The College Football Playoff, 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. Though 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 playoff, 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.
Be sure to follow along with the CBS Sports college football bowl games live blog for all the scores and highlights from the 2022-23 postseason action.
College Football Playoff
|
Jan. 9 |
National Championship |
Title game | Semifinal winners |
|
Dec. 31 |
Peach Bowl |
Semifinal |
(1) Georgia vs. (4) Ohio State |
|
Dec. 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 |
|
Dec. 31 |
Sugar |
SEC vs. Big 12 |
(5) Alabama vs. (9) Kansas State |
|
Dec. 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 |
| Dec. 31 | Music City
Nashville, Tenn. |
Noon (ABC) | Iowa vs. Kentucky |
| Dec. 30 | Arizona Tucson, Ariz. |
4:30 p.m. (Barstool) | Ohio vs. Wyoming |
| Dec. 30 | Gator Jacksonville, Fla. |
3:30 p.m. (ESPN) | South Carolina vs. Notre Dame |
| Dec. 30 | Sun El Paso, Tex. |
2 p.m. (CBS) | Pittsburgh vs. UCLA |
| Dec. 30 | Duke’s Mayo Charlotte |
Noon (ESPN) | Maryland vs. NC State |
| Dec. 29 | Alamo San Antonio |
9 p.m. (ESPN) | Texas vs. Washington |
| Dec. 29 | Cheez-It Orlando, Fla. |
5:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Florida State vs. Oklahoma |
| Dec. 29 | Pinstripe New York |
2 p.m. (ESPN) | Syracuse vs. Minnesota |
| Dec. 28 | Texas Houston, Tex. |
9 p.m. (ESPN) | Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss |
| Dec. 28 | Holiday San Diego, Calif. |
8 p.m. (Fox) | North Carolina vs. Oregon |
| Dec. 28 | Liberty Memphis |
5:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Arkansas vs. Kansas |
| Dec. 28 | Military Annapolis, Md. |
2 p.m. (ESPN) | Duke vs. UCF |
| Dec. 27 | Guaranteed Rate Phoenix, Ariz. |
10:15 p.m. (ESPN) | Wisconsin vs. Oklahoma State |
| Dec. 27 | Birmingham Birmingham, Ala. |
6:45 p.m. (ESPN) | East Carolina vs. Coastal Carolina |
| Dec. 27 | First Responder University Park, Tex. |
3:15 (ESPN) | Utah State vs. Memphis |
| Dec. 27 | Camellia Montgomery, Ala. |
Noon (ESPN) | Buffalo vs. Georgia Southern |
| Dec. 26 | Quick Lane Detroit, Mich. |
2:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Bowling Green vs. New Mexico State |
| Dec. 24 | Hawai’i Honolulu, Hawai’i |
8 p.m. (ESPN) | San Diego State vs. Middle Tennessee |
| Dec. 23 | Gasparilla Tampa, Fla. |
6:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Missouri vs. Wake Forest |
| Dec. 23 | Independence Shreveport, La. |
3 p.m. (ESPN) | Houston vs. Louisiana |
| Dec. 22 | Armed Forces Fort Worth, Tex. |
7:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Baylor vs. Air Force |
| Dec. 21 |
New Orleans |
9 p.m. (ESPN) | Western Kentucky vs. South Alabama |
| Dec. 20 | Boca Raton Boca Raton, Fla. |
7:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Toledo vs. Liberty |
| Dec. 20 | Famous Idaho Potato Boise, Idaho |
3:30 p.m. (ESPN) | San Jose State vs. Eastern Michigan |
| Dec. 19 | Myrtle Beach Conway, S.C. |
2:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Marshall vs. UConn |
| Dec. 17 | Frisco Frisco, Tex. |
9:15 p.m. (ESPN) | North Texas vs. Boise State |
| Dec. 17 | Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nev. |
2:30 p.m. (ABC) | Florida vs. Oregon State |
| Dec. 17 | LendingTree Mobile, Ala. |
5:45 p.m. (ESPN) | Southern Miss vs. Rice |
| Dec. 17 | Jimmy Kimmel L.A. Inglewood, Calif. |
3:30 p.m. (ABC) | Washington State vs. Fresno State |
| Dec. 17 | New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. |
2:15 p.m. (ESPN) | BYU vs. SMU |
| Dec. 17 | Fenway Boston, Mass. |
11 a.m. (ESPN) | Louisville vs. Cincinnati |
| Dec. 16 | Cure
Orlando, Fla. |
3 p.m. (ESPN) | Troy 18, UTSA 12 |
| Dec. 16 | Bahamas
Nassau, Bahamas |
11:30 a.m. (ESPN) | UAB 24, Miami (OH) 20 |