Tag: 2022 Bowl Games

Holiday sports TV guide: Trojan football, bowl games, World Cup, USC basketball, NFL

There are two huge sports weekends coming up in the next month, with #USC being part of them. We’ll help you plan your schedule.

The holidays are a time for celebrating and feasting, for taking some time to enjoy life at the end of a difficult year in a generally difficult time. Christmas and New Year’s Day are painful times for some, but if at all possible, it’s good to get away from the grind and recharge before the new year. The week between Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 is the one week of the year when the days of the week blur together. Wednesday doesn’t feel like Wednesday, Monday doesn’t feel like Monday. It’s holiday time and a chance to hopefully take a break.

There’s lots of sports on TV this December, with the World Cup adding an ingredient to the mix. Christmas Day is a Sunday, which means the NFL plays most of its games on Saturday, Dec. 24, this year. There’s also a plot twist involving the big bowl games on Jan. 2. (The big bowls are that day because Jan. 1 is an NFL Sunday.)

USC Athletics is part of this feast of sports on TV. Let’s help you plan your schedule so that you can do other holiday activities in certain time slots:

2022-2023 college football bowl game watchability rankings

There are always a few bowl games you simply can’t miss. There are a few bowls you simply shouldn’t bother watching. We rank them all here:

It is one of the more fun articles any college football blogger gets to write every year: the watchability rankings for all the bowl games.

There are always some “dogs with fleas” matchups, and there are always some “ooooooh, I can’t wait to watch that one” matchups. There are other matchups which fit in between, the kinds of games where one says, “It’s not great, it’s not terrible, but it’s a bowl game, and it’s college football.

Let’s look at the bowl schedule and the 2022 bowl games through the prism of which games are most — and least — watchable. The bad bowls will be dealt with in a bundle, precisely because they’re not worth discussing in greater depth:

2022-2023 Pac-12 football bowl schedule

The #Pac12 has seven bowl teams, two of them in the New Year’s Six. Get a look at all the postseason matchups for the Pac. One is against the SEC.

The 2022-2023 bowl schedule is out. There are 42 total games on the slate. The Pac-12 has one-sixth of those 42 games, with seven different teams going bowling this postseason.

Utah heads to the Rose Bowl as the Pac-12 champion. USC is the other New Year’s Six team from the conference. The Pac-12 often fails to get two teams in the New Year’s Six, so this year has surpassed expectations despite the lack of a playoff berth.

Washington would have been in the Rose Bowl had USC beaten Utah, but that did not happen. Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA, and Washington State round out the Pac-12 bowl lineup.

See where all seven Pac-12 bowl teams landed:

2022-2023 bowl schedule, part two: December 28 – January 2

Friday, Dec. 30 through Monday, Jan. 2 — it’s a 4-day New Year’s weekend. We have the info for the bowls that weekend … and much more. #RoseBowl #CottonBowl

There are 42 bowl games in the college football postseason. If you’re planning on attending or watching a bowl, there are really two segments of bowl games: pre-Christmas and New Year’s. The New Year’s bowls can be considered part of the long New Year’s weekend, which runs from Friday, Dec. 30 through Monday, Jan. 2. New Year’s Day is on a Sunday, which means there will be no bowls that day. January 1 will be an NFL Sunday this year.

Here are the 20 bowls on the back end of the 42-game bowl schedule, running from Wednesday, Dec. 28 through Monday, Jan. 2. Then comes the national championship game on Monday, Jan. 9 in Los Angeles:

2022-2023 bowl schedule, part one: December 16-27

There are 42 bowls. That’s a lot, so we’re giving you two parts. Part one has 22 of the 42 bowls. Most are before Christmas, including the Fenway (Park) Bowl.

There are 42 bowl games on this season’s schedule. We don’t count the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, because that is the second game the competing teams will play in. It is a tournament game rather than a bowl. It is played nine days after a bowl game. Some are counting that as a 43rd bowl, but we’re not.

Taking in 42 games is a lot, so we’re going to cut the bowl schedule roughly in half. The first 22 bowls are played mostly before Christmas Day, plus one game on Dec. 26 and four on Dec. 27. We have the dates, times, TV networks, and matchups.

