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 – February 25, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National Championship | 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location of Championship | SoFi Stadium Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022–23 NCAA football bowl games are a series of college football games scheduled to complete the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Team-competitive games will conclude with the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship scheduled for January 9, 2023, while the all-star portion of the schedule will end on February 25, 2023.[1]
Schedule
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.
Conferences listed in the Affiliations column reflect agreements between bowl organizers and athletic conferences, often referred to as "tie-ins". These are subject to change, due to bowl eligibility and other considerations.
College Football Playoff and National Championship Game
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 are the Fiesta Bowl and the Peach Bowl. Both will be played 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 advance to the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship on January 9, 2023.
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Each of the games in the following table will be televised by ESPN.
| Date | Game | Site, Time (EST) | Teams | Affiliations | Results |
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| Dec. 30 | Orange Bowl | Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida 8:00 p.m. |
ACC SEC/Big Ten/Notre Dame |
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| Dec. 31 | Sugar Bowl | Caesars Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana 12:00 pm |
Big 12 SEC |
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| Peach Bowl (Playoff Semifinal Game) |
Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia 4:00/8:00 p.m. |
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| Fiesta Bowl (Playoff Semifinal Game) |
State Farm Stadium Glendale, Arizona 4:00/8:00 p.m. |
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| Jan. 2 | Cotton Bowl Classic | AT&T Stadium Arlington, Texas 1:00 pm |
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| Rose Bowl | Rose Bowl Pasadena, California 5:00 pm |
Big Ten Pac-12 |
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| Jan. 9 | College Football Playoff National Championship (Peach Bowl Winner vs. Fiesta Bowl Winner) |
SoFi Stadium Inglewood, California 7:30 p.m. |
Non CFP bowl games
Bowl changes
- The Bahamas Bowl is now sponsored by HomeTown Lenders.[2]
- The game formerly known as the Outback Bowl was renamed as the ReliaQuest Bowl, following the end of sponsorship by Outback Steakhouse.[3]
- The Cure Bowl is now sponsored by Duluth Trading Company.[4]
- The Fiesta Bowl is now sponsored by Vrbo.[5]
- The Pinstripe Bowl is now sponsored by Bad Boy Mowers.[6]
- The Citrus Bowl is now sponsored by Kellogg's through its Cheez-It brand.[7]
- The Frisco Football Classic will not be taking place this year, as it was a temporary replacement to accommodate all 84 bowl-eligible teams.
Bowl schedule / results
In the below table, affiliations reflect conference tie-ins; actual participants may differ, due to bowl eligibility or other factors. Rankings are per the final CFP rankings that are scheduled to be released on December 4.
FCS bowl game
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 | Game | Site | Television | Participants | Affiliations | Results | References |
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| Dec. 17 | Celebration Bowl | Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia 12:00 pm |
ABC | North Carolina Central Eagles (9–2) TBD |
MEAC SWAC |
TBD TBD |
All-star games
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 | Game | Site | Television | Participants | Results | Ref. |
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| Jan. 14 | Hula Bowl | FBC Mortgage Stadium Orlando, Florida 12:00 pm |
CBS Sports Network | Team Kai Team Aina |
Kai Aina |
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| Jan. 21 | Tropical Bowl | Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida TBD |
Varsity Sports Network | American Team National Team |
American National |
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| Jan. 28 | NFLPA Collegiate Bowl | Rose Bowl Pasadena, California TBD |
NFL Network | National Team American Team |
National American |
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| Feb. 2 | East–West Shrine Bowl | Allegiant Stadium Paradise, Nevada TBD |
West Team East Team |
West East |
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| Feb. 4 | Senior Bowl | Hancock Whitney Stadium Mobile, Alabama TBD |
National Team American Team |
National American |
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| Feb. 25 | HBCU Legacy Bowl | Yulman Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana TBD |
Team Gaither Team Robinson |
Gaither Robinson |
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Team selections
CFP top 25 standings and bowl games
The College Football Playoff (CFP) selection committee is scheduled to announce its final team rankings for the season on December 4, 2022. It will be the ninth season of the CFP era.
Conference champions' bowl games
Ranks are per the final CFP rankings, released on December 4, with win–loss records at that time. 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 or North Carolina | |||
| American | Tulane or UCF | |||
| Big 12 | Kansas State or TCU | |||
| Big Ten | Michigan or Purdue | |||
| C-USA | North Texas or UTSA | |||
| MAC | Ohio or Toledo | |||
| Mountain West | Boise State or Fresno State | |||
| Pac-12 | USC or Utah | |||
| SEC | Georgia or LSU | |||
| Sun Belt | Coastal Carolina or Troy |
Bowl-eligible teams
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 semi-final 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.
