The eighth edition of the Camellia Bowl, the game featured the Georgia State Panthers of the Sun Belt Conference and the Ball State Cardinals of the Mid-American Conference.
The game began at 1:30 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN.
[3] It was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season.
Sponsored by tax preparation software company TaxAct, the game was known as the TaxAct Camellia Bowl.
This was the third meeting between Georgia State and Ball State; entering the game, the all-time series was tied at 1–1.