The full college football bowl schedule for the upcoming 2022 season was released Thursday and will feature 43 competitions spread over three weeks in December and January. The action begins December 16 with the Bahamas Bowl and continues through January 9 when a national college football playoff champion is crowned at SOFI Stadium in Inglewood, California.
Notable for the early schedule is a packed seven-game schedule on Saturday, December 17th. Since New Year’s Day falls on a Sunday, no bowls are scheduled for January 1, which makes for an odd quirk on a day that’s usually important in college football’s postseason. Instead, New Year’s Eve and January 2nd will be some of the biggest dates this postseason.
Both CFP semifinal games — the Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl — are scheduled for December 31, while the Cotton Bowl, Citrus Bowl and Rose Bowl will be played on January 2. Bowl participants will be announced on Sunday, December 4th after the conference’s championship games have been decided.
CBS will again broadcast the Sun Bowl on December 30 in El Paso, Texas.
Below is the entire bowl game schedule with dates, times and network affiliations. All information about bowl games is subject to change. All times are Eastern.
2022-23 college football bowl schedule
College Football Playoff
|
January 9th |
National Championship |
open (ESPN) |
encounters in the semifinals |
|
Dec 31 |
Peach Semifinals |
4 or 8 p.m. (ESPN) |
open minded |
|
Dec 31 |
Fiesta Semifinals |
4 or 8 p.m. (ESPN) |
open minded |
Selection Committee Bowling Games
|
Dec 30 |
orange |
7:30 or 8 p.m. (ESPN) |
ACC/ND vs Big Ten/SEC |
|
Dec 31 |
sugar |
Midday. (ESPN) |
SEC vs. Big 12 |
|
January 2nd |
rose |
5 p.m. (ESPN) |
Big Ten versus Pac-12 |
|
January 2nd |
Cotton |
1 p.m. (ESPN) |
At Large vs. At Large |
Other bowl games
| TBA | Vacation San Diego, California |
TBD (fox) | Pac-12 vs ACC |
| January 2nd | citrus Orlando, Fla. |
1 p.m. (ABC) | Big Ten vs. SEC/ACC/Notre Dame |
| January 2nd | Tampa Bay Tampa, Fla. |
Noon (ESPN2) | SEC versus Big Ten |
| Dec 31 | city of music
Nashville, Tennessee. |
noon (ABC) | SEC vs. Big Ten/ACC/Notre Dame |
| Dec 30 | Arizona Tucson, Ariz. |
4:30 p.m. (bar stool) | 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, Texas. |
2 p.m. (CBS) | ACC/Notre Dame vs. Pac-12 |
| Dec 30 | Mayo of the Duke Charlotte |
noon (ESPN) | ACC/Notre Dame vs SEC |
| December 29th | alamo San Antonio |
9 p.m. (ESPN) | Big 12 versus Pac-12 |
| December 29th | Cheez It Orlando, Fla. |
5:30 p.m. (ESPN) | ACC/Notre Dame vs. Big 12 |
| December 29th | pinstripes new York |
2 p.m. (ESPN) | ACC/Notre Dame vs. Big Ten |
| December 28th | Texas Houston, Texas. |
9 p.m. (ESPN) | Big 12 vs. SEC |
| December 28th | freedom memphis |
5:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Big 12 vs. SEC |
| December 28th | military Annapolis, Md. |
2 p.m. (ESPN) | ACC/Notre Dame vs Americans |
| December 27th | Phoenix Phoenix, Ariz. |
10:15 p.m. (ESPN) | Big 12 versus Big Ten |
| December 27th | Birmingham Birmingham, Ala. |
3:15 p.m. or 6:45 p.m. (ESPN) | SEC vs Americans |
| December 27th | First answerer University Park, Texas. |
3:15 p.m. or 6:45 p.m. (ESPN) | American/ACC/Big 12 |
| December 27th | camellia Montgomery, Ala. |
noon (ESPN) | MAC vs Sunbelt |
| December 26th | fast lane Detroit, Mich. |
2:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Big Ten vs MAC |
| December 24th | Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii |
8 p.m. (ESPN) | Mountain West vs. C-USA/Americans |
| 23rd of December | gas parilla Tampa, Fla. |
open (ESPN) | American/ACC/Notre Dame/SEC |
| 23rd of December | independence Shreveport, La. |
open (ESPN) | C-USA vs Army |
| December 22 | Armed Forces Fort Worth, Texas. |
7:30 p.m. (ESPN) | American vs. C-USA |
| 21 Dec |
New Orleans |
9 p.m. (ESPN) | Sun Belt vs. C-USA |
| 20 Dec | Boca Raton Boca Raton, Fla. |
7:30 p.m. (ESPN) | American/C-USA/MAC/Mountain West/Sun Belt |
| 20 Dec | Famous Idaho potato Boise, Idaho |
3:30 p.m. (ESPN) | Mountain West vs. MAC |
| 19 Dec | Myrtle Beach Conway, SC |
2:30 p.m. (ESPN) | American/MAC/Sunbelt |
| December 17th | Frico Frisko, Tex. |
9:15 p.m. (ESPN) | American/C-USA/MAC/Mountain West/Sun Belt |
| December 17th | Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nev. |
7:30 p.m. (ABC) | Pac-12 vs SEC |
| December 17th | rental tree Mobil, Al. |
5:45 p.m. (ESPN) | MAC vs Sunbelt |
| December 17th | Jimmy Kimmel LA Inglewood, California |
3:30 p.m. (ABC) | Pac-12 versus Mountain West |
| December 17th | New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico |
2:15 p.m. (ESPN) | American/C-USA/Mountain West |
| December 17th | far away Boston, Mass. |
11 a.m. (ESPN) | ACC/Notre Dame vs Americans |
| December 16th | cure
Orlando, Fla. |
3 p.m. (ESPN) | American/C-USA/MAC/Mountain West/Sun Belt |
| December 16th | Bahamas
Nassau, Bahamas |
11:30 a.m. (ESPN) | C-USA vs MAC |
