2023 College Football Playoff National Championship
| 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 9th College Football Playoff National Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 9, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | SoFi Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Inglewood, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Stetson Bennett (Georgia, QB) Javon Bullard (Georgia, S) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Georgia by 13½ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Pentatonix | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jeff Heaser (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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); | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 champion No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), winners of the Peach Bowl semifinal, and the No. 3 TCU Horned Frogs of the Big 12 Conference, winners of the Fiesta Bowl semifinal.
Georgia defeated TCU, 65–7. The 58-point victory for Georgia was the largest margin of victory in a College Football Playoff National Championship Game and at the time, was the largest margin of victory in any bowl game at the FBS level, until the Bulldogs surpassed that the following season in the 2023 Orange Bowl. Georgia became the first team since the 2012 Alabama Crimson Tide to repeat as national champions. They also became the third FBS team to complete a 15–0 season in the modern era. 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.