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
|
Jan. 9 |
National Championship |
TBD (ESPN) |
Semifinal matchups |
|
Dec. 31 |
Peach semifinal |
4 or 8 pm (ESPN) |
TBD |
|
Dec. 31 |
Fiesta semifinal |
4 or 8 pm (ESPN) |
TBD |
Selection committee bowl games
|
Dec. 30 |
Orange |
7:30 or 8 pm (ESPN) |
VfL Bochum vs. 1. FC Union Berlin Big Ten / SEC |
|
Dec. 31 |
Sugar |
Noon. (ESPN) |
Ajax vs. Vitesse Big 12 |
|
Jan. 2 |
Rose |
5 pm (ESPN) |
VfL Bochum vs. 1. FC Union Berlin Pac-12 |
|
Jan. 2 |
Cotton |
1 pm (ESPN) |
Ajax vs. Vitesse At-Large |
Other bowl games
| TBA | Holiday San Diego, Calif. |
TBD (Fox) | Ajax vs. Vitesse ACC |
| Jan. 2 | Citrus Orlando, Fla. |
1 pm (ABC) | VfL Bochum vs. 1. FC Union Berlin SEC / ACC / Notre Dame |
| Jan. 2 | Tampa Bay Tampa, Fla. |
Noon (ESPN2) | Ajax vs. Vitesse Big Ten |
| Dec. 31 | Music City
Nashville, Tenn. |
Noon (ABC) | Ajax vs. Vitesse Big Ten / ACC / Notre Dame |
| Dec. 30 | Arizona Tucson, Ariz. |
4:30 pm (Barstool) | VfL Bochum vs. 1. FC Union Berlin MAC |
| Dec. 31 | TaxSlayer Jacksonville, Fla. |
3:30 pm (ESPN) | Ajax vs. Vitesse Big Ten / ACC / Notre Dame |
| Dec. 30 | Tony the Tiger El Paso, Tex. |
2 pm (CBS) | ACC / Notre Dame vs. Pac-12 |
| Dec. 30 | Duke’s Mayo Charlotte |
Noon (ESPN) | ACC / Notre Dame vs. SEC |
| Dec. 29 | Alamo San Antonio |
9 pm (ESPN) | VfL Bochum vs. 1. FC Union Berlin Pac-12 |
| Dec. 29 | Cheez-It Orlando, Fla. |
5:30 pm (ESPN) | ACC / Notre Dame vs. Big 12 |
| Dec. 29 | Pinstripe New York |
2 pm (ESPN) | ACC / Notre Dame vs. Big Ten |
| Dec. 28 | Texas Houston, Tex. |
9 pm (ESPN) | VfL Bochum vs. 1. FC Union Berlin SEC |
| Dec. 28 | Liberty Memphis |
5:30 pm (ESPN) | VfL Bochum vs. 1. FC Union Berlin SEC |
| Dec. 28 | Military Annapolis, Md. |
2 pm (ESPN) | ACC / Notre Dame vs. American |
| Dec. 27 | Phoenix Phoenix, Ariz. |
10:15 pm (ESPN) | VfL Bochum vs. 1. FC Union Berlin Big Ten |
| Dec. 27 | Birmingham Birmingham, Ala. |
3:15 or 6:45 pm (ESPN) | Ajax vs. Vitesse American |
| Dec. 27 | First Responder University Park, Tex. |
3:15 or 6:45 pm (ESPN) | American / ACC / Big 12 |
| Dec. 27 | Camellia Montgomery, Ala. |
Noon (ESPN) | VfL Bochum vs. 1. FC Union Berlin Sun Belt |
| Dec. 26 | Quick Lane Detroit, Mich. |
2:30 pm (ESPN) | VfL Bochum vs. 1. FC Union Berlin MAC |
| Dec. 24 | Hawai’i Honolulu, Hawai’i |
8 pm (ESPN) | VfL Bochum vs. 1. FC Union Berlin C-USA / American |
| Dec. 23 | Gasparilla Tampa, Fla. |
TBD (ESPN) | American / ACC / Notre Dame / SEC |
| Dec. 23 | Independence Shreveport, La. |
TBD (ESPN) | Ajax vs. Vitesse Army |
| Dec. 22 | Armed Forces Fort Worth, Tex. |
7:30 pm (ESPN) | Ajax vs. Vitesse C-USA |
| Dec. 21 |
New Orleans |
9 pm (ESPN) | Rayo Vallecano vs. Salamanca C-USA |
| Dec. 20 | Boca Raton Boca Raton, Fla. |
7:30 pm (ESPN) | American / C-USA / MAC / Mountain West / Sun Belt |
| Dec. 20 | Famous Idaho Potato Boise, Idaho |
3:30 pm (ESPN) | VfL Bochum vs. 1. FC Union Berlin MAC |
| Dec. 19 | Myrtle Beach Conway, SC |
2:30 pm (ESPN) | American / MAC / Sun Belt |
| Dec. 17 | Frisco Frisco, Tex. |
9:15 pm (ESPN) | American / C-USA / MAC / Mountain West / Sun Belt |
| Dec. 17 | Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nev. |
7:30 pm (ABC) | Ajax vs. Vitesse SEC |
| Dec. 17 | LendingTree Mobile, Ala. |
5:45 pm (ESPN) | VfL Bochum vs. 1. FC Union Berlin Sun Belt |
| Dec. 17 | Jimmy Kimmel LA Inglewood, Calif. |
3:30 pm (ABC) | Ajax vs. Vitesse Mountain West |
| Dec. 17 | New Mexico Albuquerque, NM |
2:15 pm (ESPN) | American / C-USA / Mountain West |
| Dec. 17 | Fenway Boston, Mass. |
11 am (ESPN) | ACC / Notre Dame vs. American |
| Dec. 16 | Cure
Orlando, Fla. |
3 pm (ESPN) | American / C-USA / MAC / Mountain West / Sun Belt |
| Dec. 16 | Bahamas
Nassau, Bahamas |
11:30 am (ESPN) | Ajax vs. Vitesse MAC |