| Game Name: | Sugar Bowl |
| Subheader: | 88th Sugar Bowl |
| Title Sponsor: | Allstate |
| Date Game Played: | January 1 |
| Year Game Played: | 2022 |
| Football Season: | 2021 |
| Stadium: | Caesars Superdome |
| City: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Visitor School: | Baylor University |
| Visitor Name Short: | Baylor |
| Visitor Nickname: | Bears |
| Visitor Record: | 11–2 |
| Visitor Conference: | Big 12 |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 6 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 6 |
| Visitor Rank Cfp: | 7 |
| Visitor Coach: | Dave Aranda |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 14 |
| Home School: | University of Mississippi |
| Home Name Short: | Ole Miss |
| Home Nickname: | Rebels |
| Home Record: | 10–2 |
| Home Conference: | SEC |
| Home Rank Ap: | 8 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 8 |
| Home Rank Cfp: | 8 |
| Home Coach: | Lane Kiffin |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 0 |
| Home 3Q: | 7 |
| Home 4Q: | 0 |
| Mvp: | Terrel Bernard (LB, Baylor) |
| Odds: | Ole Miss by 1[1] |
| Referee: | Ron Snodgrass (Big Ten) [2] |
| Attendance: | 66,479[3] |
| Us Network: | ESPN ESPN Radio |
| Us Announcers: | ESPN: Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst), and Katie George (sideline) ESPN Radio: Sean Kelley (play-by-play), Barrett Jones (analyst), and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline) |
| Ratings: | 9.8 million viewers |
| Different Next: | 2022 (Dec.) |
The 2022 Sugar Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2022, with kickoff at 8:45 p.m. EST (7:45 p.m. local CST) and televised on ESPN.[4] It was the 88th edition of the Sugar Bowl, and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by insurance company Allstate, the game was officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game was played between teams from the Big 12 Conference and the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
This was the second meeting between Baylor and Ole Miss; the Bears defeated the Rebels, 20–10, in Waco on September 6, 1975, these teams' only prior meeting.[5]
See main article: 2021 Baylor Bears football team. Baylor completed their regular season with a 10–2 overall record, 7–2 in Big 12 games. Their losses came to Oklahoma State and TCU. The Bears defeated three ranked teams during the regular season: Iowa State, BYU, and Oklahoma. Baylor then faced Oklahoma State again, in the 2021 Big 12 Championship Game. While Oklahoma State had won their first meeting, 24–14, the Bears won the title contest, 21–16. Baylor entered the Sugar Bowl with an overall 11–2 record, ranked sixth in the AP Poll and seventh in the College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings.
See main article: 2021 Ole Miss Rebels football team. Ole Miss completed their regular season with a 10–2 overall record, 6–2 in SEC games. The Rebels lost to Alabama and Auburn, and defeated two ranked teams in FBS, Arkansas and Texas A&M. Ole Miss entered the Sugar Bowl ranked eighth in all major polls.
Quarterback Matt Corral was injured early in the first quarter and did not return to the game.[6]