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College Football Win Totals 2022: Who Overperformed, Underperformed, How Did We Do?

College Football 2022 Win Totals: Looking back to see who did well, who underachieved, and how we did with all of our picks.

What college football teams overperformed, underperformed, or did what they were supposed to? Here’s where everyone came in with their win regular season win totals – and how our picks did. 

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College Football Win Totals 2022: How did everyone do?

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How did every college football team do this regular season compared to expectations? How did each one do compared to our expectations?

Every year we preview every team and come up with the projected final regular season record. The realistic goal is to be + or – 1 either way as much as possible.

+ or -2, and that’s a miss, and + or -3 is painful. Anything more than that is a total whiff on our part, and/or a shocker to the general win total.

Who overperformed, who underperformed, and who came in about where we thought they would? Again, this is just for the regular season – no conference championships or bowls.

2022 College Football Win Totals: How did everyone do? 
+2.5 to 5 BOOM. Way overperform
+1 to 2 Overperform
+0.5 to -0.5 Close to the pin
-1 to 2 Underperform
-2.5 to 3.5 Massive underperform 

The number after each team is the difference – positive or negative – in how much each team overperformed or underperformed compared to the consensus win totals.

TCU +5.5

Preseason Win Total Line: 6.5
Regular Season Record: 12-0
CFN Preseason Win Total Prediction: 6

Duke +5

Preseason Win Total Line: 3
Regular Season Record: 8-4
CFN Preseason Win Total Prediction: 2

South Alabama +4.5

Preseason Win Total Line: 5.5
Regular Season Record: 10-2
CFN Preseason Win Total Prediction: 6

Tulane +4

Preseason Win Total Line: 6
Regular Season Record: 10-2
CFN Preseason Win Total Prediction: 6

Ohio +3.5

Preseason Win Total Line: 5.5
Regular Season Record: 9-3
CFN Preseason Win Total Prediction: 5

Troy +3.5

Preseason Win Total Line: 6.5
Regular Season Record: 10-2
CFN Preseason Win Total Prediction: 5

UConn +3.5

Preseason Win Total Line: 2.5
Regular Season Record: 6-6
CFN Preseason Win Total Prediction: 2

Kansas +3.5

Preseason Win Total Line: 2.5
Regular Season Record: 6-6
CFN Preseason Win Total Prediction: 3

New Mexico State +3

Preseason Win Total Line: 3
Regular Season Record: 6-6
CFN Preseason Win Total Prediction: 2

Kansas State +2.5

Preseason Win Total Line: 6.5
Regular Season Record: 9-3
CFN Preseason Win Total Prediction: 6

Oregon State +2.5

Preseason Win Total Line: 6.5
Regular Season Record: 9-3
CFN Preseason Win Total Prediction: 6

Florida State +2.5

Preseason Win Total Line: 6.5
Regular Season Record: 9-3
CFN Preseason Win Total Prediction: 7

Illinois +2.5

Preseason Win Total Line: 4.5
Regular Season Record: 7-5
CFN Preseason Win Total Prediction: 5

Michigan +2.5

Preseason Win Total Line: 9.5
Regular Season Record: 12-0
CFN Preseason Win Total Prediction: 10

Tennessee +2.5

Preseason Win Total Line: 7.5
Regular Season Record: 10-2
CFN Preseason Win Total Prediction: 8

Vanderbilt +2.5

Preseason Win Total Line: 2.5
Regular Season Record: 5-7
CFN Preseason Win Total Prediction: 3

Washington +2.5

Preseason Win Total Line: 7.5
Regular Season Record: 10-2
CFN Preseason Win Total Prediction: 8

2022 College Football Win Totals: How did everyone do? 
+2.5 to 5 BOOM. Way overperform
+1 to 2 Overperform
+0.5 to -0.5 Close to the pin
-1 to 2 Underperform
-2.5 to 3.5 Massive underperform

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College Football 150 National Championship All-Time Season Rankings. Where Does 2022 Georgia Rank?

150 Best College Football National Championship Season Rankings. The best national title runs in the history of college football

Which college football national champions had the best seasons? How do their runs rank? We highlight the greatest of all-time with the 150 Greatest National Championship Season rankings. 

