2002–03 NCAA football bowl games

{{short description|College football postseason game series}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox College football bowl games

| season = 2002

| image =

| image_caption =

| regular_season =

| number_of_bowls = 28

| all_star_games = 5

| bowl_start = December 17, 2002

| bowl_end =
January 3, 2003

| championship_bowl = 2003 Fiesta Bowl

| championship_location = Sun Devil Stadium,
Tempe, Arizona

| champions = Ohio State Buckeyes

| bowl_challenge_cup = Big Ten{{cite web | url=https://static.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls02/s/2002/1231/1485027.html | title=Bowl Challenge Cup standings | date=2003-01-05 | access-date=2016-12-11}}

| conference1 = Big 12

| conference1_teams = 8

| conference1_wins = 5

| conference1_losses = 3

| conference1_ap_poll = 4

| conference2 = ACC

| conference2_teams = 7

| conference2_wins = 4

| conference2_losses = 3

| conference2_ap_poll = 4

| conference3 = Big Ten

| conference3_teams = 7

| conference3_wins = 5

| conference3_losses = 2

| conference3_ap_poll = 4

| conference4 = Pac-10

| conference4_teams = 7

| conference4_wins = 2

| conference4_losses = 5

| conference4_ap_poll = 2

| conference5 = SEC

| conference5_teams = 7

| conference5_wins = 3

| conference5_losses = 4

| conference5_ap_poll = 3

| conference6 = Big East

| conference6_teams = 5

| conference6_wins = 3

| conference6_losses = 2

| conference6_ap_poll = 4

| conference7 = Conference USA

| conference7_teams = 5

| conference7_wins = 2

| conference7_losses = 3

| conference7_ap_poll = 1

| conference8 = Mountain West

| conference8_teams = 3

| conference8_wins = 0

| conference8_losses = 3

| conference8_ap_poll = 0

| conference9 = WAC

| conference9_teams = 3

| conference9_wins = 2

| conference9_losses = 1

| conference9_ap_poll = 1

| conference10 = MAC

| conference10_teams = 2

| conference10_wins = 1

| conference10_losses = 1

| conference10_ap_poll = 1

| conference11 = Sun Belt

| conference11_teams = 1

| conference11_wins = 1

| conference11_losses = 0

| conference11_ap_poll = 0

| conference12 = Independents

| conference12_teams = 1

| conference12_wins = 0

| conference12_losses = 1

| conference12_ap_poll = 1

}}

The 2002–03 NCAA football bowl games were a series of 28 post-season games (including the Bowl Championship Series) played in December 2002 and January 2003 for Division I-A football teams and their all-stars. The post-season began with the New Orleans Bowl on December 17, 2002, and concluded on February 1, 2003, with the season-ending Hula Bowl.

A new record of 28 team-competitive bowls, and two all-star games, were played, including the inaugural Continental Tire Bowl, Hawaii Bowl and San Francisco Bowl. To fill the 56 available team-competitive bowl slots, a total of three teams with non-winning seasons participated in bowl games—all three had a .500 (6–6) season.