Every summer since 2008 I have created an intricate set of college football predictions for each upcoming season. This year is no exception, as I have used used by blog over the past few days to publish all 18 articles of my 16th annual college football preview guide. Without further ado, here is my final article, which is my predicted bowl match-ups for the 2022 season. Note, the parentheses next to the teams in the two CFP games represents that team’s predicted playoff seeding.
| Date | Bowl | Teams | ||
| 1 | Dec. 16 | Bahamas | Florida Atlantic | Kent State |
| 2 | Dec. 16 | Cure | Appalachian State | UAB |
| 3 | Dec. 17 | Fenway | Virginia Tech | Cincinnati |
| 4 | Dec. 17 | New Mexico | Colorado State | Marshall |
| 5 | Dec. 17 | LA Bowl | Arizona State | Boise State |
| 6 | Dec. 17 | Lending Tree (Dollar General) | Buffalo | Troy |
| 7 | Dec. 17 | Las Vegas | Oregon State | Florida |
| 8 | Dec. 17 | Frisco | UL-Lafayette | Louisiana Tech |
| 9 | Dec. 19 | Myrtle Beach Bowl | Georgia State | Liberty |
| 10 | Dec. 20 | Famous Idaho Potato | Northern Illinois | Air Force |
| 11 | Dec. 20 | Boca Raton | LSU | Maryland |
| 12 | Dec. 21 | New Orleans | UTSA | Coastal Carolina |
| 13 | Dec. 22 | Armed Forces | SMU | Western Kentucky |
| 14 | Dec. 23 | Independence | Army | Memphis |
| 15 | Dec. 23 | Gasparilla Bowl | South Carolina | Florida State |
| 16 | Dec. 24 | Hawaii | San Diego State | North Texas |
| 17 | Dec. 26 | Quick Lane | Minnesota | Toledo |
| 18 | Dec. 27 | Camellia | Western Michigan | Southern Miss |
| 19 | Dec. 27 | First Responder (Heart of Dallas) | Stanford | Utah State |
| 20 | Dec. 27 | Birmingham | Arkansas | UCF |
| 21 | Dec. 27 | Guaranteed Rate | Nebraska | BYU |
| 22 | Dec. 28 | Military | East Carolina | Virginia |
| 23 | Dec. 28 | Liberty | Kansas State | Tennessee |
| 24 | Dec. 28 | Holiday | California | North Carolina |
| 25 | Dec. 28 | Texas | Baylor | Auburn |
| 26 | Dec. 29 | Pinstripe | Pittsburgh | Michigan State |
| 27 | Dec. 29 | Cheez-It | Miami-FL | West Virginia |
| 28 | Dec. 29 | Alamo | Texas | UCLA |
| 29 | Dec. 30 | Duke’s Mayo (Belk) | Wake Forest | Penn State |
| 30 | Dec. 30 | Sun | Louisville | Washington |
| 31 | Dec. 30 | Gator | Notre Dame | Ole Miss |
| 32 | Dec. 30 | Arizona | Miami-OH | Fresno State |
| 33 | Dec. 30 | Orange | NC State | Oklahoma |
| 34 | Dec. 31 | Music City | Iowa | Kentucky |
| 35 | Dec. 31 | Sugar | Georgia | Oklahoma State |
| 36 | Dec. 31 | Peach | (1) Clemson | (4) Utah |
| 37 | Dec. 31 | Fiesta | (2) Alabama | (3) Ohio State |
| 38 | Jan. 2 | ReliaQuest | Wisconsin | Mississippi State |
| 39 | Jan. 2 | Citrus | Purdue | Texas A & M |
| 40 | Jan. 2 | Cotton | Southern Cal | Houston |
| 41 | Jan. 2 | Rose | Oregon | Michigan |
| 42 | Jan. 9 | Championship Game | Clemson | Alabama |
I am predicting that for the first-time ever, all the playoff games will be won by higher seeds and # 1 seeded Clemson will beat # 2 seeded Alabama in the national title game to give Dabo his third national championship.
Ramblings of the Ultimate Sports Sentimentalist 