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150 Greatest College Football National Champions

150 Greatest College Football National Champions
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No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 | 11-25 | 26-50
51-75 | 76-100 | 101-125 | 126-150 | Just Missed
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Is 2020 Alabama the greatest team of all-time? Is it 2019 LSU, or 1894 Yale, or …? That’s a matter of opinion. However, what’s easier to do is ask this question.

Where’s 2022 Georgia after its dominant national title win over TCU?

Which national champion came up with the greatest season in the history of college football?

How are you possibly supposed to rank close over 150 years of the best of the best college football teams?

How do you sell the idea that some Ivy League team from the 1800s was among the greatest of all-time based on an opinion? That’s not fair.

That old school team would lose to the 2022 Georgia backups by 295 points.

On talent and ability, trying to rank and contrast today’s college football teams to anything from 100ish years ago is like comparing apples to … Jupiter. It’s a totally different game now.

And then there’s the problem of just how fatally flawed the system for determining a champion used to be. It’s not like anyone could watch three screens of games in 1869 – or 1969. National champions from back in the day – and even as recently as the mid-1990s – were crowned on a guess.

So with all of that in mind, we’ve ranked the 150 greatest national champions of all-time based on how good their seasons were. The CFN Season Formula is about straight numbers, wins, losses, point totals and strengths of schedules to measure just how strong a campaign really was. It’s not an opinion of how good the teams might have been.

It’s a simple theory. The more wins, and the more big wins, the higher the ranking. The more games a team played, the more chances for losses, wearing down, injuries, or bad days. It’s why some of the highest-ranked teams on this list are from the modern day – the more recent champions played more games.

If you won a national championship playing a schedule of cupcakes and high school teams – looking at you, 1895 Penn – this formula exposes that.

The ground rules.

1. There are more than 150 college football national champions. Over the last 153 years – even though there have only been 152 college football seasons, but whatever – there were plenty of split titles.

Because there was no true national championship game up until the BCS was formed in 1998, crowning a champion was often a popularity contest. Only the top 150 according to the CFN Season Formula make the list.

2. Only the main methods for each era are counted. Sorry, 2017 UCF, and sorry to a few of the Alabama “national champions” that the school continues to brag about. These are based off of the top selection organizations in each era …

1869 to 1879: National Championship Foundation (NCF)
1880 to 1935: NCF & Helms Athletic Foundation
1936 to 1949: Associated Press (AP)
1950 to 1981: AP & United Press International (UPI)
1982 to 1997: AP (and 2003) & USA Today (Coaches Poll)
1998 to 2013: Bowl Championship System
2014 to 2022: College Football Playoff

FIRST TEAMS OUT …

154. 1911 Penn State (8-0-1)

All-Time Season Score: 14.0344
Key Season Score Element: 5 Bad Wins (wins over teams with three wins or fewer, or not at the highest level at the time) in 9 games
Best Win: Penn State 5, at Cornell 0
Worst Game: Penn State 0, at Navy 0

1911 was a weird college football season. Navy ended up unbeaten, but it finished with three ties. One was against Penn State, and one was against Princeton – both of the split national champions. Penn State had the better year than Princeton with a few more big wins, and with a defense that allowed just 15 points.

153. 1910 Pitt (9-0)

All-Time Season Score: 14.0700
Key Season Score Element: Outscored teams 282-0
Best Win: Pitt 17, Georgetown 0
Worst Game: Pitt 19, Westminster 0

Seven of the nine wins came against teams that weren’t officially in the college football mix and/or finished with fewer than three wins. It was the year when the forward pass became a bigger part of the game, but it didn’t matter to a Pitt D that didn’t allow a point.

152. 1923 Michigan (8-0)

All-Time Season Score: 14.1300
Key Season Score Element: Outscored teams 150-12
Best Win: Michigan 10, Minnesota 0
Worst Game: Michigan 26, Quantico Marines 6

It’s a soft national championship considering there was only one amazing win – over Minnesota in the regular season finale – and a whole slew of mediocre victories over bad Case, Ohio State, and Michigan State teams. The D pitched a shutout in five of the eight games and allowed more than three points once … against Quantico Marines.

