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 17th annual college football preview guide. Without further ado, here is my final article, which is my predicted bowl match-ups for the 2023 season. Note, the parentheses next to the teams in the two CFP games represents that team’s predicted playoff seeding.

Date	Bowl	Teams
Dec. 16	Bahamas	Louisiana Tech	Bowing Green
Dec. 16	New Orleans	Liberty	Coastal Carolina
Dec. 16	Cure	South Alabama	Florida Atlantic
Dec. 16	New Mexico	North Texas	Wyoming
Dec. 16	LA Bowl	UCLA	Fresno State
Dec. 16	Independence	West Virginia	Appalachian State
Dec. 18	Myrtle Beach Bowl	East Carolina	Georgia State
Dec. 19	Frisco	UTEP	Georgia Southern
Dec. 21	Boca Raton	Troy	UAB
Dec. 22	Gasparilla Bowl	Mississippi State	Illinois
Dec. 23	Birmingham	Missouri	UCF
Dec. 23	Camellia	Central Michigan	Southern Miss
Dec. 23	Armed Forces	UTSA	Western Kentucky
Dec. 23	Famous Idaho Potato	Miami-OH	San Diego State
Dec. 23	68 Ventures	Ohio	Marshall
Dec. 23	Las Vegas	Arizona	Iowa
Dec. 23	Hawaii	Air Force	Tulane
Dec. 26	Quick Lane	Minnesota	Toledo
Dec. 26	First Responder	Oklahoma State	Wake Forest
Dec. 26	Guaranteed Rate	Nebraska	Baylor
Dec. 27	Military	SMU	NC State
Dec. 27	Duke’s Mayo	Pittsburgh	Florida
Dec. 27	Holiday	California	Louisville
Dec. 27	Texas	TCU	Arkansas
Dec. 28	Fenway	Boston College	Memphis
Dec. 28	Pinstripe	Duke	Purdue
Dec. 28	Pop-Tarts	Notre Dame	Texas Tech
Dec. 28	Alamo	Oklahoma	Oregon
Dec. 29	Gator	Florida State	Arkansas
Dec. 29	Sun	Miami-FL	Oregon State
Dec. 29	Liberty	Kansas State	Kentucky
Dec. 29	Cotton	Southern Cal	Texas
Dec. 30	Peach	Ole Miss	Washington
Dec. 30	Music City	Maryland	South Carolina
Dec. 30	Orange	North Carolina	Michigan
Dec. 30	Arizona	Buffalo	Utah State
Jan. 1	ReliaQuest	Wisconsin	LSU
Jan. 1	Citrus	Penn State	Tennessee
Jan. 1	Fiesta	Boise State	Utah
Jan. 1	Rose	(1) Ohio State	(4) Alabama
Jan. 1	Sugar	(2) Georgia	(3) Clemson
Jan. 8	Championship Game	(1) Ohio State	(2) Georgia

I am predicting that for the first-time ever, all the playoff games will be won by higher seeds and # 1 seeded Ohio State will beat # 2 seeded Georgia in the national title game to give Ryan Day his first national championship in Columbus.