Check out the schedule below, starting on Friday, Dec. 16 with an afternoon doubleheader, then a seven-game slate on Saturday, Dec. 17:

Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s Out, Who’s In: Updated After Each Game

Bowl Eligible Teams. Which college football teams are in, which ones are out, and who’s on the bubble and need a win?

College football bowl bubble 2022: Which teams are bowl eligible, and what does everyone else need to do to get to six wins?

Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s On The Bubble Updated After Each Game

What teams are bowl eligible, and which teams will be left out of the fun?

Below is the status of every college football team the it comes their respective bowl situations. Who’s in with six wins – with at least five over FBS teams – and who’s out?

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Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s On The Bubble
ACC | AAC | Big Ten | Big 12 | C-USA
IND | MAC | M-West | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt 

ACC Bowl Eligible Teams

Teams in italics moved categories this week

Bowl Eligible
Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Louisville, NC State, North Carolina, Pitt, Syracuse, Wake Forest

Who Isn’t Bowl Eligible
Boston College, Georgia Tech, Miami, Virginia, Virginia Tech

Will Likely Go Bowling
None

Bowl Bubble/Likely Won’t Go Bowling
None

NEXT: American Athletic Conference Bowl Eligible Teams

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Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s Out, Who’s On The Bubble Going Into Week 13

Bowl Eligible Teams. Which college football teams are in, which ones are out, and who’s on the bubble and need a win?

College football bowl bubble 2022: Which teams are bowl eligible, and what does everyone else need to do to get to six wins?

Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s On The Bubble Going Into Week 13

College football threw us a few curveballs in a fun Week 12.

Bowling Green came up with a brilliant breakthrough run after years of struggling. It’s going bowling.

Just when it seemed like Arkansas was in trouble, it came out and rocked Ole Miss to put away to get bowl eligible.

All of a sudden, Michigan State went from probably in to probably out after losing to Indiana and with Penn State up next week. All of a sudden, Wisconsin appeared to be in trouble late against Nebraska, and then it came through in the final seconds to get that sixth win before dealing with Minnesota.

The Big 12 and Pac-12 bowl bound teams are settled, and so are the American Athletic Conference and Mountain West eligibility situations.

Below is the status of every college football team the it comes their respective bowl situations. What’s every team’s remaining schedule? Who’s in with six wins, who’s out, and who’s on the bubble?

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Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s On The Bubble
ACC | AAC | Big Ten | Big 12 | C-USA
IND | MAC | M-West | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
Bowl Projections | Rankings 1-131, By Conference

ACC Bowl Eligible Teams

Teams in italics moved categories this week

Bowl Eligible
Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Louisville, NC State, North Carolina, Pitt, Syracuse, Wake Forest

Who Isn’t Bowl Eligible
Boston College, Virginia, Virginia Tech

Will Likely Go Bowling
Miami (5-6): Pitt

Bowl Bubble/Likely Won’t Go Bowling
Georgia Tech (5-6): at Georgia

NEXT: American Athletic Conference Bowl Eligible Teams

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Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s Out, Who’s On The Bubble Going Into Week 12

Bowl Eligible Teams. Which college football teams are in, which ones are out, and who’s on the bubble and need a win?

College football bowl bubble 2022: Which teams are bowl eligible, and what does everyone else need to do to get to six wins?

Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s On The Bubble Going Into Week 12

And now it’s really on.

UConn is bowl eligible and Texas A&M isn’t? Duke is in and Arkansas is fighting for its bowl life?

It’s been a fun year and now the bowl picture is becoming clearer. Who’s bowl eligible – six wins, or seven if you beat two teams from the FCS – and who’s already at seven losses and done? Okay, so 5-7 teams might be eligible if there aren’t enough teams available for the slots, but there’s no reason to get into that yet.

Below is the status of every college football team the it comes their respective bowl situations. What’s every team’s remaining schedule? Who’s in, who’s out, and who’s on the bubble?

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Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s On The Bubble
ACC | AAC | Big Ten | Big 12 | C-USA
IND | MAC | M-West | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
Bowl Projections | Rankings 1-131, By Conference

ACC Bowl Eligible Teams

Teams in italics moved categories this week

Bowl Eligible
Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Louisville, NC State, North Carolina, Pitt, Syracuse, Wake Forest

Who Isn’t Bowl Eligible
Boston College, Virginia, Virginia Tech

Will Likely Go Bowling
Miami (5-5): at Clemson, Pitt

Bowl Bubble/Likely Won’t Go Bowling
Georgia Tech (4-6): at North Carolina, at Georgia

NEXT: American Athletic Conference Bowl Eligible Teams

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Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s Out, Who’s On The Bubble Going Into Week 11

Bowl Eligible Teams. Which college football teams are in, which ones are out, and who’s on the bubble and need a win?