151. 1910 Harvard (8-0-1)

All-Time Season Score: 14.1944
Key Season Score Element: Outscored teams 155-5
Best Win: Harvard 12, Brown 0
Worst Game: Harvard 0, Yale 0

There were a few great wins, but they were offset by a whole lot of teams that fall into the Bad Win category. Five of the eight victories were bad, and there was a tie against Yale on the road in the season finale. The D gave up just five points all year, coming in a 27-5 win over a strong Cornell squad.

150 Greatest College Football National Champions
CFN 2022 Final Rankings | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4
No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 | 11-25 | 26-50
51-75 | 76-100 | 101-125 | 126-150 | Just Missed
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College Football Rankings Final 1 To 131: 2022 Season Formula. Who Had The Best Years?

College Football Season Rankings. How did all 131 teams stack up – and who had the most fun – according to the CFN Season Ranking Formula?

The 2022 Final College Football News Season Rankings from No. 1 to 131? How did all the seasons stack up based on the CFN Season Formula.

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CFN College Football Rankings: 2022 Final Season Rankings

CFN 2022 Rankings: Season Formula Final
101-131 | 76-100 | 51-75 | 26-50 | 11-25 | Top 10 | Top 5
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The CFN Season Formula is based on straight numbers, wins, losses, and strengths of schedules to measure just how good a season really was, and NOT how good we thought all of the teams were.

That’s what the CFN Opinion Rankings are for.

This is all about evaluating every team’s season from start to finish with an emphasis on the big wins, the painful losses, and who had the toughest and easiest roads.

This formula – used to compare seasons on a historical basis, as well as year-by-year – only cares about victories and the raw numbers, completely taking out the eye test.

It’s simple … was your schedule good, and did you win with it? Then your ranking is high. Was your schedule mediocre? This exposes that. Here’s the breakdown of how the CFN Season Formula is calculated.

One more note before getting started. The idea of the “best” and “worst” wins are based on how important the wins are according to the formula. The win over the key rival is obviously the biggest moment, but it might not have been the win over the best team on the slate.

Basically, which teams had the most fun, and which teams didn’t?

131 Colorado (1-11)

2022 CFN Season Score: -3.41
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 103
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 62
2021 CFN Season Score: 97
Best Win: Cal 20-13
Worst Loss: Arizona State 42-34

130 UMass (1-11)

2022 CFN Season Score: -3.15
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 131
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 130
2021 CFN Season Score: 130
Best Win: Stony Brook 20-3
Worst Loss: Arkansas State 35-33

129 Nevada (2-10)

2022 CFN Season Score: -2.28
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 130
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 100
2021 CFN Season Score: 54
Best Win: Texas State 38-14
Worst Loss: Incarnate Word 55-41

128 Northwestern (1-11)

2022 CFN Season Score: -1.67
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 110
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 67
2021 CFN Season Score: 118
Best Win: Nebraska 31-28
Worst Loss: Southern Illinois 31-24

127 USF (1-12)

2022 CFN Season Score: -1.50
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 126
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 92
2021 CFN Season Score: 117
Best Win: Howard 42-20
Worst Loss: Temple 54-28

126 New Mexico (2-10)

2022 CFN Season Score: -0.63
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 129
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 122
2021 CFN Season Score: 122
Best Win: UTEP 27-10
Worst Loss: Colorado State 17-0

125 Charlotte (3-9)

2022 CFN Season Score: -0.30
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 123
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 119
2021 CFN Season Score: 98
Best Win: Rice 56-23
Worst Loss: William & Mary 41-24

124 Hawaii (3-10)

2022 CFN Season Score: 0.04
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 121
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 107
2021 CFN Season Score: 86
Best Win: UNLV 31-25
Worst Loss: Colorado State 17-13

123 Akron (2-10)

2022 CFN Season Score: 0.51
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 119
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 128
2021 CFN Season Score: 127
Best Win: Northern Illinois 44-12
Worst Loss: Central Michigan 28-21

122 Arkansas State (3-9)

2022 CFN Season Score: 1.48
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 128
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 121
2021 CFN Season Score: 116
Best Win: ULM 45-28
Worst Loss: Old Dominion 29-26

121 Temple (3-9)

2022 CFN Season Score: 1.62
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 114
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 98
2021 CFN Season Score: 119
Best Win: USF 54-28
Worst Loss: Rutgers 16-14