- ACC (9): Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Louisville, NC State, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Wake Forest
- American (7): Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, SMU, Tulane, UCF
- Big Ten (9): Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin
- Big 12 (8): Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech
- C-USA (5): Middle Tennessee, North Texas, UAB, UTSA, Western Kentucky
- MAC (5): Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Miami (OH), Ohio, Toledo
- Mountain West (7): Air Force, Boise State, Fresno State, San Diego State, San Jose State, Utah State, Wyoming
- Pac-12 (7): Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington, Washington State
- SEC (11): Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee
- Sun Belt (7): Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Louisiana, Marshall, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Troy
- Independent (5): BYU, Liberty, New Mexico State,[b] Notre Dame, UConn
Number of bowl berths available: 82
Number of bowl-eligible teams: 80
Team that must win their final game for bowl eligibility
Bowl-ineligible teams
- ACC (5): Boston College, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), Virginia, Virginia Tech
- American (4): Navy, South Florida, Temple, Tulsa
- Big Ten (5): Indiana, Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern, Rutgers
- Big 12 (2): Iowa State, West Virginia
- C-USA (6): Charlotte, FIU, Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Rice,[c] UTEP
- MAC (6): Akron, Ball State, Central Michigan, Kent State, Northern Illinois, Western Michigan
- Mountain West (5): Colorado State, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, UNLV
- Pac-12 (5): Arizona, Arizona State, California, Colorado, Stanford
- SEC (3): Auburn, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
- Sun Belt (7): Appalachian State,[d] Arkansas State, Georgia State, James Madison,[e] Louisiana–Monroe, Old Dominion, Texas State
- Independent (2): Army,[f] UMass
Number of bowl-ineligible teams: 50
Venues
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).[13] 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).[14] With the exception of the Bahamas Bowl in The Bahamas,[15] all bowls will be played within the United States.
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Venues with a number and an x host multiple bowl games.
CFP bowls
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:[13]
- State Farm Stadium in Glendale: Venue for the 2022 Fiesta Bowl that featured one of the semi-final pairings.
- Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta: Venue for the 2022 Peach Bowl that featured one of the semi-final pairings.
- AT&T Stadium in Arlington: Venue for the 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic that featured two of the four highest non-Top 4 and non-NY6 bid conference affiliated.
- Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens: Venue for the 2022 Orange Bowl that featured two of the four highest non-Top 4 and non-NY6 bid conference affiliated.
- Rose Bowl in Pasadena: Venue for the 2023 Rose Bowl that featured the highest non-top 4 conference finishers from the Big Ten and Pac-12.
- Caesars Superdome in New Orleans: Venue for the 2022 Sugar Bowl that featured the highest non-top 4 conference finishers from the SEC and Big 12.
The National Championship will be played at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.[13]
| 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 | |
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| Pasadena (Los Angeles area) |
Venues of the 2022 New Year's Six Bowls Source: College Football Playoff[13] | ||
| Rose Bowl | |||
| Capacity: 92,542 | |||
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| 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 | |
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Notes
- ^ 42 FBS bowl games, including the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, and 1 FCS bowl game.
- ^ Despite a 5–6 record and having played two FCS opponents this season (one won against, one to be played December 3), the NCAA granted a waiver for New Mexico State to go to a bowl game.[12]
- ^ Rice is currently the top 5–7 team to be selected for a bowl game if there are not enough bowl-eligible teams.
- ^ Despite having a 6–6 record, Appalachian State is bowl-ineligible due to having 2 wins over FCS teams.
- ^ James Madison is bowl-ineligible due to their transition from FCS.
- ^ Army is bowl-ineligible due to having 2 wins over FCS teams and failing to reach 7 wins.
References
- ^ "Dates Announced for College Football Playoff Games through 2026". College Football Playoff. August 30, 2018.
- ^ "HOMETOWN LENDERS NAMED TITLE SPONSOR OF BAHAMAS BOWL". bahamasbowl.com. May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
- ^ Baker, Matt (June 9, 2022). "Tampa's Outback Bowl has a new name: the ReliaQuest Bowl". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
- ^ "Duluth Trading Company Named Title Sponsor of 2022 Cure Bowl in Orlando". espnevents.com (Press release). June 29, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
- ^ "VRBO BECOMES NEW TITLE PARTNER FOR NEWLY-NAMED VRBO FIESTA BOWL". fiestabowl.org. July 25, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
- ^ "Bad Boy Mowers becomes new Pinstripe Bowl title partner; game now known as Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl". MLB.com. August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- ^ Champion, Brandan (November 15, 2022). "Cheez-It becomes official sponsor of Citrus Bowl featuring Big Ten vs. SEC". mlive.com. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ "LendingTree Bowl Moving to Hancock Whitney Stadium". LendingTreeBowl.com. November 12, 2021. Archived from the original on November 12, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
- ^ "2022-23 Bowl Schedule". bowlseason.com.
- ^ McMurphy, Brett (October 12, 2022). "College Football Bowl Projections for Week 7: Brett McMurphy's Predictions With Projected Spreads". actionnetwork.com.
- ^ "HBCU Legacy Bowl". hbculegacybowl.com. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
- ^ Rittenberg, Adam (December 1, 2022). "New Mexico State (5-6) granted waiver to play in bowl game". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "College Football Playoff Games Schedule". College Football Playoff. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
- ^ "College football bowl game schedule for 2021-22: Dates, times". ESPN. January 5, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
- ^ "About The Bahamas Bowl". Bahamas Bowl. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
Further reading
- "FBS (I-A) Conference Schedule". ESPN.com. 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2022.