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December 4, 2022 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP CFP Last Week
1 < 1 Georgia (62) SEC 13-0 1574 *1 1 W 50-30 N #11 LSU (SEC CG)
2 < 2 Michigan (1) Big Ten 13-0 1513 *2 2 W 43-22 N Purdue (Big Ten CG)
3 < 3 TCU Big 12 12-1 1430 4 3 L 31-28 (1OT) N #13 Kansas State (Big 12 CG)
4 < 5 Ohio State Big Ten 11-1 1398 3 4 DNP
5 < 6 Alabama SEC 10-2 1285 5 5 DNP
6 < 7 Tennessee SEC 10-2 1233 6 6 DNP
7 < 12 Utah Pac-12 10-3 1110 10 8 W 47-24 N #4 USC (Pac-12 CG)
8 < 4 USC Pac-12 11-2 1068 8 10 L 47-24 N #12 Utah (Pac-12 CG)
9 < 8 Penn State Big Ten 10-2 1063 7 11 DNP
10 < 10 Clemson ACC 11-2 1042 11 7 W 39-10 N #24 North Carolina (ACC CG)
11 < 13 Kansas State Big 12 10-3 1032 9 9 W 31-28 (1OT) N #3 TCU (Big 12 CG)
12 < 9 Washington Pac-12 10-2 933 12 12 DNP
13 < 14 Florida State ACC 9-3 708 13 13 DNP
14 < 18 Tulane AAC 11-2 681 17 16 W 45-28 H #22 UCF (AAC CG)
15 < 15 Oregon Pac-12 9-3 670 14 15 DNP
16 < 11 LSU SEC 9-4 660 15 16 L 50-30 N #1 Georgia (SEC CG)
17 < 16 Oregon State Pac-12 9-3 644 16 14 DNP
18 < 17 UCLA Pac-12 9-3 570 18 18 DNP
19 < 19 Notre Dame Ind 8-4 394 20 21 DNP
20 < 20 South Carolina SEC 8-4 382 19 19 DNP
21 < 21 Texas Big 12 8-4 305 21 20 DNP
22 < 23 UTSA CUSA 11-2 227 22 25 W 48-27 H North Texas (C-USA CG)
23 < NR Troy Sun Belt 11-2 158 24 24 W 45-26 H Coastal Carolina (Sun Belt CG)
24 < 25 Mississippi State SEC 8-4 119 23 22 DNP
25 < NR NC State ACC 8-4 59 RV 23 DNP
RV < 24 North Carolina ACC 39 25 NR L 39-10 N #10 Clemson (ACC CG)
RV < 22 UCF AAC 36 RV NR L 45-28 A #18 Tulane (AAC CG)
RV < NR Cincinnati AAC 32 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Mississippi SEC 27 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Fresno State MWC 25 RV NR W 28-16 A Boise State (MWC CG)
RV < NR Purdue Big Ten 17 RV NR L 43-22 N #2 Michigan (Big Ten CG)
RV < NR South Alabama Sun Belt 17 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Illinois Big Ten 11 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Boise State MWC 6 RV NR L 28-16 H Fresno State (MWC CG)
RV < NR Pittsburgh ACC 4 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Minnesota Big Ten 2 RV NR DNP
RV < NR James Madison Sun Belt 1 NR NR DNP
NR < NR Air Force MWC 0 RV NR DNP
NR < NR Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 0 RV NR L 45-26 A Troy (Sun Belt CG)
NR < NR Duke ACC 0 RV NR DNP

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 12.0 5253
Pac-12 6 12.8 4995
Big Ten 3 5.0 3974
Big 12 3 11.7 2767
ACC 3 16.0 1809
AAC 1 14.0 681
Ind 1 19.0 394
CUSA 1 22.0 227
Sun Belt 1 23.0 158

Milestones

Last Appearances

  • Troy makes first appearance (and just second ever) in the Top 25 since the 11/13/2016 poll (100 polls).

Weekly Streaks

  • TCU's Top 25 streak reaches 10
  • UCLA's Top 25 streak reaches 10
  • Utah's Top 25 streak reaches 20

Total Appearances

  • Georgia ties Florida for #11
  • NC State ties Illinois for #49
  • Oregon State reaches 100 appearances (#66)
  • South Carolina reaches 190 appearances (#47)
  • Tennessee ties Auburn for #13
  • Troy ties eight others for #149
  • Tulane ties Indiana for #73
  • Utah ties Washington State for #57
  • UTSA ties three others for #121

Miscellaneous

  • Michigan - Most Top 5 appearances (14) in one season since 1991 (14). Team record is 15 in 1989.
  • Kansas State - Highest rank since #11 in the 12/7/2014 poll (129 polls).
  • Tulane - Highest rank since #7 in the final 1998 poll (393 polls).
  • Troy is the fourth Sun Belt team ranked at some point during the season breaking the record of three set in 2020.

Trending

  • Florida State +13 last 5 weeks (from NR)
  • Kansas State +12 last 4 weeks
  • Tulane +7 last 3 weeks
  • North Carolina -13 last 3 weeks (to NR)
  • LSU -10 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)
  • 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.