120 Virginia Tech (3-8)

2022 CFN Season Score: 1.67
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 90
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 57
2021 CFN Season Score: 83
Best Win: Liberty 23-22
Worst Loss: Old Dominion 20-17

119 Northern Illinois (3-9)

2022 CFN Season Score: 1.84
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 120
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 101
2021 CFN Season Score: 41
Best Win: Eastern Michigan 39-10
Worst Loss: Akron 44-12

118 ULM (4-8)

2022 CFN Season Score: 1.88
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 116
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 126
2021 CFN Season Score: 104
Best Win: Louisiana 21-17
Worst Loss: Arkansas State 45-28

117 Old Dominion (3-9)

2022 CFN Season Score: 1.90
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 107
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 110
2021 CFN Season Score: 84
Best Win: Coastal Carolina 49-21
Worst Loss: Georgia State 31-17

116 Louisiana Tech (3-9)

2022 CFN Season Score: 1.93
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 124
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 99
2021 CFN Season Score: 112
Best Win: Middle Tennessee 40-24
Worst Loss: Charlotte 26-21

115 Virginia (3-7)

2022 CFN Season Score: 2.10
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 75
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 56
2021 CFN Season Score: 79
Best Win: Georgia Tech 16-9
Worst Loss: Miami 14-12

114 FIU (4-8)

2022 CFN Season Score: 2.35
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 127
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 127
2021 CFN Season Score: 126
Best Win: New Mexico State 21-7
Worst Loss: Texas State 41-12

113 Texas State (4-8)

2022 CFN Season Score: 2.45
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 122
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 118
2021 CFN Season Score: 115
Best Win: Appalachian State 36-24
Worst Loss: Nevada 38-14

112 Boston College (3-9)

2022 CFN Season Score: 2.49
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 74
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 45
2021 CFN Season Score: 88
Best Win: NC State 21-20
Worst Loss: Virginia Tech 27-10

111 Cal (4-8)

2022 CFN Season Score: 2.61
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 67
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 55
2021 CFN Season Score: 91
Best Win: Arizona 49-31
Worst Loss: Colorado 20-13

110 Stanford (3-9)

2022 CFN Season Score: 2.70
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 73
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 61
2021 CFN Season Score: 102
Best Win: Notre Dame 16-14
Worst Loss: Cal 27-20

109 Colorado State (3-9)

2022 CFN Season Score: 2.81
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 125
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 93
2021 CFN Season Score: 114
Best Win: Hawaii 17-13
Worst Loss: Sacramento State 41-10

108 Rutgers (4-8)

2022 CFN Season Score: 2.91
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 85
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 66
2021 CFN Season Score: 99
Best Win: Indiana 24-17
Worst Loss: Nebraska 14-13

107 Arizona State (3-9)

2022 CFN Season Score: 3.11
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 76
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 53
2021 CFN Season Score: 56
Best Win: Washington 45-38
Worst Loss: Stanford 15-14

106 Rice (5-8)

2022 CFN Season Score: 3.22
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 109
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 120
2021 CFN Season Score: 101
Best Win: Louisiana 33-21
Worst Loss: Charlotte 56-23

105 UNLV (5-7)

2022 CFN Season Score: 3.41
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 113
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 112
2021 CFN Season Score: 120
Best Win: North Texas 58-27
Worst Loss: Hawaii 31-25

104 Georgia State (4-8)

2022 CFN Season Score: 3.44
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 101
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 95
2021 CFN Season Score: 49
Best Win: Southern Miss 42-14
Worst Loss: Charlotte 42-41

103 Nebraska (4-8)

2022 CFN Season Score: 3.73
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 68
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 46
2021 CFN Season Score: 95
Best Win: Iowa 24-17
Worst Loss: Northwestern 31-28

102 Western Michigan (5-7)

2022 CFN Season Score: 4.06
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 117
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 81
2021 CFN Season Score: 40
Best Win: Toledo 20-14
Worst Loss: Northern Illinois 24-21

101 Navy (4-8)

2022 CFN Season Score: 4.29
2022 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 89
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 97
2021 CFN Season Score: 82
Best Win: UCF 17-14
Worst Loss: Delaware 14-7

