2023 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game
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This article is about the FCS (Division I-AA) championship game. For the FBS (Division I-A) championship game, see 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship.
The 2023 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game was a college football game played on January 8, 2023, at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. The game determined the national champion of NCAA Division I FCS for the 2022 season, featuring the finalists of the 24-team playoff bracket, which began on November 26, 2022.
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Date | January 8, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Toyota Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Frisco, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Mark Gronowski (QB, South Dakota State)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | South Dakota State by 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Jeff Page | ||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 18,023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Network | ABC, ESPN+ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Roy Philpott, Jay Walker and Paul Carcaterra | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Top-ranked South Dakota State defeated conference rival North Dakota State 45–21 to gain their first national championship.[2] Played on Sunday for the first time, the game began at 1:04 p.m. CST and was broadcast on ABC and ESPN+,[3][4] opposite NFL regular season finales (week 18).