | Texas Houston, Texas. |
9 p.m. (ESPN) | Texas Tech v Ole Miss |
| December 28 | Vacation San Diego, California |
8 p.m. (fox) | North Carolina vs. Oregon |
| December 28 | Freedom Memphis |
5:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Arkansas vs. Kansas |
| December 28 | Army Annapolis, MD. |
2 p.m. (ESPN) | Duke vs. UCF |
| December 27 | Guaranteed rate Phoenix, Arizona. |
10:15 PM (ESPN) | Wisconsin vs the state of Oklahoma |
| December 27 | Birmingham Birmingham, Al. |
6:45 p.m. (ESPN) | East Carolina vs. Coastal Carolina |
| December 27 | First responder University Park, Tex. |
3:15 (ESPN) | State of Utah vs. Memphis |
| December 27 | camellia Montgomery, Ala. |
afternoon (ESPN) | Buffalo vs. Georgia Southern |
| December 26 | Fast job Detroit, Michael. |
2:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Bowling Green vs. the state of New Mexico |
| December 24 | Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii |
8 p.m. (ESPN) | State of San Diego vs. Middle Tennessee |
| 23 December | Gasparilla Tampa, Fla. |
6:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Missouri vs. Wake Forest |
| 23 December | Independence Shreveport, La. |
3 p.m. (ESPN) | Houston vs. Louisiana |
| December 22 | Armed Forces Fort Worth, Texas. |
7:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Baylor vs Air Force |
| 21st of December |
New Orleans |
9 p.m. (ESPN) | Western Kentucky vs. Southern Alabama |
| the 20th of December | Boca Raton Boca Ratton, Fla. |
7:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Toledo vs. Freedom |
| the 20th of December | 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 | Vegas Las Vegas, Nev. |
7:30 PM (ABC) | Florida vs Oregon State |
| December 17 | Lending tree Mobile, ala. |
5:45 p.m. (ESPN) | Southern Miss vs. Rice |
| December 17 | Jimmy Kimmel LA Inglewood, California |
3:30 PM (ABC) | Washington State vs. Fresno State |
| December 17 | New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M |
2:15 p.m. (ESPN) | BYU vs. SMU |
| December 17 | Fenway Boston, Mass. |
11 a.m. (ESPN) | Louisville v. Cincinnati |
| December 16 | Healing
Orlando, Fla. |
3 p.m. (ESPN) | Troy vs UTSA |
| December 16 | Bahamas
Nassau, Bahamas |
11:30 a.m. (ESPN) | UAB vs Miami (OH) |