CFN 2022 Rankings: Season Formula Final
101-131 | 76-100 | 51-75 | 26-50 | 11-25 | Top 10 | Top 5
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Florida Atlantic vs Charlotte Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

Florida Atlantic vs Charlotte Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview Odds TV

Florida Atlantic vs Charlotte prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Saturday, February 4

Florida Atlantic vs Charlotte How To Watch

Date: Saturday, February 4
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Venue: Dale F Halton Arena, Charlotte, NC
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: Florida Atlantic (21-2), Charlotte (13-9)
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Florida Atlantic vs Charlotte Game Preview

Why Florida Atlantic Will Win

Yeah, Florida Atlantic finally dropped another game in a 86-77 loss to UAB, but it took everything to go the other way in the weeknight road game.

The Owls are much better from three than they showed against the Blazers, and they’re much, much better on the boards – they were outrebounded by eight.

Charlotte is about to get crushed on the boards.

There aren’t any points on the move, Florida Atlantic has more ways to score, and …

Why Charlotte Will Win

Charlotte has the ability to force mistakes.

Florida Atlantic doesn’t have a big turnover problem – there weren’t issues against UAB – but 49er defense is able attack well and then control the tempo from there.

They have to hit their threes – that not normally a problem – and the defense should be able to hold up well and not get the great free-throw shooting Owls on the line. That, and …

What’s Going To Happen

Charlotte is normally great at home.

It only lost two, and it’s coming off a weird/rough loss to a mediocre FIU team, but it’s normally a far better shooting team at home and does a much better job of moving the ball around to find the easy shot.

That’s not happening here.

Florida Atlantic will get on the move and go on a little bit of a run late in the first half to force Charlotte to start bombing away more from the outside. That’s not going to work well enough.

Florida Atlantic vs Charlotte Prediction, Line

Florida Atlantic 74, Charlotte 68
Line: Florida Atlantic -4, o/u: 130.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Must See Ranking: 2
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Florida Atlantic vs UAB Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview Odds TV

Florida Atlantic vs UAB preview, prediction, and breakdown for the college basketball game on Thursday, February 2

Florida Atlantic vs UAB prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Thursday, February 2

Florida Atlantic vs UAB How To Watch

Date: Thursday, February 2
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Bartow Arena, Birmingham, AL
How To Watch: CBS Sports Network
Record: Florida Atlantic (21-1), UAB (15-7)
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Florida Atlantic vs UAB Game Preview

Why Florida Atlantic Will Win

How are the Owls doing this? How are they on a run of 20 straight wins?  It helps that they’re really, really deep.

No one in college basketball gets more points off the bench. The threes are consistently there, the offensive punch keeps on coming, and the defense is doing a solid job of generating turnovers and forcing mistakes.

Combine all of that with a relentless ability to get to the glass on both ends, and it’s all working.

But …

Why UAB Will Win

It almost had them.

UAB lost to Florida Atlantic 88-86 in the first meeting a month ago – it was as close as anyone has been able to get to disrupt the run.

The scoring D has been hit or miss, but no one in Conference USA does a better job on the glass – it got whomped in the first meeting in rebounding margin, but it’s normally among the best in the country – and no one in the league scores more.

Florida Atlantic is happy to get up and down the floor, but UAB is better in transition and stronger at generating fast break points.

But it’s this simple …

What’s Going To Happen

UAB has got to be on from three.

This will be a high-powered firefight with a whole lot of scoring runs and swings, but UAB has to be able to keep up from the outside.

It’s 11-2 when hitting 36% or better from three, and 4-6 when it doesn’t. Not making enough threes were the problem in the two home losses.

However, UAB hit half to its threes in the first meeting and it wasn’t quite enough. There was one other big difference, though.

Florida Atlantic had its second-best free throw shooting day of the year. The Blazers had an uncharacteristically mediocre day on the line.

It’ll be close late, and UAB will be better shooting free throws this time around.

Florida Atlantic vs UAB Prediction, Line

UAB 83, Florida Atlantic 81
Line: UAB -1, o/u: 147
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5
Must See Ranking: 3
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College Football Rankings 1 To 131: 2022 Final Overall and Conference

College football rankings from College Football News for all 131 teams after the end of the 2022 season, from 1 to 131 and by conference

College Football News 2022 college football rankings for all 131 teams after the end of season, overall and by conference.

