CFP Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl ·

CFP Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl

CFP Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl
No. 3 Georgia13-134
No. 2 Michigan12-211Final
Fri, Dec 31 · Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Fla. (neutral site) · Crowd 66,839 · 72°, clearESPN

Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.

No. 3 Georgia beat No. 2 Michigan by 23 points, the CFP Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl.

It was played at a neutral site: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL.

How the game turned

Georgia aheadMichigan ahead
1

Q1 10:49 Georgia 7, Michigan 0

Georgia 83% to win

Bennett 9-yd TD pass to Bowers, Georgia goes ahead 7-0

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 10:49 · Georgia 7, Michigan 0Georgia's win chance rose from 70% to 83%.Bennett 9-yd TD pass to Bowers, Georgia goes ahead 7-0

Georgia was never below a 68 percent chance to win. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

How the lead changed

Georgia led after every score.

What happened next

  1. Michigan finished the 2021 season 12-2, No. 2 in the last AP poll before the bowls.

  2. Georgia's next game: W 33-18 vs Alabama in the CFP National Championship, Jan 10

    10 days later

  3. Michigan's first game of the 2022 season: W 51-7 vs Colorado State, Sep 3, 2022

    about 8 months later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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