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November 20, 2022 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP CFP Last Week
1 < 1 Georgia (62) SEC 11-0 1574 1 1 W 16-6 A Kentucky
2 < 2 Ohio State (1) Big Ten 11-0 1507 2 2 W 43-30 A Maryland
3 < 3 Michigan Big Ten 11-0 1446 3 3 W 19-17 H Illinois
4 < 4 TCU Big 12 11-0 1395 4 4 W 29-28 A Baylor
5 < 7 USC Pac-12 10-1 1293 5 6 W 48-45 A #16 UCLA
6 < 6 LSU SEC 9-2 1241 6 5 W 41-10 H UAB
7 < 9 Clemson ACC 10-1 1152 8 8 W 40-10 H Miami (FL)
8 < 8 Alabama SEC 9-2 1131 7 7 W 34-0 H Austin Peay
9 < 5 Tennessee SEC 9-2 1058 11 10 L 63-38 A South Carolina
10 < 12 Oregon Pac-12 9-2 1009 9 9 W 20-17 H #10 Utah
11 < 11 Penn State Big Ten 9-2 994 10 11 W 55-10 A Rutgers
12 < 15 Washington Pac-12 9-2 879 12 13 W 54-7 H Colorado
13 < 18 Notre Dame Ind 8-3 710 15 15 W 44-0 H Boston College
14 < 10 Utah Pac-12 8-3 709 14 14 L 20-17 A #12 Oregon
15 < 19 Kansas State Big 12 8-3 697 13 12 W 48-31 A West Virginia
16 < 20 Florida State ACC 8-3 579 16 16 W 49-17 H Louisiana
17 < 16 UCLA Pac-12 8-3 562 18 18 L 48-45 H #7 USC
18 < 13 North Carolina ACC 9-2 464 17 17 L 21-17 H Georgia Tech
19 < 21 Tulane AAC 9-2 441 20 19 W 59-24 H SMU
20 < 14 Mississippi SEC 8-3 395 19 20 L 42-27 A Arkansas
21 < 22 Cincinnati AAC 9-2 353 21 24 W 23-3 A Temple
22 < 25 Oregon State Pac-12 8-3 271 22 21 W 31-7 A Arizona State
23 < 23 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 9-1 186 23 NR DNP
24 < NR Texas Big 12 7-4 128 24 23 W 55-14 A Kansas
25 < 17 UCF AAC 8-3 87 RV 22 L 17-14 H Navy
RV < NR UTSA CUSA 85 25 NR W 41-7 A Rice
RV < NR South Carolina SEC 44 RV NR W 63-38 H #5 Tennessee
RV < NR Troy Sun Belt 34 RV NR W 34-16 H Louisiana Monroe
RV < NR Boise State MWC 16 RV NR W 20-17 A Wyoming
RV < NR Illinois Big Ten 12 RV NR L 19-17 A #3 Michigan
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 5 RV NR W 13-10 A Minnesota
RV < NR Louisville ACC 5 RV 25 W 25-10 H NC State
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 3 RV NR W 56-7 H East Tennessee State
RV < NR South Alabama Sun Belt 3 RV NR W 27-20 A Southern Miss
RV < 24 Oklahoma State Big 12 2 NR NR L 28-13 A Oklahoma
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 2 NR NR W 42-27 H #14 Mississippi
RV < NR Purdue Big Ten 2 RV NR W 17-9 H Northwestern
RV < NR Fresno State MWC 1 NR NR W 41-14 A Nevada
NR < NR Air Force MWC 0 RV NR W 24-12 H Colorado State
NR < NR Georgia Tech ACC 0 RV NR W 21-17 A #13 North Carolina
NR < NR Liberty Ind 0 RV NR L 23-22 H Virginia Tech
NR < NR Pittsburgh ACC 0 RV NR W 28-26 H Duke
NR < NR Wake Forest ACC 0 RV NR W 45-35 H Syracuse
NR < NR Washington State Pac-12 0 RV NR W 31-20 A Arizona

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Pac-12 6 13.3 4723
SEC 5 8.8 5399
Big Ten 3 5.3 3947
ACC 3 13.7 2195
Big 12 3 14.3 2220
AAC 3 21.7 881
Ind 1 13.0 710
Sun Belt 1 23.0 186

Milestones

Last Appearances

  • USC makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 9/24/2017 poll (89 polls).

Weekly Streaks

  • Georgia's Top 10 streak reaches 30

Total Appearances

  • Clemson reaches 490 appearances (#18)
  • Michigan reaches 900 appearances (#2)
  • Tennessee reaches 600 appearances (#14)
  • USC reaches 800 appearances (#6)

Miscellaneous

  • Georgia's 16-6 win over Kentucky was the fewest points scored by the #1 team:
    • since the 2018 CFP Championship Game when #2 Clemson beat #1 Alabama 44-16
    • in a win since Alabama beat #15 LSU 10-0 in 2016 (also the last game with fewer than 22 combined points)
    • against an unranked opponent since Oregon beat California 15-13 in 2010

Trending

  • Washington +14 last 3 weeks (from NR; 3 straight weeks with jumps)
  • Notre Dame +13 last 3 weeks (from NR; 3 straight weeks with jumps)
  • Florida State +12 last 3 weeks (from NR; 3 straight weeks with jumps)
  • USC +7 last 5 weeks (5 straight weeks with jumps)
  • UCLA -8 last 2 weeks

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)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.