2022 College Football Playoff bowl games: Georgia, Michigan, TCU, Ohio State fill four-team field

After successful their first SEC championship since 2017 on Saturday evening, the reigning nationwide champion Georgia Bulldogs remained atop the pack because the No. 1 seed within the College Football Playoff as decided Sunday by the CFP Selection Committee. Georgia, 13-0 for the primary time in program historical past, leads the four-team field because it appears to defend its nationwide title and change into the primary back-to-back champions of the CFP period.

Michigan, which additionally sits 13-0 for the primary time as the one different undefeated Power Five program this season, returns to the playoff for the second straight yr because the No. 2 seed after a rousing win over Ohio State final week and a victory within the Big Ten Championship Game over Purdue.

Crashing the occasion this season is TCU (12-1), which fell within the Big 12 Championship Game however earned the No. 3 seed by advantage of its large play and 12 straight wins to open the season. The Horned Frogs are simply the second Big 12 staff to ever attain the playoff within the postseason format’s nine-year historical past and the primary staff from the Big 12 to take action with out successful its league crown. They are additionally the primary staff to advance to the playoff after beginning the season unranked within the AP Top 25.

Ohio State (11-1) slides again into the playoff regardless of sitting residence throughout convention championship weekend. The Buckeyes enter at No. 4 with their lone loss coming to the Wolverines two weeks in the past following an 11-0 begin. That makes the Big Ten the simply the second convention to place two members in the identical playoff field; the SEC has executed so twice beforehand. (Notre Dame made the 2020-21 playoff, together with Clemson, after enjoying an ACC schedule amid the COVID-19 pandemic, however it isn’t a everlasting league member.)

Two SEC groups, Alabama (10-2) and Tennessee (10-2), are slotted simply outdoors the four-team field within the fifth and sixth spots, respectively.

No. 1 Georgia will face No. 4 Ohio State within the Peach Bowl semifinal, which might be held in Atlanta on Dec. 31. No. 2 Michigan and No. 3 TCU can even meet on New Year’s Eve within the Fiesta Bowl, which might be held in Glendale, Arizona. The 2022 CFP National Championship is about for Monday, Jan. 9 at SOFI Stadium in Inglewood, California.

Georgia is making its second straight playoff look and third total. It has twice superior out of the semifinals to the nationwide championship and is 1-1 in these video games.

Michigan is equally making its second consecutive playoff look, and it hopes for a unique end result this time ought to it meet UGA once more. The Wolverines haven’t received a nationwide championship since 1997, one season previous to the formation of the BCS, which means UM has by no means received a devoted nationwide title recreation.

Debuting within the playoff, TCU is in search of its first nationwide championship since 1938. Horned Frogs coach Sonny Dykes is the third to steer a staff to the CFP in Year 1 (Lincoln Riley with Oklahoma, Ryan Day with Ohio State), although he is the one coach to take action who was not elevated from a place on the prior teaching. TCU is the 14th staff to play within the CFP.

Ohio State is by far probably the most skilled program within the field, making its fifth playoff look total and third within the final 4 seasons. The Buckeyes received the preliminary CFP National Championship after the 2014 marketing campaign however are simply 1-3 in CFP video games since.

Georgia is 1-0 all-time towards Ohio State with their lone assembly coming within the 1993 Citrus Bowl (21-14), whereas TCU and Michigan have by no means met on the gridiron.

The playoff field could also be set, but it surely’s not the one factor happening this postseason. Check out CBS Sports’ bowl projections in addition to the complete 2022-23 bowl schedule.