Georgia football earns No. 1 seed in College Football Playoff, to play Ohio State

By Connor Riley, DawgNation

December 05, 2022 at 5:39 am EST

Georgia 2022 SEC Champions Georgia wins the 2022 SEC Championship Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga., on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. (Photo by Kayla Renie) (Kayla Renie/Kayla Renie/UGAAA)

By Connor Riley, DawgNation

December 05, 2022 at 5:39 am EST

For the third time in program history, Georgia will participate in the College Football Playoff. This time around, Georgia is the No. 1 seed and will play Ohio State. The other matchup will see No. 2 Michigan take on TCU.

With Georgia getting the No. 1 seed, the Bulldogs will be playing in Atlanta on December 31st at 8pm. The other semifinal matchup will take place in Glendale, Az. between Michigan and TCU at 4pm.

The championship game is set for Jan. 9 in Los Angeles.

The Bulldogs marched through the regular season, going 13-0 on their way to an SEC championship. Only one of their games was decided by single digits, a 26-22 road win over Missouri back on Oct. 1.

Georgia won the SEC championship on Saturday with a 50-30 win over LSU. It marks the second time under Kirby Smart that the Bulldogs have won the SEC.

Smart wasn’t too worried about possible playoff matchups when speaking with reporters on Saturday after the win over LSU.