The College Football Playoff, New Year's Six and the entire 2022-23 bowl schedule were released earlier this month, 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 Selection 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
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Jan. 9 | National Championship
Inglewood, Calif. | Title game | (1) Georgia 65, (3) TCU 7 |
Dec. 31 | Peach Bowl
Atlanta | Semifinal | (1) Georgia 42, (4) Ohio State 41 |
Dec. 31 | Fiesta Bowl
Glendale, Ariz. | Semifinal | (3) TCU 51, (2) Michigan 45 |
New Year's Six bowl games
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Jan. 2 | Rose
Pasadena, Calif. | Big Ten vs. Pac-12 | (11) Penn State 35, (8) Utah 21
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Jan. 2 | Cotton
Arlington, Tex. | at-large vs. at-large | (16) Tulane 46, (10) USC 45 |
Dec. 31 | Sugar
New Orleans | SEC vs. Big 12 | (5) Alabama 45, (9) Kansas State 20 |
Dec. 30 | Orange
Miami | ACC vs. SEC/B1G/ND | (6) Tennessee 31, (7) Clemson 14
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2022 Bowl Games
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| Jan. 2 | Citrus
Orlando, Fla.
| 1 p.m. (ABC) | LSU 63, Purdue 7 |
| Jan. 2 | ReliaQuest
Tampa, Fla.
| Noon (ESPN2) | Mississippi State 19, Illinois 10 |
| Dec. 31 | Music City Nashville, Tenn. | Noon (ABC) | Iowa 21, Kentucky 0 |
| Dec. 30 | Arizona
Tucson, Ariz.
| 4:30 p.m. (Barstool) | Ohio 30, Wyoming 27 (OT) |
| Dec. 30 | Gator
Jacksonville, Fla. | 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Notre Dame 45, South Carolina 38 |
| Dec. 30 | Sun
El Paso, Tex.
| 2 p.m. (CBS) | Pittsburgh 37, UCLA 35 |
| Dec. 30 | Duke's Mayo
Charlotte
| Noon (ESPN) | Maryland 16, NC State 12 |
| Dec. 29 | Alamo
San Antonio
| 9 p.m. (ESPN) | Washington 27, Texas 20 |
| Dec. 29 | Cheez-It
Orlando, Fla.
| 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)
| Florida State 35, Oklahoma 32 |
| Dec. 29 | Pinstripe
New York
| 2 p.m. (ESPN) | Minnesota 28, Syracuse 20 |
| Dec. 28 | Texas
Houston, Tex.
| 9 p.m. (ESPN) | Texas Tech 42, Ole Miss 25 |
| Dec. 28 | Holiday
San Diego, Calif.
| 8 p.m. (Fox) | Oregon 28, North Carolina 27 |
| Dec. 28 | Liberty
Memphis | 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Arkansas 55, Kansas 53 (3OT) |
| Dec. 28 | Military
Annapolis, Md. | 2 p.m. (ESPN) | Duke 30, UCF 13 |
| Dec. 27 | Guaranteed Rate
Phoenix, Ariz.
| 10:15 p.m. (ESPN)
| Wisconsin 24, Oklahoma State 17 |
| Dec. 27 | Birmingham
Birmingham, Ala.
| 6:45 p.m. (ESPN) | East Carolina 53, Coastal Carolina 29
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| Dec. 27 | First Responder
University Park, Tex. | 3:15 (ESPN) | Memphis 38, Utah State 10 |
| Dec. 27 | Camellia
Montgomery, Ala.
| Noon (ESPN) | Buffalo 23, Georgia Southern 21 |
| Dec. 26 | Quick Lane
Detroit, Mich.
| 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) | New Mexico State 24, Bowling Green 19
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| Dec. 24 | Hawai'i
Honolulu, Hawai'i
| 8 p.m. (ESPN) | Middle Tennessee 25, San Diego State 23 |
| Dec. 23 | Gasparilla
Tampa, Fla.
| 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Wake Forest 27, Missouri 17 |
| Dec. 23 | Independence
Shreveport, La. | 3 p.m. (ESPN) | Houston 23, Louisiana 16 |
| Dec. 22 | Armed Forces
Fort Worth, Tex.
| 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Air Force 30, Baylor 15 |
| Dec. 21 | New Orleans
New Orleans, La. | 9 p.m. (ESPN) | Western Kentucky 44 South Alabama 23 |
| Dec. 20 | Boca Raton
Boca Raton, Fla.
| 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Toledo 21, Liberty 19 |
| Dec. 20 | Famous Idaho Potato
Boise, Idaho
| 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Eastern Michigan 41, San Jose State 27 |
| Dec. 19 | Myrtle Beach
Conway, S.C.
| 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Marshall 28, UConn 14 |
| Dec. 17 | Frisco
Frisco, Tex.
| 9:15 p.m. (ESPN) | Boise State 35, North Texas 32 |
| Dec. 17 | Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nev. | 2:30 p.m. (ABC) | Oregon State 30, Florida 3 |
| Dec. 17 | LendingTree
Mobile, Ala.
| 5:45 p.m. (ESPN) | Southern Miss 38, Rice 24 |
| Dec. 17 | Jimmy Kimmel L.A.
Inglewood, Calif. | 3:30 p.m. (ABC) | Fresno State 29, Washington State 6 |
| Dec. 17 | New Mexico
Albuquerque, N.M.
| 2:15 p.m. (ESPN) | BYU 24, SMU 23 |
| Dec. 17 | Fenway
Boston, Mass. | 11 a.m. (ESPN) | Louisville 24, Cincinnati 7 |
| 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 |
