2022-23 College Bowl Games for Group of Five Schools

A total of 43 bowl games, including the College Football Playoff semi-finals and championship, are scheduled to take place beginning Dec. 16 with the Bahamas Bowl and ending Jan. 2 with the Cotton Bowl for the Group of Five and on Jan. 9th for the College Football Playoff National Championship game in Los Angeles. Of the 43 bowls, 21 of the bowls will include at least one team from the Group of Five conferences/independents.
The New Year’s Six spot for the Group of Five went to AAC Conference winner Tulane, who will play the Pac-12’s USC in the Cotton Bowl as the last bowl game for the Group of Five squads this year. That is one of five bowl games that will match a G5 squad against a Power Five opponent.
The other four contests include the LA Bowl with Mountain West champion Fresno State playing the Pac-12’s Washington State, the Fenway Bowl with AAC’s Cincinnati playing Louisville, the Armed Forces Bowl that pits another MWC squad Air Force against the Big 12’s Baylor, and the Military Bowl that has the AAC’s UCF playing the ACC’s Duke.
Two G5 conference titlists will meet in the Cure Bowl as the Sun Belt champions Troy will play the Conference USA winner UTSA. Both of those squads were also ranked in the final College Football Playoff rankings as well.
The other G5 league winner in the MAC’s Toledo will play Liberty in the Baco Raton Bowl.
See the list of all the bowl games that involve a Group of Five squad below with the time and television network:
Friday, Dec. 16
Bahamas Bowl
Miami (Ohio) vs. UAB
Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium; Nassau, Bahamas (11:30 a.m. ET on ESPN)
Cure Bowl
Troy vs. UTSA
Exploria Stadium; Orlando, Florida (3 p.m. ET on ESPN)
Saturday, Dec. 17
Fenway Bowl
Cincinnati vs. Louisville
Fenway Park; Boston (11 a.m. ET on ESPN)
New Mexico Bowl
BYU vs. SMU
University Stadium; Albuquerque, New Mexico (2:15 p.m. ET on ESPN)
LA Bowl
Fresno State vs. Washington State
SoFi Stadium; Inglewood, California (3:30 p.m. ET on ABC)
LendingTree Bowl
Southern Mississippi vs. Rice
Hancock Whitney Stadium; Mobile, Alabama (5:45 p.m. ET on ESPN)
Frisco Bowl
Boise State vs. North Texas
Toyota Stadium; Frisco, Texas (9:15 p.m. ET on ESPN)
Monday, Dec. 19
Myrtle Beach Bowl
UConn vs. Marshall
Brooks Stadium; Conway, South Carolina (2:30 p.m. ET on ESPN)
Tuesday, Dec. 20
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
San Jose State vs. Eastern Michigan
Albertsons Stadium; Boise, Idaho (3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN)
Boca Raton Bowl
Toledo vs. Liberty
FAU Stadium; Boca Raton, Florida (7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN)
Wednesday, Dec. 21
New Orleans Bowl
South Alabama vs. Western Kentucky
Caesars Superdome; New Orleans (9 p.m. ET on ESPN)
Thursday, Dec. 22
Armed Forces Bowl
Air Force vs. Baylor
Amon G. Carter Stadium; Fort Worth, Texas (7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN)
Friday, Dec. 23
Independence Bowl
Houston vs. Louisiana
Independence Stadium; Shreveport, Louisiana (3 p.m. ET on ESPN)
Saturday, Dec. 24
Hawai’i Bowl
Middle Tennessee State vs. San Diego State
Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex; Honolulu (8 p.m. ET on ESPN)
Monday, Dec. 26
Camellia Bowl
Georgia Southern vs. Buffalo
Cramton Bowl; Montgomery, Alabama (noon ET on ESPN)
Quick Lane Bowl
New Mexico State vs. Bowling Green
Ford Field; Detroit (2:30 p.m. ET on ESPN)
Tuesday, Dec. 27
First Responder Bowl
Utah State vs. Memphis
Gerald J. Ford Stadium; Dallas (3:15 p.m. ET on ESPN)
Birmingham Bowl
East Carolina vs. Coastal Carolina
Protective Stadium; Birmingham, Alabama (6:45 p.m. ET on ESPN)
Wednesday, Dec. 28
Military Bowl
Duke vs. UCF
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium; Annapolis, Maryland (2 p.m. ET on ESPN)
Friday. Dec. 30
Arizona Bowl
Ohio vs. Wyoming
Arizona Stadium; Tucson, Arizona (4:30 p.m. ET on Barstool)
Monday, Jan. 2
Cotton Bowl
USC vs. Tulane
AT&T Stadium; Arlington, Texas (1 p.m. ET on ESPN)

Originally from LaMoure, North Dakota, Kent is a 1996 graduate of North Dakota State University. His prior writing experience is over 15 years having previously worked with D2football.com, I-AA.org, and College Sporting News before coming to College Sports Journal in 2016. His main focus is college football is the Missouri Valley Football Conference within the Division I FCS. And in 2017, he began also to look at the FBS Group of Five conferences of the American Athletic, Conference USA, Mid-American, Mountain West, and Sun Belt.
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