The College Football Playoff pairings will be announced on Sunday, and the other bowl selections will follow.
There are a total of 41 bowl games in the 2022-23 college football season before the CFP championship game.
Sporting News has tracked those projections all season, and those changed when No. 11 Utah beat No. 4 USC 47-24 in the Pac-12 championship game.
MORE: What USC’s loss means for Ohio State, Alabama
As of now, Sporting News has No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 4 Ohio State in the Chick-fIl-A Peach Bowl and No. 2 Michigan vs. No. 3 TCU in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. There also could be some last minute shake-ups within the New Year’s Day Six. Will those projections change through championship Saturday?
The College Football Playoff semifinals will be on Dec. 31 this season. Those semifinals will be played at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta and the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz. The College Football Playoff championship game is on Jan. 9 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif.
Here is a look at our final bowl projections for 2022-23, which will be updated throughout Saturday’s action (teams in bold have Saturday games):
Final college football bowl projections
| DATE | BOWL | MATCHUP |
| Dec. 16 | Bahamas Bowl | UAB* (6-6) vs. Miami, Ohio* (7-5) |
| Dec. 16 | Cure Bowl | Southern Miss (6-6) vs. UConn (6-6 |
| Dec. 17 | Wasabi Fenway Bowl | Cincinnati (9-3)* vs. Louisville* (7-5) |
| Dec. 17 | New Mexico Bowl | BYU (7-5) vs. Air Force (9-3) |
| Dec. 17 | Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl | Boise State (9-3) vs. Washington State (7-5) |
| Dec. 17 | Lending Tree Bowl | Buffalo (6-6) vs. Georgia Southern (6-6) |
| Dec. 17 | Las Vegas Bowl | Oregon State (9-3) vs. Missouri (6-6) |
| Dec. 17 | Frisco Bowl | Utah State (6-6) vs. East Carolina (7-5) |
| Dec. 19 | Myrtle Beach Bowl | Western Kentucky (8-5) vs. Appalachian State (6-6) |
| Dec. 20 | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Bowling Green (6-6) vs. Wyoming (7-5) |
| Dec. 20 | Boca Raton Bowl | UCF (9-3) vs. North Texas (7-6) |
| Dec. 21 | New Orleans Bowl | UTSA (11-2) vs. Troy (10-2) |
| Dec. 22 | Armed Forces Bowl | Kansas (6-6) vs. South Alabama (10-2) |
| Dec. 23 | Independence Bowl | Louisiana (6-6) vs. New Mexico State (5-6) |
| Dec. 23 | Gasparilla Bowl | Marshall (8-4) vs. San Jose State (7-4) |
| Dec. 24 | Hawaii Bowl | MTSU* (7-5) vs. San Diego State* (7-5) |
| Dec. 26 | Quick Lane Bowl | Eastern Michigan (8-4) vs. Wisconsin (6-6) |
| Dec. 27 | Camellia Bowl | Ohio (9-3) vs. Coastal Carolina (9-2) |
| Dec. 27 | First Responder Bowl | Syracuse (7-5) vs. SMU (7-5) |
| Dec. 27 | Birmingham Bowl | Houston (7-5) vs. Liberty (8-4) |
| Dec. 27 | Guaranteed Rate Bowl | Oklahoma (6-6) vs. Kentucky (7-5) |
| Dec. 28 | Military Bowl | Wake Forest (7-5) vs. Memphis (6-6) |
| Dec. 28 | Liberty Bowl | Baylor (6-6) vs. Arkansas (6-6) |
| Dec. 28 | Holiday Bowl | Oregon (9-3) vs. Pitt (8-4) |
| Dec. 28 | Texas Bowl | Texas Tech (7-5) vs. Florida (6-6) |
| Dec. 29 | Pinstripe Bowl | Iowa (7-5) vs. NC State (8-4) |
| Dec. 29 | Cheez-It Bowl | Oklahoma State (7-5) vs. North Carolina (9-3) |
| Dec. 29 | Alamo Bowl | Texas (8-4) vs. Washington (10-2) |
| Dec. 30 | Duke’s Mayo Bowl | Maryland (7-5) vs. Florida State (9-3) |
| Dec. 30 | Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl | UCLA (9-3) vs. Duke (8-4) |
| Dec. 30 | Gator Bowl | Notre Dame (8-4) vs Ole Miss (8-4) |
| Dec. 30 | Arizona Bowl | Toledo (7-5) vs. Fresno State (8-4) |
| Dec. 31 | Music City Bowl | Minnesota (8-4) vs. Mississippi State (8-4) |
| Jan. 2 | ReliaQuest Bowl | Illinois (8-4) vs. South Carolina (8-4) |
| Jan. 2 | Cheez-It Citrus Bowl | Purdue (8-4) vs. LSU (9-3) |
*Denotes accepted bowl bid
College football New Year’s Day Six picks
| DATE | BOWL | MATCHUP |
| Dec. 30 | Capital One Orange Bowl | Clemson (11-1) vs. Tennessee (10-2) |
| Dec. 31 | Allstate Sugar Bowl | Kansas State (9-3) vs. Alabama (10-2) |
| Jan. 2 | Goodyear Cotton Bowl | Tulane (10-2) vs. USC (11-2) |
| Jan. 2 | Rose Bowl Game | Penn State (10-2) vs. Utah (10-3) |
College Football Playoff picks
| DATE | BOWL | MATCHUP |
| Dec. 31 | Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl | Georgia (12-0) vs. Ohio State (11-1) |
| Dec. 31 | Vrbo Fiesta Bowl | Michigan (12-0) vs. TCU (12-0) |
College Football Playoff championship pick
| DATE | BOWL | MATCHUP |
| Jan. 11 | CFP championship game | Michigan vs. Georgia |
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