2023 College Football Playoff National Championship

2023 College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T
9th College Football Playoff National Championship
TCU Horned Frogs Georgia Bulldogs (13–1) (14–0) Big 12 SEC 7 65 Head coach:  Sonny Dykes Head coach:  Kirby Smart AP Coaches CFP 3 4 3 AP Coaches CFP 1 1 1
1 2 3 4 Total TCU 7 0 0 0 7 Georgia 17 21 14 13 65
Date	January 9, 2023
Season	2022
Stadium	SoFi Stadium
Location	Inglewood, California
MVP	Stetson Bennett (QB, Georgia) Javon Bullard (S, Georgia)
Favorite	Georgia by 13[1]
National anthem	Pentatonix[2]
Referee	Jeff Heaser (ACC)[3]
Attendance	72,628
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), Holly Rowe and Molly McGrath (sidelines)
Nielsen ratings	4.65 (16.6 million viewers)
International TV coverage
Network	ESPN Deportes Brazil: ESPN Brazil/Star+ Canada: TSN1/3/4/5 Latin America: ESPN/Star+ Oceania: ESPN
Announcers	ESPN Deportes: Eduardo Varela (play-by-play), Pablo Viruega (analyst) and Katia Castorena (sidelines) ESPN Brazil: Matheus Pinheiro (play-by-play), Weinny Eirado (analyst), Deivis Chiodini (analyst) and Giane Pessoa (rules analyst);
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The 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship (officially known as the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T for sponsorship reasons) was a college football bowl game that was played on January 9, 2023, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The ninth College Football Playoff National Championship, the game determined the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for the 2022 season. It was the final game of the 2022–23 College Football Playoff (CFP) and, aside from any all-star games following after, was the culminating game of the 2022–23 bowl season. The game began at approximately 4:45 p.m. PST and was televised by ESPN.

The game featured the defending national champions No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) (winners of the Peach Bowl) and the No. 3 TCU Horned Frogs of the Big 12 Conference (winners of the Fiesta Bowl).

Georgia defeated TCU 65–7. The 58-point victory for Georgia was the most lopsided win in a College Football Playoff National Championship Game, the largest margin of victory in a title game, and at the time, was the largest margin of victory in any bowl game at the FBS level, until the Bulldogs surpassed that in the 2023 Orange Bowl.^[4] Georgia became the first team since the 2012 Alabama Crimson Tide to repeat as national champions. They also became just the third FBS team to complete a 15–0 season in the modern era after the 2018 Clemson Tigers and the 2019 LSU Tigers. They were subsequently joined by the 2023 Michigan Wolverines. This was the fourth consecutive national championship won by the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The broadcast of the game on ESPN saw the smallest audience in the game's history, coming at 16.6 million viewers.