AP Poll Preseason College Football Rankings: 2020 to 2022 Top 25
Take all the AP Poll preseason rankings and use our CFN scoring system – the AP Poll preseason No. 1 gets 25 points, the No. 2 team 24, No. 3 23, and so on down to the bottom. Number in parentheses is previous year’s ranking.
1 Alabama 73 (T1)
T2 Clemson 70 (T1)
T2 Ohio State 70 (3)
4 Georgia 66 (5)
5 Oklahoma 62 (4)
6 Notre Dame 54 (T6)
7 Texas A&M 53 (T6)
8 Oregon 47 (8)
9 Wisconsin 36 (11)
10 USC 32 (16)
11 Florida 31 (9)
12 LSU 30 (10)
13 Michigan 28 (T21)
14 Penn State 26 (12)
15 Oklahoma State 25 (20)
16 North Carolina 24 (T13)
17 Miami 22 (19)
T18 Cincinnati 21 (T13)
T18 Utah 21 (T25)
20 Iowa State 19 (15)
21 Texas 17 (17)
22 Baylor 16 (NR)
23 Auburn 15 (18)
24 NC State 13 (NR)
25 Michigan State 11 (NR)
Also Receiving Votes/Points: Iowa 10; Arkansas 7; Minnesota 7; Kentucky 6; Ole Miss 5; UCF 5; Wake Forest 4; Houston 2; Arizona State 1; BYU 1
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