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2022–23 NCAA football bowl games

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 18, 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.

Each of the games in the following table will be televised by ESPN.

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]

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.

Source:^[8]

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.

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.

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.

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 (5): Clemson, North Carolina, NC State, Syracuse, Wake Forest
• American (3): Cincinnati, East Carolina, Tulane
• Big Ten (5): Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State
• Big 12 (2): Oklahoma State, TCU
• C-USA (1): UTSA
• MAC (2): Winner of ToledovsEastern Michigan football game on October 29, Winner of BuffalovsOhio football game on November 1
• Mountain West (TBD): TBD
• Pac-12 (6): Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington
• SEC (5): Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, Tennessee
• Sun Belt (2): Coastal Carolina, Troy
• Independent (1): Liberty

Number of bowl berths available: 82
Number of bowl-eligible teams: 32

Teams one win away from bowl eligibility

• ACC (1): Duke
• American (1): UCF
• Big Ten (2): Purdue, Winner of RutgersvsMinnesota football game on October 29
• Big 12 (4): Kansas, Kansas State, Texas, Winner of Texas TechvsBaylor football game on October 29
• Conference USA (1): Western Kentucky
• MAC (4): Buffalo, Eastern Michigan, Ohio, Toledo
• Mountain West (3): Air Force, Boise State, Wyoming
• Pac-12 (0):
• SEC (3): Kentucky, Mississippi State, South Carolina
• Sun Belt (3): Georgia Southern, South Alabama, Southern Miss
• Independent (0):

Number of teams one win from bowl eligibility: 22

Teams two wins away from bowl eligibility

• ACC (4): Florida State, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Winner of VirginiavsMiami FL football game on October 29
• American (3): Houston, Memphis, Winner of SMUvsTulsa football game on October 29
• Big 12 (3): Baylor, Oklahoma, Texas Tech
• Big Ten (3): Minnesota, Rutgers, Wisconsin
• Conference USA (5): FIU, North Texas, Rice, UAB, UTEP
• MAC (2): Ball State, Bowling Green
• Mountain West (3): San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV
• Pac-12 (1): Washington State
• SEC (2): Arkansas, Florida
• Sun Belt (3): Appalachian State, Louisiana, Marshall
• Independents (2): BYU, Notre Dame

Number of teams two wins away from bowl eligibility: 31

Teams two losses away from bowl ineligibility

• ACC (1): Boston College
• American (2): Navy, Temple
• Big Ten (1): Indiana
• Big 12 (0):
• C-USA (1): Florida Atlantic
• MAC (3): Kent State, Miami (OH), Western Michigan
• Mountain West (2): Colorado State, Utah State
• Pac-12 (1): Arizona State
• SEC (1): Vanderbilt
• Sun Belt (3): Arkansas State, Georgia State, Texas State
• Independent (4): Army, BYU, New Mexico State, UConn

Number of teams two losses from bowl ineligibility: 20

Teams one loss away from bowl ineligibility

• ACC (1): Virginia Tech
• American (2): South Florida, Loser of NavyvsTemple football game on October 29
• Big Ten (1): Northwestern
• Big 12 (0):
• C-USA (1): Louisiana Tech
• MAC (2): Central Michigan, Northern Illinois
• Mountain West (3): Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico
• Pac-12 (1): Colorado
• SEC (0):
• Sun Belt (2): Arkansas State, UL Monroe
• Independent (1): UMass

Number of teams one loss from bowl ineligibility: 13

Bowl-ineligible teams

• ACC (TBD): TBD
• American (TBD): TBD
• Big Ten (TBD): TBD
• Big 12 (TBD): TBD
• C-USA (1): Charlotte
• MAC (2): Akron, Loser of Northern IllinoisvsCentral Michigan football game on November 2
• Mountain West (TBD): TBD
• Pac-12 (TBD): TBD
• SEC (TBD): TBD
• Sun Belt (1): James Madison (FCS transition)
• Independent (TBD): TBD

Number of bowl-ineligible teams: 4

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).^[10] 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 BowlonFox, Sun BowlonCBS and Arizona BowlonBarstool Sports).^[11] With the exception of the Bahamas BowlinThe Bahamas,^[12] all bowls will be played within the United States.

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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:^[10]

• State Farm StadiuminGlendale: Venue for the 2022 Fiesta Bowl that featured one of the semi-final pairings.
• Mercedes-Benz StadiuminAtlanta: Venue for the 2022 Peach Bowl that featured one of the semi-final pairing.
• AT&T StadiuminArlington: Venue for the 2022 Cotton Bowl Classic that featured two of the four highest non-Top 4 and non-NY6 bid conference affiliated.
• Hard Rock StadiuminMiami Gardens: Venue for the 2022 Orange Bowl that featured two of the four highest non-Top 4 and non-NY6 bid conference affiliated.
• Rose BowlinPasadena: Venue for the 2023 Rose Bowl that featured the highest non-top 4 conference finishers from the Big Ten and Pac-12.
• Caesars SuperdomeinNew 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 StadiuminLos Angeles.^[10]

Glendale (Phoenix area)	Atlanta	New Orleans
State Farm Stadium	Mercedes-Benz Stadium	Caesars Superdome
Capacity: 78,600	Capacity: 75,000	Capacity: 76,468
Pasadena (Los Angeles area)	Glendale Atlanta _Pasadena New Orleans Arlington Inglewood Miami Gardens Venues of the 2022 New Year's Six Bowls Source: College Football Playoff[10]
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

Notes

References

Further reading

• "FBS (I-A) Conference Schedule". ESPN.com. 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2022.

External links

• College Football Playoff website