The full college football bowl game schedule for the upcoming 2022 season was released Thursday, and it features 43 contests spanning three weeks in December and January. Action begins on Dec. 16 with the Bahamas Bowl and runs through Jan. 9, when a College Football Playoff national champion will be crowned at SOFI Stadium in Inglewood, California.
Highlighting the early schedule is a loaded seven-game slate on Saturday, December 17. With New Year’s Day falling on a Sunday, there are no bowls scheduled for Jan. 1, which makes for a strange quirk on a day that is typically significant in college football’s postseason. Instead, New Year’s Eve and Jan. 2 will be among the biggest dates this postseason.
Both CFP semifinal games — the Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl — are set for Dec. 31, while the Cotton Bowl, Citrus Bowl and Rose Bowl will be played Jan. 2. Bowl participants will be unveiled on Sunday, December 4 after conference championship games have been decided.
CBS will once again carry the Sun Bowl on Dec. 30 in El Paso, Texas.
Below is the entire schedule for bowl games with dates, times and network affiliations. All information regarding bowl games is subject to change. All times are Eastern.
2022-23 college football bowl schedule
College Football Playoffs
|
Jan 9 |
National Championship |
T.B.D. (ESPN) |
semi-final matchup |
|
Dec 31 |
peach semi-final |
4 or 8 p.m. (ESPN) |
TBD |
|
Dec 31 |
semifinal party |
4 or 8 p.m. (ESPN) |
TBD |
Selection committee bowl games
|
Dec 30 |
Orange |
7:30 or 8 p.m. (ESPN) |
ACC/ND vs. Big Ten/SEC |
|
Dec 31 |
Sugar |
Noon. (ESPN) |
SEC vs. Big 12 |
|
Jan 2 |
Rose |
5 p.m. (ESPN) |
Big Ten vs. Pac-12 |
|
Jan 2 |
Cotton |
1 p.m. (ESPN) |
At-Large vs. At-Large |
Other bowl games
| TBA | holidays San Diego, Calif. |
TBD (Fox) | Pac-12 vs. ACC |
| Jan 2 | Citrus Orlando, Fla. |
1 pm (ABC) | Big Ten vs. SEC/ACC/Notre Dame |
| Jan 2 | Tampa Bay Tampa, Fla. |
Noon (ESPN2) | SEC vs. Big Ten |
| Dec 31 | Music City
Nashville, Tenn. |
Noon (ABC) | SEC vs. Big Ten/ACC/Notre Dame |
| Dec 30 | Arizona Tucson, Arizona. |
4:30 p.m. (Barstool) | Mountain West vs. MAC |
| Dec 31 | TaxSlayer Jacksonville, Fla. |
3:30 p.m. (ESPN) | SEC vs. Big Ten/ACC/Notre Dame |
| Dec 30 | Tony the Tiger El Paso, Tex. |
2 p.m. (CBS) | ACC/Notre Dame vs. Pac-12 |
| Dec 30 | Duke’s Mayo charlotte |
Noon (ESPN) | ACC/Notre Dame vs. SEQ |
| Dec 29 | Poplar Saint Anthony |
9 p.m. (ESPN) | Big 12 vs. Pac-12 |
| Dec 29 | Cheez-It Orlando, Fla. |
5:30 p.m. (ESPN) | ACC/Notre Dame vs. Big 12 |
| Dec 29 | pinstripe New York |
2 p.m. (ESPN) | ACC/Notre Dame vs. Big Ten |
| Dec 28 | Texas Houston, Tex. |
9 p.m. (ESPN) | Big 12 vs. SEQ |
| Dec 28 | Liberty memphis |
5:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Big 12 vs. SEQ |
| Dec 28 | Army Annapolis, Md. |
2 p.m. (ESPN) | ACC/Notre Dame vs. American |
| Dec 27 | phoenix Phoenix, Arizona. |
10:15 p.m. (ESPN) | Big 12 vs. Big Ten |
| Dec 27 | birmingham Birmingham, Ala. |
3:15 or 6:45 p.m. (ESPN) | SEC vs. American |
| Dec 27 | First Responder University Park, Tex. |
3:15 or 6:45 p.m. (ESPN) | American/ACC/Big 12 |
| Dec 27 | camellia Montgomery, Ala. |
Noon (ESPN) | MAC vs. Sun Belt |
| Dec 26 | quick lane Detroit, Mich. |
2:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Big Ten vs. MAC |
| Dec 24 | Hawaiian Honolulu, Hawaii |
8 p.m. (ESPN) | Mountain West vs. C-USA/American |
| Dec 23 | Gasparilla Tampa, Fla. |
T.B.D. (ESPN) | American/ACC/Notre Dame/SEC |
| Dec 23 | Independence Shreveport, La. |
T.B.D. (ESPN) | C-USA vs. Army |
| Dec 22 | Armed Forces Fort Worth,Tex. |
7:30 p.m. (ESPN) | American vs. C-USA |
| Dec 21 |
New Orleans |
9 p.m. (ESPN) | Sun Belt vs. C-USA |
| Dec 20 | Boca Raton Boca Raton, Fla. |
7:30 p.m. (ESPN) | American/C-USA/MAC/Mountain West/Sun Belt |
| Dec 20 | Famous Idaho Potato Boise, Idaho |
3:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Mountain West vs. MAC |
| Dec 19 | Myrtle Beach Conway, S.C. |
2:30 p.m. (ESPN) | American/MAC/Sun Belt |
| Dec 17 | frisco Frisco, Tex. |
9:15 p.m. (ESPN) | American/C-USA/MAC/Mountain West/Sun Belt |
| Dec 17 | Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nev. |
7:30 p.m. (ABC) | Pac-12 vs. SEQ |
| Dec 17 | LendingTree Mobile, Ala. |
5:45 p.m. (ESPN) | MAC vs. Sun Belt |
| Dec 17 | Jimmy Kimmel LA Inglewood, Calif. |
3:30 p.m. (ABC) | Pac-12 vs. Mountain West |
| Dec 17 | new Mexico Albuquerque, NM |
2:15 p.m. (ESPN) | American/C-USA/Mountain West |
| Dec 17 | Fenway Boston, Mass. |
11 a.m. (ESPN) | ACC/Notre Dame vs. American |
| Dec 16 | cure
Orlando, Fla. |
3 p.m. (ESPN) | American/C-USA/MAC/Mountain West/Sun Belt |
| Dec 16 | Bahamas
Nassau, Bahamas |
11:30 a.m. (ESPN) | C-USA vs. MAC |