College football bowl bubble 2022: Which teams are bowl eligible, and what does everyone else need to do to get to six wins?

Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s On The Bubble Going Into Week 11

What college football teams are already bowl eligible, which ones are out of the mix, and which teams are on the bubble with three weeks to go?

There are a few tweaks here and there – you need seven wins if two came against FCS teams (this matters for Army and Appalachian State) – but for the most part a team needs to get six wins to become bowl eligible.

That’s why the emotions were running so high on the sidelines after Kansas beat Oklahoma State on Saturday.

Below is the status of every college football team the it comes their respective bowl situations. What’s every team’s remaining schedule?

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Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s On The Bubble
ACC | AAC | Big Ten | Big 12 | C-USA
IND | MAC | M-West | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
Bowl Projections | Rankings 1-131, By Conference

ACC Bowl Eligible Teams

Bowl Eligible
Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Louisville, NC State, North Carolina, Syracuse, Wake Forest

Who Isn’t Bowl Eligible
Boston College, Virginia Tech

Will Likely Go Bowling   

Pitt (5-4): at Virginia, Duke, at Miami

Bowl Bubble/Likely Won’t Go Bowling

Georgia Tech (4-5): Miami, at North Carolina, at Georgia

Miami (4-5): at Georgia Tech, at Clemson, Pitt

Virginia (3-6): Pitt, Coastal Carolina, at Virginia Tech

NEXT: American Athletic Conference Bowl Eligible Teams

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Bowl Bubble: Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s Done, Who Needs A Win

Bowl Bubble: Bowl Eligible Teams. Which college football teams are bowl eligible, which ones are out, and which ones are on the bubble and need a win?

College football bowl bubble 2022: Which teams are bowl eligible, and what does everyone else need to do to get to six wins?

Bowl Bubble and Eligible Teams: Week 10

What college football teams are going bowling? Which ones are already out of the race for one of the big exhibitions, and which ones are still in the running but are in for a fight?

Who’ll make it, who won’t, and who’ll have to sweat it out?

Obviously Georgias, Tennessees, and Ohio States of the world are way past just the goal of just playing in a bowl game, but some shockingly big names are in serious trouble of not getting an invite.

A team has to win six games to be bowl eligible. That doesn’t guarantee a spot if there are more eligible teams than spaces, and there’s a way for five-win teams to get in if there aren’t enough available options – we’ll deal with the APR academic side of this later if we have to – but win six games, and there will be a swag bag waiting for you.

By conference, here are the eligible teams, the teams that are out, and the teams that have work to do.

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Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s On The Bubble
ACC | AAC | Big Ten | Big 12 | C-USA
IND | MAC | M-West | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt
Bowl Projections | Rankings 1-131, By Conference

ACC Bowl Eligible Teams

Bowl Eligible
Clemson, NC State, North Carolina, Syracuse, Wake Forest

Who Isn’t Bowl Eligible
None Yet

Will Likely Go Bowling
Duke (5-3): at Boston College, Virginia Tech, at Pitt, Wake Forest

Florida State (5-3): at Miami, at Syracuse, Louisiana, Florida

Louisville (5-3): James Madison, at Clemson, NC State, at Kentucky

Miami (4-4): Florida State, at Georgia Tech, at Clemson, Pitt

Pitt (4-4): Syracuse, at Virginia, Duke, at Miami

Bowl Bubble/Likely Won’t Go Bowling
Boston College (2-6): Duke, at NC State, at Notre Dame, Syracuse

Georgia Tech (3-5): at Virginia Tech, Miami, at North Carolina, at Georgia

Virginia (3-5): North Carolina, Pitt, Coastal Carolina, at Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech (2-6): Georgia Tech, at Duke, at Liberty, Virginia

Bowl Eligible Teams, Who’s On The Bubble
ACC | AAC | Big Ten | Big 12 | C-USA
IND | MAC | M-West | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt

NEXT: American Athletic Conference Bowl Eligible Teams

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