


The following rule changes were approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel for the 2022 season. This was the ninth season of the College Football Playoff (CFP) system.

It was the first time in the College Football Playoff era that a team won back-to-back championships. The Georgia Bulldogs successfully defended their national championship when they defeated the TCU Horned Frogs, 65–7. The postseason began on December 16, and, aside from any all-star games that are scheduled, ended on January 9, 2023, with the College Football Playoff National Championship at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The regular season began on August 27 and ended on December 10. The 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the 153rd season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at its highest level of competition, the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
