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September 18, 2022 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP Last Week
1 < 1 Georgia (59) SEC 3-0 1569 *1 W 48-7 A South Carolina
2 < 2 Alabama (3) SEC 3-0 1492 *2 W 63-7 H Louisiana-Monroe
3 < 3 Ohio State (1) Big Ten 3-0 1473 *3 W 77-21 H Toledo
4 < 4 Michigan Big Ten 3-0 1364 4 W 59-0 H Connecticut
5 < 5 Clemson ACC 3-0 1268 5 W 48-20 H Louisiana Tech
6 < 6 Oklahoma Big 12 3-0 1257 6 W 49-14 A Nebraska
7 < 7 USC Pac-12 3-0 1197 7 W 45-17 H Fresno State
8 < 9 Kentucky SEC 3-0 1096 9 W 31-0 H Youngstown State
9 < 8 Oklahoma State Big 12 3-0 1071 8 W 63-7 H Arkansas-Pine Bluff
10 < 10 Arkansas SEC 3-0 920 10 W 38-27 H Missouri State
11 < 15 Tennessee SEC 3-0 866 12 W 63-6 H Akron
12 < 16 NC State ACC 3-0 781 11 W 27-14 H Texas Tech
13 < 14 Utah Pac-12 2-1 684 14 W 35-7 H San Diego State
14 < 22 Penn State Big Ten 3-0 666 15 W 41-12 A Auburn
15 < 25 Oregon Pac-12 2-1 593 18 W 41-20 H #12 BYU
16 < 20 Mississippi SEC 3-0 585 13 W 42-0 A Georgia Tech
17 < 17 Baylor Big 12 2-1 494 17 W 42-7 H Texas State
18 < NR Washington Pac-12 3-0 485 24 W 39-28 H #11 Michigan State
19 < 12 BYU Ind 2-1 381 23 L 41-20 A #25 Oregon
20 < 18 Florida SEC 2-1 360 22 W 31-28 H South Florida
21 < 19 Wake Forest ACC 3-0 345 16 W 37-36 H Liberty
22 < 21 Texas Big 12 2-1 339 19 W 41-20 H UTSA
23 < 24 Texas A&M SEC 2-1 309 20 W 17-9 H #13 Miami (FL)
24 < 23 Pittsburgh ACC 2-1 181 RV W 34-13 A Western Michigan
25 < 13 Miami (FL) ACC 2-1 123 25 L 17-9 A #24 Texas A&M
RV < 11 Michigan State Big Ten 91 21 L 39-28 A Washington
RV < NR Florida State ACC 85 RV W 35-31 A Louisville
RV < NR Appalachian State Sun Belt 77 RV W 32-28 H Troy
RV < NR North Carolina ACC 72 RV DNP
RV < NR Washington State Pac-12 62 RV W 38-7 H Colorado State
RV < NR Cincinnati AAC 52 RV W 38-17 A Miami (OH)
RV < NR Oregon State Pac-12 49 RV W 68-28 H Montana State
RV < NR Minnesota Big Ten 48 RV W 49-7 H Colorado
RV < NR Kansas Big 12 23 RV W 48-30 A Houston
RV < NR Syracuse ACC 7 RV W 32-29 H Purdue
RV < NR LSU SEC 6 RV W 31-16 H Mississippi State
RV < NR Wisconsin Big Ten 4 RV W 66-7 H New Mexico State
NR < NR Air Force MWC 0 RV L 17-14 A Wyoming
NR < NR Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 0 RV W 38-26 H Buffalo
NR < NR Duke ACC 0 RV W 49-20 H North Carolina A&T
NR < NR East Carolina AAC 0 RV W 49-10 H Campbell
NR < NR Iowa State Big 12 0 RV W 43-10 H Ohio
NR < NR Mississippi State SEC 0 RV L 31-16 A LSU
NR < NR Notre Dame Ind 0 RV W 24-17 H California
NR < NR TCU Big 12 0 RV DNP

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 8 11.4 7197
ACC 5 17.4 2698
Pac-12 4 13.3 2959
Big 12 4 13.5 3161
Big Ten 3 7.0 3503
Ind 1 19.0 381

Milestones

Last Appearances

  • Washington makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 2021 preseason poll (18 polls)

Weekly Streaks

  • Georgia's Top 5 streak reaches 20
  • Michigan State's Top 25 streak ends at 16
  • NC State's Top 25 streak reaches 30
  • Oklahoma's Top 25 streak reaches 30
  • Pittburgh's Top 25 streak reaches 10

Total Appearances

  • Texas reaches 750 appearances (#7)
  • Utah reaches 150 appearances (#58)

Miscellaneous

  • Michigan State is the third team in as many weeks to drop completely out of the poll when ranked #11 or higher (#11 Oregon in Week 1, #8 Notre Dame in Week 2). There are only six other instances of this since 1989 (535 polls not including 2020).
  • The last time the Big Ten only had three teams ranked was the 12/2/2018 poll.
  • First time all Top 10 teams played and won (no DNP) since Week 2 of 2019.
  • The Top 25 won 22 games. That is the most since 24 teams won in Week 1 of 2019.
  • Kentucky: #8 is highest ranking since reaching #8 in the 10/14/2007 poll.
  • Washington:
    • Highest ranking since reaching #15 in the 9/29/2019 poll.
    • First appearance since starting at #20 in the 2021 preseason poll (only appearance last year).
    • First regular season appearance since #23 in the 11/29/2020 poll.
    • Highest jump from being unranked since landing at #15 in 9/12/1989 poll after they beat #15 Texas A&M 19-6 in Seattle.
    • Received 0 points last week.

Trending

  • Tennessee +13 since Week 1
  • Kentucky +12 since Week 1
  • Penn State +12 since being NR in Week 1
  • Oregon +11 since being NR in Week 1
  • Arkansas +9 since preseason poll
  • Mississippi +6 since Week 1
  • Florida -8 since Week 1
  • Pittsburgh -7 since Week 1

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
  • Clicking on the team name will display the week-by-week ranking for that team.
  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.