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 Playoff
| Date | Bowl | Time (TV) | Matchup |
|---|---|---|---|
Jan. 9 | National Championship | TBD (ESPN) | Semifinal matchups |
Dec. 31 | Peach semifinal | 4 or 8 p.m. (ESPN) | TBD |
Dec. 31 | Fiesta semifinal | 4 or 8 p.m. (ESPN) | TBD |
Selection committee bowl games
| Date | Bowl | Time (TV) | Matchup |
|---|---|---|---|
Dec. 30 | Orange | 7:30 or 8 p.m. (ESPN) | ACC vs. Big Ten/SEC/ND |
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
| Date | Bowl | Time (TV) | Matchup |
|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | Holiday San Diego, Calif. | TBD (Fox) | Pac-12 vs. ACC |
| Jan. 2 | Citrus Orlando, Fla. | 1 p.m. (ABC) | Big Ten vs. SEC |
| Jan. 2 | Tampa Bay Tampa, Fla. | Noon (ESPN2) | SEC vs. Big Ten/ACC |
| Dec. 31 | Music City Nashville, Tenn. | Noon (ABC) | SEC vs. Big Ten/ND |
| Dec. 30 | Arizona Tucson, Ariz. | 4:30 p.m. (Barstool) | Mountain West vs. MAC |
| Dec. 31 | TaxSlayer Jacksonville, Fla. | 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) | SEC vs. ACC/ND |
| 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. Big Ten |
| Dec. 29 | Alamo San Antonio | 9 p.m. (ESPN) | Big 12 vs. Pac-12 |
| Dec. 29 | Cheez-It Orlando, Fla. | 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) | ACC/ND vs. Big 12 |
| Dec. 29 | Pinstripe New York | 2 p.m. (ESPN) | ACC/ND vs. Big Ten |
| Dec. 28 | Texas Houston, Tex. | 9 p.m. (ESPN) | Big 12 vs. SEC |
| Dec. 28 | Liberty Memphis | 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Big 12 vs. SEC |
| Dec. 28 | Military Annapolis, Md. | 2 p.m. (ESPN) | ACC/ND vs. American |
| Dec. 27 | Guaranteed Rate Phoenix, Ariz. | 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. ACC/American/CUSA |
| Dec. 27 | First Responder University Park, Tex. | 3:15 or 6:45 p.m. (ESPN) | Big 12 vs. ACC/American/CUSA |
| 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 | Hawai'i Honolulu, Hawai'i | 8 p.m. (ESPN) | Mountain West vs. C-USA |
| Dec. 23 | Gasparilla Tampa, Fla. | TBD (ESPN) | SEC vs ACC/American/CUSA |
| Dec. 23 | Independence Shreveport, La. | TBD (ESPN) | American 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/MW/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/MW/Sun Belt |
| Dec. 17 | Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nev. | 7:30 p.m. (ABC) | Pac-12 vs. SEC |
| Dec. 17 | LendingTree Mobile, Ala. | 5:45 p.m. (ESPN) | MAC vs. Sun Belt |
| Dec. 17 | Jimmy Kimmel L.A. Inglewood, Calif. | 3:30 p.m. (ABC) | Pac-12 vs. Mountain West |
| Dec. 17 | New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. | 2:15 p.m. (ESPN) | American/C-USA/MW |
| 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/MW/Sun Belt |
| Dec. 16 | Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas | 11:30 a.m. (ESPN) | C-USA vs. MAC |
