Composite college football early top 25 rankings for 2022: Alabama, Ohio State take top two spots

January 13, 2022 admin

Who is ready for 2022?

Several national publications have put out Way Too Early Top 25 rankings for the 2022 college football season.

The consensus at the top has not changed. Alabama, Ohio State and Georgia are the top three choices and likely will be the front-runners for the 2022-23 College Football Playoff.

Who else could make a run? Sporting News posted its Way Too Early Top 25, but we also took a look at other publications. We compiled a composite list using rankings from ESPN, CBS Sports, Sports Illustrated, The Athletic, Yahoo Sports, 247Sports, Action Network and Athlon.

We used an inverse scoring method (awarding 25 points to a No. 1 selection, 24 for a No. 2 selection, all the way down to one point for a No. 25 selection) to determine the highest possible score for each school.

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Here is what those rankings looked like:

Composite top 25 preseason college football rankings

RANK	SCHOOL	VOTES	HIGH	LOW
1	Alabama	225	1	1
2	Ohio State	213	2	3
3	Georgia	210	2	3
4	Texas A&M	188	4	6
5	Clemson	179	4	11
6	Notre Dame	170	5	12
7	Utah	164	4	13
8	Michigan	157	5	20
9	Baylor	135	6	16
10	Wake Forest	125	8	17
11	Oklahoma	119	4	25
12	Michigan State	110	9	NR
13	Oklahoma State	108	8	25
14	Oregon	104	9	20
15	Arkansas	94	10	20
16	NC State	69	8	NR
17	Wisconsin	64	6	NR
18	Iowa	59	11	NR
19	Tennessee	48	13	NR
20	USC	44	13	NR
21	Kentucky	42.5	12	NR
22	Cincinnati	40	14	NR
23	Houston	39	9	NR
24	BYU	38	14	NR
25	Miami	30	11	NR

Others receiving votes: LSU 29, Pitt 28, Penn State 24.5, Texas 23, Ole Miss 16, Minnesota 8, South Carolina 5, Florida 4, Fresno State 4, Coastal Carolina 2, Purdue 2, Kansas State 2, Air Force 2, Nebraska 1

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Composite Top 25 rankings by site

SCHOOL	SN	ESPN	CBS	SI	ATHLETIC	247	ATHLON	YAHOO	ACTION
Alabama	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Ohio State	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Georgia	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Clemson	4	11	9	4	8	6	4	4	5
Notre Dame	5	6	7	9	5	5	8	7	12
Texas A&M	6	4	5	6	6	4	6	5	4
Michigan	7	5	11	7	7	7	5	8	20
Baylor	8	16	6	12	12	10	11	11	13
Oregon	9	12	18	20	16	13	14	12	16
Utah	10	7	13	5	4	8	7	6	10
Wake Forest	11	14	17	8	15	11	15	9	9
Kentucky	12	21	NR	21	21	20T	22	24	23
Arkansas	13	20	10	14	17	17	18	16	15
Cincinnati	14	19	23	23	20	NR	20	23	NR
Michigan State	15	10	20	11	10	9	10	13	NR
Oklahoma	16	17	4	15	25	12	9	10	7
Iowa	17	15	NR	22	23	11	17	18	21
Oklahoma State	18	9	25	10	14	15	13	14	8
Ole Miss	19	23	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Texas	20	NR	16	NR	NR	19	NR	20	NR
USC	21	22	14	13	NR	23	NR	19	NR
Florida	22	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
LSU	23	NR	8	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	18
Pitt	24	NR	NR	NR	11	NR	19	22	NR
Coastal Carolina	25	NR	NR	25	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
NC State	NR	8	NR	19	9	18	16	17	NR
Houston	NR	13	NR	18	22	22	25	25	9
BYU	NR	18	21	NR	NR	14	24	15	NR
Wisconsin	NR	24	19	17	19	NR	12	21	6
South Carolina	NR	25	22	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Miami, Fla	NR	NR	12	NR	NR	25	NR	NR	11
Tennesse	NR	NR	15	16	13	24	23	NR	17
Penn State	NR	NR	24	NR	NR	20T	21	NR	14
Purdue	NR	NR	NR	24	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Minnesota	NR	NR	NR	NR	18	NR	NR	NR	NR
Kansas State	NR	NR	NR	NR	24	NR	NR	NR	NR
Fresno State	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	22
Air Force	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	24
Nebraska	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	25