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2022 Final AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP Last Week
1 < 1 Georgia (63) SEC 15-0 1575 *1 W 65-7 N #3 TCU (CFP Final)
2 < 3 TCU Big 12 13-2 1484 2 L 65-7 N #1 Georgia (CFP Final)
3 < 2 Michigan Big Ten 13-1 1438 3 L 51-45 N #3 TCU (CFP Semi/Fiesta)
4 < 4 Ohio State Big Ten 11-2 1394 4 L 42-41 N #1 Georgia (CFP Semi/Peach)
5 < 5 Alabama SEC 11-2 1303 5 W 45-20 N #11 Kansas State (Sugar)
6 < 6 Tennessee SEC 11-2 1294 6 W 31-14 N #10 Clemson (Orange)
7 < 9 Penn State Big Ten 11-2 1200 7 W 35-21 N #7 Utah (Rose)
8 < 12 Washington Pac-12 11-2 1097 8 W 27-20 N #21 Texas (Alamo)
9 < 14 Tulane AAC 12-2 1025 9 W 46-45 N #8 USC (Cotton)
10 < 7 Utah Pac-12 10-4 876 11 L 35-21 N #9 Penn State (Rose)
11 < 13 Florida State ACC 10-3 814 10 W 35-32 N Oklahoma (Cheez-It)
12 < 8 USC Pac-12 11-3 795 13 L 46-45 N #14 Tulane (Cotton)
13 < 10 Clemson ACC 11-3 791 12 L 31-14 N #6 Tennessee (Orange)
14 < 11 Kansas State Big 12 10-4 784 14 L 45-20 N #5 Alabama (Sugar)
15 < 15 Oregon Pac-12 10-3 758 16 W 28-27 N North Carolina (Holiday)
16 < 16 LSU SEC 10-4 757 15 W 63-7 N Purdue (Citrus)
17 < 17 Oregon State Pac-12 10-3 742 17 W 30-3 N Florida (Las Vegas)
18 < 19 Notre Dame Ind 9-4 535 18 W 45-38 N #20 South Carolina (Gator)
19 < 23 Troy Sun Belt 12-2 322 20 W 18-12 N #22 UTSA (Cure)
20 < 24 Mississippi State SEC 9-4 320 19 W 19-10 N Illinois (ReliaQuest)
21 < 18 UCLA Pac-12 9-4 243 21 L 37-35 N Pittsburgh (Sun)
22 < NR Pittsburgh ACC 9-4 233 22 W 37-35 N #18 UCLA (Sun)
23 < 20 South Carolina SEC 8-5 180 23 L 45-38 N #19 Notre Dame (Gator)
24 < NR Fresno State MWC 10-4 164 24 W 29-6 N Washington State (Jimmy Kimmel LA)
25 < 21 Texas Big 12 8-5 95 25 L 27-20 N #12 Washington (Alamo)
RV < NR Duke ACC 49 RV W 30-13 N UCF (Military)
RV < 22 UTSA CUSA 45 RV L 18-12 N #23 Troy (Cure)
RV < NR Air Force MWC 40 RV W 30-15 N Baylor (Armed Forces)
RV < NR Boise State MWC 38 RV W 35-32 N North Texas (Frisco)
RV < NR Minnesota Big Ten 35 RV W 28-20 N Syracuse (Pinstripe)
RV < NR Texas Tech Big 12 19 RV W 42-25 N Mississippi (Texas)
RV < NR North Carolina ACC 8 RV L 28-27 N #15 Oregon (Holiday)
RV < 25 NC State ACC 6 NR L 16-12 N Maryland (Duke's Mayo)
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 4 RV W 21-0 N Kentucky (Music City)
RV < NR Louisville ACC 3 RV W 24-7 N Cincinnati (Fenway)
RV < NR Purdue Big Ten 3 RV L 63-7 N #16 LSU (Citrus)
RV < NR Marshall Sun Belt 2 NR W 28-14 N Connecticut (Myrtle Beach)
RV < NR Maryland Big Ten 2 RV W 16-12 N #25 NC State (Duke's Mayo)
RV < NR Cincinnati AAC 1 RV L 24-7 N Louisville (Fenway)
RV < NR Illinois Big Ten 1 NR L 19-10 N #24 Mississippi State (ReliaQuest)
NR < NR BYU Ind 0 RV W 24-23 N SMU (New Mexico)
NR < NR Mississippi SEC 0 RV L 42-25 N Texas Tech (Texas)
NR < NR Ohio MAC 0 RV W 30-27 (1OT) N Wyoming (Arizona)
NR < NR South Alabama Sun Belt 0 RV L 44-23 N Western Kentucky (New Orleans)
NR < NR UCF AAC 0 RV L 30-13 N Duke (Military)
NR < NR Wake Forest ACC 0 RV W 27-17 N Missouri (Gasparilla)

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 11.8 5429
Pac-12 6 13.8 4511
Big Ten 3 4.7 4032
Big 12 3 13.7 2363
ACC 3 15.3 1838
AAC 1 9.0 1025
Ind 1 18.0 535
Sun Belt 1 19.0 322
MWC 1 24.0 164

Milestones

Last Appearances
- Fresno State makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/31/2021 poll (21 polls)
- Tulane makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the final 1998 poll (394 polls)

Season Streaks:
- Alabama's final poll season streak reaches 15
- Auburn's season streak ends at 9
- Cincinnati's season streak reaches 5
- Iowa's season streak ends at 7
- Iowa State's season streak ends at 5
- Ohio State's season streak reaches 55
- Oklahoma's final poll season streak ends at 7
- Oklahoma State's season streak reaches 15
- Oregon's season streak reaches 25
- Texas A&M's season streak reaches 5
- Virginia Tech's season streak ends at 6

Weekly Streaks:
- Georgia's Number 1 streak reaches 10
- Michigan's Top 25 streak reaches 30

Total Appearances:
- Kansas State reaches 230 appearances (#40)
- Oregon reaches 350 appearances (#25)
- TCU ties Missouri for #37
- Troy ties seven others for #142

Final Poll Appearances:
- Alabama reaches 60 appearances (#4)
- Mississippi State reaches 15 appearances (#43)
- South Carolina reaches 10 appearances (#62)
- Tennessee reaches 45 appearances (#9)
- Texas reaches 50 appearances (#7)

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.