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College Football Rankings: 2022 Final 1-131

CFN 2022 Rankings: Final
101-131 | 76-100 | 51-75 | 26-50 | 11-25 | Top 10
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We’ll do the CFN Formula Rankings – taking the opinion out of the mix and going only by what happened on the field and strength of the records – next.

These are about what we think at the end of the 2022 season, here’s our ranking of all 131 teams based on a mix of believe, prove, eye-test, and mostly head-to-head – when possible.

(And yes, the top overall spot will be solidified after Monday night.)

131 UMass (1-11)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 131
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 130

130 Nevada (2-10)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 130
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 100

129 New Mexico (2-10)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 129
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 122

128 Arkansas State (3-9)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 128
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 121

127 FIU (4-8)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 127
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 127

126 USF (1-12)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 126
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 92

125 Colorado State (3-9)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 125
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 93

124 Louisiana Tech (3-9)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 124
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 99

123 Charlotte (3-9)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 123
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 119

122 Texas State (4-8)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 122
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 118

121 Hawaii (3-10)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 121
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 107

120 Northern Illinois (3-9)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 120
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 101

119 Akron (2-10)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 118
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 128

118 Ball State (5-7)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 117
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 125

117 Western Michigan (5-7)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 116
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 81

116 ULM (4-8)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 116
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 126

115 Central Michigan (4-8)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 115
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 109

114 Temple (3-9)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 113
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 98

113 UNLV (5-7)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 112
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 112

112 UTEP (5-7)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 111
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 104

111 Kent State (5-7)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 110
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 114

110 Northwestern (1-11)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 108
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 67

109 Rice (5-8)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 109
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 120
LendingTree Bowl: Southern Miss 38, Rice 24

108 Florida Atlantic (5-7)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 107
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 103

107 Old Dominion (3-9)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 104
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 110

106 Miami University (6-7)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 105
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 102
HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl: UAB 24, Miami University 20

105 Bowling Green (6-7)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 103
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 124
Quick Lane Bowl: New Mexico State 24, Bowling Green 19

104 New Mexico State (7-6)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 114
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 129
Quick Lane Bowl: New Mexico State 24, Bowling Green 19

103 Colorado (1-11)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 100
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 62

102 Georgia Southern (6-7)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 92
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 117
Camellia Bowl: Buffalo 23, Georgia Southern 21

101 Georgia State (4-8)

Final Regular Season Ranking: 94
2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 95

CFN 2022 Rankings: Final
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College Football News Freshman All-Bowl Team 2022

College Football News 2022 Freshman All-Bowl Team. The best new young stars from the post-season.

College Football News Freshman All-Bowl Team. Who were the best and brightest young stars of the 2022 bowl season?

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The 2022 Freshman All-Bowl Team 

Bowl games serve all kinds of purposes for programs and their coaching staffs.

For many, either by design or out of necessity, it’s a chance to get a better look at the youngest players on the roster. This is why so many underclassmen see their most reps in December.

It’s been a particularly good postseason for rookies, none better than the true and redshirt freshmen below.

Freshman Offensive Player of the Bowls
WR Squirrel White, Tennessee
The explosive White looks like the next big thing out of the slot for Josh Heupel and the Volunteers.

He stepped up after Jalin Hyatt opted out of the Orange Bowl, catching a season-high nine balls for 108 yards and a TD in a 31-14 win over Clemson

Freshman Defensive Player of the Bowls 
LB Chris Paul, Arkansas
The Razorbacks were without both starting linebackers, Drew Sanders and Bumper Pool, in the Liberty Bowl which created a huge opportunity for Paul to show why he’s the future at the position.

The 6-1, 230-pound thumper had a game-high 12 stops, three hurries and no missed tackles in an OT thriller over Kansas.

