The schedule for the 2022–23 bowl games is below. All times are
EST (
UTC−5). Note that
Division II bowls and
Division III bowls are not included here. The bowl schedule was released May 26, 2022.
College Football Playoff and National Championship Game The
College Football Playoff system is used to determine a national championship of Division I FBS college football. A 13-member committee of experts
ranked the top 25 teams in the nation after each of the last seven weeks of the regular season. The top four teams in the final ranking are then seeded in a single-elimination semifinal round, with the winners advancing to the National Championship game. The semifinal games for the 2022 season were the
Fiesta Bowl and the
Peach Bowl. Both were played on December 31, 2022, as part of a yearly rotation of three pairs of two bowls, commonly referred to as the
New Year's Six bowl games. The winners advanced to the
2023 College Football Playoff National Championship on January 9, 2023. , site of the
National Championship game Each of the games in the following table was televised by
ESPN.
Non CFP bowl games Bowl changes • The
Bahamas Bowl is now sponsored by HomeTown Lenders. • The game formerly known as the Outback Bowl was renamed as the
ReliaQuest Bowl, following the end of sponsorship by
Outback Steakhouse. • The
Cure Bowl is now sponsored by
Duluth Trading Company. • The
Fiesta Bowl is now sponsored by
Vrbo. • The
Pinstripe Bowl is now sponsored by Bad Boy Mowers. • The
Citrus Bowl is now sponsored by
Kellogg's through its
Cheez-It brand. • The
Frisco Football Classic was not played, as it was a temporary replacement to accommodate all 84
bowl-eligible teams of the
2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
Bowl schedule Rankings are per the final
CFP rankings that were released on December 4. Source:
FCS bowl game The
Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) has one bowl game. The FCS also has a postseason
bracket tournament that culminates in the
2023 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game.
All-star games Each of these games features college seniors, or players whose college football eligibility is ending, who are individually invited by game organizers. These games are scheduled to follow the team-competitive bowls, to allow players selected from bowl teams to participate. The all-star games may include some players from non-FBS programs. The
HBCU Legacy Bowl features players from
historically black colleges and universities (HBCU). Most HBCU football programs compete in the
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) or the
Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), which are part of
FCS. ==Team selections==