Who Won the National Championship 2022?

On January 10, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, the College Football Playoff National Championship 2022 was held. The national championship game of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for the 2021 season was chosen for the eighth College Football Playoff National Championship. The game pitted the Southeastern Conference’s No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide against the No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs. ESPN broadcasted the game, which kicked off at 8:16 p.m. ET. Georgia was going for their third national title, while Alabama was going for their 19th.

The game got off poor start competitively, with Alabama’s initial drive yielding only field goals only points of first quarter. After Georgia tied the game early in the second quarter with a field goal of their own, the Crimson Tide added two more field goals to expand their lead to six points. With little over three minutes left in the first half, a Georgia field goal cut the deficit to three points, and Alabama led 9–6 at halftime.

With the assistance of a retrieved turnover, Alabama replied with nine straight points to regain the lead by five points. Georgia scored two touchdowns to build an eight-point lead, and Kelee Ringo completed the victory with a 79-yard interception return. Georgia won their third national championship, and they’re first since 1980, by defeating Alabama by a score of 33–18.

Broadcasting of 2022 National Championship Game

ESPN broadcasted the National Championship 2022 in the United States, with Megacast coverage on other ESPN linear channels and online. During the halftime report, ESPN broadcasted a world premiere of the music video for Alesso and Katy Perry’s new single “When I’m Gone,” marking the first time a music video was broadcast live during a sporting event.

The ESPN Mega cast reportage encompassed seven network connections: ESPN broadcasted the main game, ESPN2 broadcasted a coaches’ film room broadcast featuring Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher and members of his staff, ESPNU broadcasted the skycam feed, ESPNews broadcasted the Spanish language broadcast, and ESPN Deportes broadcasted the “hometown radio” broadcast, which featured radio announcers from both Georgia and Alabama. The ESPN app also provided access to individual “hometown radio” broadcasts, additional skycam streams, the “all-22” broadcast, and halftime marching band performances.

TSN broadcasted the game in Canada, which was a simulcast of ESPN’s coverage. Skycast aired on TSN2, Command Center aired on TSN3, and Coaches Film Room aired on TSN Direct, as part of the Megacast coverage.

The teams For This 2022 Open Championship

The No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide and the No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs met in the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship. Alabama leads the series 42–25–4 after 72 meetings; the team first met in 1895 and played often from 1901 to the mid-1970s. The Tide has won the last seven encounters between the two teams, with Georgia’s last win coming in 2007. The clubs had last faced just a month prior, in 2021 SEC Championship Game when Alabama defeated Georgia 41–24. Georgia and Alabama met for the second time in a national title game; the Crimson Tide defeated the Bulldogs 26–23 in overtime in the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship. Alabama came into the game with a 4–0 playoff record over Georgia, having won three SEC Title games (2012, 2018, and 2021), as well as the national championship game.

Georgia made it to this 2022 Open Championship for the second time, after falling to Alabama in the 2018 edition. Overall, the Bulldogs won two national championships, in 1942 and 1980. Alabama was in their sixth CFP National Championship 2022 game, having won crowns in 2015, 2017, and 2020, as well as appearing in the 2016 and 2018 championship games. Alabama has won 18 national championships in total, the first of which came in 1925.