CFN Freshman All-Bowl Team: Offense

QB Drake Maye, North Carolina
RB Ashton Jeanty, Boise State
RB Nick Singleton, Penn State
WR Kobe Paysour, North Carolina
WR Squirrel White, Tennessee
TE Mason Taylor, LSU
OL Kelvin Banks, Texas
OL Tyler Booker, Alabama
OL Will Campbell, LSU
OL Mason Murphy, USC
OL Roger Rosengarten, Washington

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CFN Freshman All-Bowl Team: Defense

EDGE Trey Moore, UTSA
DI Cameron Ball, Arkansas
DI Damion Barber, Marshall
EDGE Isaac Smith, Texas Tech
LB Lander Barton, Utah
LB Chris Paul, Arkansas
LB Jordan Pollard, San Jose State
CB Jaylin Davies, UCLA
S Javon McIntyre, Pitt
S Xavier Nwankpa, Iowa
CB Benjamin Morrison, Notre Dame

CFN Freshman All-Bowl Team: Special Teams

PK Nathanial Vakos, Ohio
P Hugh Robertson, Illinois

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Boise State 35, North Texas 32 Frisco Bowl What Happened, What It All Means

Boise State 35, North Texas 32: Frisco Bowl what happened, player of the game, and what it all means

Boise State beat North Texas to win the Frisco Bowl. What happened, who was the player of the game, and what does it all mean?

Boise State 35, North Texas 32 Frisco Bowl What Happened, Player of the Game, What It All Means

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Frisco Bowl What Happened

– In a much tougher fight than originally expected, Boise State ran for 318 yards, needing all of them in the back-and-forth fight before finally pulling away late. North Texas was up 24-21 late in the third, but Boise State took the ensuing drive 75 yards with Taylen Green finishing with a 19-yard touchdown run to take the lead for good. North Texas pulled to within three late, but it got stuck deep in its own end on its final drives and stalled on the last gasp chance.

– North Texas couldn’t hold up against the Boise State running game, but the offense worked. Ikaika Ragsdale ran for two scores and Austin Aune threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Jyaire Shorter.

– North Texas turned it over twice, Boise State didn’t lose the ball. That was just enough to help swing the game with both able to move the chains. North Texas converted half of its third down tries, but it couldn’t handle the Boise State offense in the third quarter on.

Frisco Bowl Player of the Game

Taylen Green, QB Boise State
As part of the ground game that averaged over six yards per pop, Green ran 12 times for 119 yards and two scores – averaging 9.9 yards per carry – and completed 13-of-22 passes for 137 yards and a score.

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Frisco Bowl Fun Stats

– Rushing Yards: Boise State 318 – North Texas 176

– Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty ran 28 times for 178 yards and a score

– Total Yards: Boise State 455 – North Texas 435

Frisco Bowl What It All Means

Boise State should’ve had an easier time – the running game worked like it was supposed to – but after losing the Mountain West Championship at home to Fresno State, coming away with the win for a ten-victory season mattered. It was the first double-digit win campaign since 2019 and the program’s first bowl win since the 2017 Las Vegas.

North Texas didn’t have a run defense, its head coach got fired, and it came into this without a strong win on the resumé. Interim head coach Phil Bennett had his team ready and intense, the offense worked against the strong Boise State defense, and it was a great overall performance considering the situation.

However, the program is off to the American Athletic Conference going four straight seasons without a winning record – it finished 7-7 – and it’s now 0-6 in its last six bowl tries since winning the Heart of Dallas back in 2013.

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WKU 44, South Alabama 23 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl What Happened, What It All Means

WKU 44, South Alabama 23: R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl what happened, player of the game, and what it all means

WKU beat South Alabama to win the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. What happened, who was the player of the game, and what does it all mean?

WKU 44, South Alabama 23 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl What Happened, Player of the Game, What It All Means

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R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl What Happened

– WKU got hot early, put the game away, and South Alabama wasn’t able to do much to respond until it was way too late. Austin Reed threw three touchdown passes – four for the game – and receiver Dalvin Smith threw a trick play touchdown pass on the way to a 31- 3 halftime lead.

– It was 41-10 WKU late in the third, but South Alabama’s Carter Bradley threw three touchdown passes including two int he last 19 minutes. It didn’t matter. WKU got enough points less than 20 minutes in.

– That wasn’t the normal South Alabama team. It was brilliant all season and tight defensively, but WKU and Reed were too sharp and too good in the first half. It wasn’t a sloppy game, but two USA turnovers didn’t help and the inability to keep drives going early on was a killer.

