2022–23 College Football Playoff

2022–23 College Football Playoff
2022–23 College Football Playoff
Season	2022
Semifinals	Peach Bowl, Fiesta Bowl; December 31, 2022;
Championship	2023 CFP National Championship; January 9, 2023;
Teams invited	(1) Georgia; (2) Michigan; (3) TCU; (4) Ohio State;
Champions	Georgia (2nd CFP title, 4th overall title)
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The 2022–23 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination postseason tournament that determined the national champion of the 2022 college football season. It was the ninth edition of the College Football Playoff (CFP) and involved the top four teams in the country as ranked by the College Football Playoff poll playing in two semifinals, with the winners of each advancing to the national championship game. The four teams invited to participate were No. 1 Georgia from the Southeastern Conference, No. 2 Michigan from the Big Ten Conference, No. 3 TCU from the Big 12 Conference, and No. 4 Ohio State, also from the Big Ten Conference.

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The playoff bracket's semifinal games were held at the Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl on New Year's Eve, part of the season's slate of bowl games. Georgia defeated Ohio State by one point in the Peach Bowl semifinal and TCU defeated Michigan by six in the Fiesta Bowl game. By virtue of their wins, TCU and Georgia advanced to the national championship game, held on January 9 in Inglewood, California.^[1] Georgia's 58-point victory in the title game was the largest win in a CFP National Championship Game, the largest margin of victory in a title game, and at the time, was the largest margin of victory in any bowl game at the FBS level.^[2] Georgia became the first team since the 2012 Alabama Crimson Tide to repeat as national champions. They also became the third college football team to complete a 15–0 season in the modern era after the 2018 Clemson Tigers and the 2019 LSU Tigers. This was the fourth consecutive national championship won by a team from the SEC.

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Semifinals			Championship

December 31 – Peach Bowl Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
1	Georgia	42
4	Ohio State	41	January 9 – National Championship SoFi Stadium, Inglewood
			January 9 – National Championship SoFi Stadium, Inglewood
			1	Georgia	65
December 31 – Fiesta Bowl State Farm Stadium, Glendale			3	TCU	7
December 31 – Fiesta Bowl State Farm Stadium, Glendale
2	Michigan	45
3	TCU	51

No.	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Final
1	Tennessee (8–0)	Georgia (9–0)	Georgia (10–0)	Georgia (11–0)	Georgia (12–0)	Georgia (13–0)
2	Ohio State (8–0)	Ohio State (9–0)	Ohio State (10–0)	Ohio State (11–0)	Michigan (12–0)	Michigan (13–0)
3	Georgia (8–0)	Michigan (9–0)	Michigan (10–0)	Michigan (11–0)	TCU (12–0)	TCU (12–1)
4	Clemson (8–0)	TCU (9–0)	TCU (10–0)	TCU (11–0)	USC (11–1)	Ohio State (11–1)
5	Michigan (8–0)	Tennessee (8–1)	Tennessee (9–1)	LSU (9–2)	Ohio State (11–1)	Alabama (10–2)
6	Alabama (7–1)	Oregon (8–1)	LSU (8–2)	USC (10–1)	Alabama (10–2)	Tennessee (10–2)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 3 TCU	14	7	20	10	51
No. 2 Michigan	0	6	24	15	45

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 4 Ohio State	7	21	10	3	41
No. 1 Georgia	7	17	0	18	42

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 3 TCU	7	0	0	0	7
No. 1 Georgia	17	21	14	13	65

2022–23 College Football Playoff

Bracket

Selection and teams

Playoff games

Semifinals

Fiesta Bowl

Peach Bowl

Championship game

References

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