| 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 9th College Football Playoff National Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 9, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | SoFi Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Inglewood, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Stetson Bennett (QB, Georgia) Javon Bullard (S, Georgia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Georgia by 13[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Pentatonix[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jeff Heaser (ACC)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 72,628 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), Holly Rowe and Molly McGrath (sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 4.65 (16.6 million viewers) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN Deportes Brazil: ESPN Brazil/Star+ Canada: TSN1/3/4/5 Latin America: ESPN/Star+ Oceania: ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | ESPN Deportes: Eduardo Varela (play-by-play), Pablo Viruega (analyst) and Katia Castorena (sidelines) ESPN Brazil: Matheus Pinheiro (play-by-play), Weinny Eirado (analyst), Deivis Chiodini (analyst) and Giane Pessoa (rules analyst); | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship (officially known as the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T for sponsorship reasons) was a college football bowl game that was played on January 9, 2023, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The ninth College Football Playoff National Championship, the game determined the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for the 2022 season. It was the final game of the 2022–23 College Football Playoff (CFP) and, aside from any all-star games following after, was the culminating game of the 2022–23 bowl season. The game began at approximately 4:45 p.m. PST and was televised by ESPN.
The game featured the defending national champions No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) (winners of the Peach Bowl) and the No. 3 TCU Horned Frogs of the Big 12 Conference (winners of the Fiesta Bowl).
Georgia defeated TCU 65–7. The 58-point victory for Georgia was the most lopsided win in a College Football Playoff 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, until the Bulldogs surpassed that in the 2023 Orange Bowl.[4] Georgia became the first team since the 2012 Alabama Crimson Tide to repeat as national champions. They also became just 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. They were subsequently joined by the 2023 Michigan Wolverines. This was the fourth consecutive national championship won by the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The broadcast of the game on ESPN saw the smallest audience in the game's history, coming at 16.6 million viewers.
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- ^ "Kelsea Ballerini to Headline Allstate Championship Tailgate; Pentatonix to Perform National Anthem at 2023 CFP National Championship". College Football Playoff. December 21, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
- ^ Austro, Ben (December 4, 2022). "2022–23 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
- ^ Patterson, Chip (January 9, 2023). "2023 national championship: Georgia, Stetson Bennett overpower TCU for most dominant victory of title game era". CBS Sports. Retrieved January 9, 2023.