The 2022 Peach Bowl is a

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that is scheduled to be played on December 31, 2022, at

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. The 55th annual

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and one of the two

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semifinals, the game will feature two of the four teams selected by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee—

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from the

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(SEC) and

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from the

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. The winner will advance to play against the winner of the

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in the

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. The game is scheduled to begin at 8:00 p.m. EST and will air on

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. It will be one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by restaurant chain

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, the game will be officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.

College Football Playoff

Teams

The game will feature SEC champion Georgia and Big Ten one-loss at-large team Ohio State. They had previously only met once in history in the

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, where Georgia beat Ohio State by a score of 21–14.

Georgia

Ohio State

Game summary

Statistics

References

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