Georgia First, TCU Third in Final College Football Playoff Ranking; #2 Michigan Awaits Horned Frogs

Georgia (13-0) is first, Michigan (13-0) is second, TCU (12-1) and Ohio State (11-1) is fourth in the final College Football National Championship Playoff ranking that was released on Sunday, December 4.

In the first Playoff semifinal, TCU will play Michigan, in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, at 3 pm (Central), on Saturday, December 31, in Glendale, Arizona.

In the second Playoff semifinal, Georgia will play Ohio State, in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, at 7 pm (Central), on Saturday, December 31, in Atlanta, Georgia.

The two winners of the semifinal games will play in the 2022 season's College Football Playoff National Championship game, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on Monday, January 9, 2023.

Big 12 Championship Game-winner Kansas State is ranked 10th, with an 10-3 record.

Big 12 traitor Texas is ranked 20th, with an 8-4 record.

Here is the Playoff Committee's pairings for the season's four other major bowl games:

• Capital One Orange Bowl (December 30): #6 Tennessee vs #7 Clemson
  
• Allstate Sugar Bowl (December 31): #5 Alabama vs. #9 Kansas State
  
• Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (January 2, 2023): #10 USC vs #16 Tulane
  
• Rose Bowl Game (January 2, 2023): #8 Utah vs #11 Penn State
  

Here is the final College Football National Championship Playoff ranking:

1. Georgia, 13-0
2. Michigan, 13-0
   
3. TCU, 12-1
   
4. Ohio State, 11-1
   
5. Alabama, 10-2
6. Tennessee, 10-2
   
7. Clemson, 11-2
   
8. Utah, 10-3
   
9. Kansas State, 10-3
10. USC, 11-2
    
11. Penn State, 10-2
    
12. Washington, 10-2
13. Florida State, 9-3
14. Oregon State, 9-3
15. Oregon, 9-3
    
16. Tulane, 11-2
    
17. LSU, 9-4
    
18. UCLA, 9-3
    
19. South Carolina, 9-4
    
20. Texas, 8-4
    
21. Notre Dame, 8-4
    
22. Mississippi State, 8-4
23. NC State, 8-4 
24. Troy, 11-2
25. UTSA, 11-2
    

2022-23 Selection Committee Members: Mitch Barnhart (athletics director, University of Kentucky); Tom Burman (athletics director, University of Wyoming); Boo Corrigan (chair) (athletics director, North Carolina State University), Rick George (athletics director, University of Colorado); Chet Gladchuk (athletics director at the U.S. Naval Academy); Jim Grobe (former head coach at Ohio University, Wake Forest and Baylor); Warde Manuel (athletics director at the University of Michigan); Will Shields (former All-American offensive lineman, University of Nebraska); Gene Taylor (athletics director, Kansas State University); Joe Taylor (Vice President for Athletics and Community Wellness, Virginia Union University); John Urschel (Harvard Junior Fellow and former All-American offensive lineman, Penn State University); Rod West (group president Entergy Corporation and former linebacker at the University of Notre Dame); and Kelly Whiteside (associate professor in Sports Media and Journalism at Montclair State University and a longtime sportswriter for USA Today, Sports Illustrated and Newsday).

Additional College Football Playoff information: here