2022 AP Preseason Top 25: Betting lessons and trends from the season’s first poll

Alabama is back on top. Defending champion Georgia is No. 3 and LSU’s decades-long streak has been snapped.

The Associated Press released its first Top 25 poll on Monday, signaling that college football debates can finally begin in earnest.

While fanbases are busy arguing over which of their favorite teams should just get a bye to the playoffs now, bettors are scouring the polls looking for any type of edge they can find.

Fortunately, we already have plenty of data we can go off of this season to help us on this journey.

Let’s run through 2022’s inaugural Top 25—arguably the most reliable ranking before the playoff committee releases their first poll later in the season—and see what futures hold.

All odds via Tipico.

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