| Year: | 2022 |
| Championship: | Red Grange Bowl, Glen Ellyn, IL, (NJCAA D-III) |
The 2022 junior college football season was the season of intercollegiate junior college football running from September to December 2022. The season ended with three national champions: two from the National Junior College Athletic Association's (NJCAA) Division I and Division III and one from the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA).
The NJCAA Division I champion was Iowa Western who defeated 31–0 in the NJCAA National Football Championship.[1] [2] The NJCAA Division III champion was who defeated 14–12 in the Red Grange Bowl.[3] The CCCAA champion was who defeated 55–0 in the CCCAA State Championship.[4]
CCCAA and NJCAA had a combined fourteen bowl games, featuring teams that did not qualify for either league's postseason tournament.[8]
| Date | Time (EST) | Game | Site | Teams | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26 | 12:00 p.m. | Patriotic Bowl | Campus sites | Golden West (8–2)East Los Angeles (5–5) | Golden West 32 East Los Angeles 14 |
| American Division Championship Bowl | Citrus (10–0) Mt. San Jacinto (9–1) | Citrus 31Mt. San Jacinto 20 | |||
| 1:00 p.m. | Western State Bowl | Cerritos (7–2) Long Beach City (5–5) | Cerritos 35Long Beach City 28 | ||
| American Championship Bowl | Feather River (10–0)Merced (8–2) | Feather River 50Merced 32 | |||
| 2:30 p.m. | Beach Bowl | Santa Barbara City (9–1)Desert (8–2) | Santa Barbara City 44Desert 23 | ||
| 6:00 p.m. | SoCal Bowl | San Diego Mesa (6–4) El Camino (5–5) | San Diego Mesa 21 El Camino 20 | ||
| Strawberry Bowl | Allan Hancock (5–5)Moorpark (6–4) | Allan Hancock 20Moorpark 17 | |||
| Dec 3 | 12:00 p.m. | Golden State Bowl | Monterey Peninsula (7–3)College of the Redwoods (7–3) | Monterey Peninsula 42College of the Redwoods 21 | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Northern California Bowl | Foothill (7–3)West Hills Coalinga (6–4) | Foothill 48West Hill Coalinga 20 | ||
| 1:00 p.m. | Silicon Valley Bowl | Diablo Valley (6–4)Sierra (6–4) | Diablo Valley 36Sierra 28 | ||
| Gridiron Classic Bowl | CC of San Francisco (6–4)College of the Sequoias (6–4) | CC of San Francisco 34College of the Sequoias 24 | |||
| Grizzly Bowl | Redwood Bowl(Arcata, California) | Fresno City (6–4)Butte (7–3) | Fresno City 13Butte 10 | ||
| C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl | Campus sites | Butler (KS) (7–4)Kilgore (8–3) | Butler (KS) 28Kilgore 24 | ||
| Dec 4 | 12:00 p.m. | Game One Bowl | UNI-Dome (Cedar Falls, Iowa) | Iowa Central (6–4)Trinity Valley (8–2) | Iowa Central 31Trinity Valley 24 |