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R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Player of the Game

Austin Reed, QB WKU
He was supposed to have transferred to Louisville, but came back and decided to stay. He completed 36-of-55 passes for 497 yards with four touchdowns and a pick. He also ran for 25 yards.

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R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Fun Stats

– WKU WR Dalvin Smith caught six passes for 145 yards and a score, and he completed his only throw for a 25-yard score. Jaylin Hall (138 yards) and Malachi Corley (114 yards) also hit the 100-yard mark.

– South Alabama WR Devin Voisin came up with a game high 11 catches for 154 yards and a score. QB Carter Bradley threw for 360 yards and three touchdowns with two picks.

– Total Yards: WKU 677 – South Alabama 421

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl What It All Means

Wow. WKU came into this a bit undermanned, but Austin Reed was there slinging it around and running the offense, and that was it. For a team that had a bit of an inconsistent season, Reed was brilliant from the start, the passing game clicked like it was supposed, and this was over fast.

Give the WKU defense a little credit, too. It held up early, got the ball back to Reed, and boom. Now that’s two straight bowl wins under head coach Tyson Helton, and he’s 3-1 in the last four years. The program has won six of its last eight since losing its first ever bowl appearance in 2012.

What was that, South Alabama? Against UCLA in a tough loss against Troy in a 10-6 battle of a loss, and in game after game, the offense found ways to keep moving early on and the defense was good at holding up in a 10-2 season. This loss doesn’t ruin a great season, but it sours it a bit.

The program still hasn’t won a bowl game – it’s 0-3 – but this was the first winning season since moving up to the FBS level in 2012. It was the first time it got past six wins. This was a special year, but the first 20 minutes of this were shocking.

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Southern Miss 38, Rice 24 LendingTree Bowl What Happened, What It All Means

Southern Miss 38, Rice 24: LendingTree Bowl what happened, player of the game, and what it all means

Southern Miss beat Rice to win the LendingTree Bowl. What happened, who was the player of the game, and what does it all mean?

Southern Miss 38, Rice 24 LendingTree Bowl What Happened, Player of the Game, What It All Means

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LendingTree Bowl What Happened

– Frank Gore Jr. ran for 329 yards with two touchdown runs and a scoring pass – punctuated by a 55-yard touchdown run to seal the win – as Southern Miss scored 21 unanswered points over the last 19 minutes.

– Southern Miss got up 14-0 helped by a 64-yard touchdown run from Gore Jr., but Rice roared back with three touchdown passes from AJ Padgett with two to Isaiah Esdale for a 24-17 lead carried deep into the fourth.

– It wasn’t the sharpest game from either side, but Rice hung around even with the massive day from Gore Jr. The final score is going to make the game look worse than it was. The Owls were able to fight back early, but they couldn’t hold up late. The defensive front wore down just enough to allow Gore Jr. to take over.

LendingTree Bowl Player of the Game

Frank Gore Jr., RB BYU
He ran 21 times for 329 yards and two scores, and he completed two of his three passes for 19 yards and a touchdown.

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LendingTree Bowl Fun Stats

– The two teams combined for five turnovers, three from Southern Miss and two from Rice.

– The offenses combined for 975 yards. Gore Jr. accounted for 348 of the Southern Miss 550.

– Southern Miss came up with five sacks. LB Daylen Gill led the game with 11 tackles with three sacks.

LendingTree Bowl What It All Means

After two three-win seasons, and without a bowl win since taking the 2016 New Orleans, Southern Miss coming up with a winning season is a big deal in Will Hall’s second season. As part of the new and improved Sun Belt, it’s a nice momentum boost for the program going into the offseason as a potential player in the 2023 conference race.

This might not have been a perfect performance, but considering the rough three-game losing streak late in the season – and the need to beat ULM just to get here – the season changed in a big way late.

Rice was playing with house money.  Of course it would’ve liked to pull off the bowl win, and it had its chances, but as the only 5-7 team in the bowl season, this was a solid game with both sides battling throughout. The run defense got gouged, but there wasn’t any letdown until Gore Jr. finally put it away late.

For all of the problems this year, it was the first bowl game in the five-year run under Mike Bloomgren, and the program’s first bowl appearance since winning the 2014 Hawaii.

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