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October 30, 2022 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP CFP Last Week
1 < 1 Georgia (30) SEC 8-0 1528 *1 3 W 42-20 N Florida
2 < 2 Ohio State (15) Big Ten 8-0 1500 *2 2 W 44-31 A #13 Penn State
2 < 3 Tennessee (18) SEC 8-0 1500 *3 1 W 44-6 H #19 Kentucky
4 < 4 Michigan Big Ten 8-0 1378 4 5 W 29-7 H Michigan State
5 < 5 Clemson ACC 8-0 1312 5 4 DNP
6 < 6 Alabama SEC 7-1 1258 6 6 DNP
7 < 7 TCU Big 12 8-0 1220 7 7 W 41-31 A West Virginia
8 < 8 Oregon Pac-12 7-1 1135 8 8 W 42-24 A California
9 < 10 USC Pac-12 7-1 1010 9 9 W 45-37 A Arizona
10 < 12 UCLA Pac-12 7-1 979 11 12 W 38-13 H Stanford
11 < 15 Mississippi SEC 8-1 905 10 11 W 31-28 A Texas A&M
12 < 14 Utah Pac-12 6-2 876 12 14 W 21-17 A Washington State
13 < 22 Kansas State Big 12 6-2 772 14 13 W 48-0 H #9 Oklahoma State
14 < 17 Illinois Big Ten 7-1 741 13 16 W 26-9 A Nebraska
15 < 18 LSU SEC 6-2 679 17 10 DNP
16 < 13 Penn State Big Ten 6-2 641 16 15 L 44-31 H #2 Ohio State
17 < 21 North Carolina ACC 7-1 542 15 17 W 42-24 H Pittsburgh
18 < 9 Oklahoma State Big 12 6-2 513 18 18 L 48-0 A #22 Kansas State
19 < 23 Tulane AAC 7-1 455 21 19 DNP
20 < 10 Wake Forest ACC 6-2 388 19 21 L 48-21 A Louisville
21 < 24 NC State ACC 6-2 285 20 22 W 22-21 H Virginia Tech
22 < 16 Syracuse ACC 6-2 205 22 20 L 41-24 H Notre Dame
23 < NR Liberty Ind 7-1 136 23 NR DNP
24 < NR Oregon State Pac-12 6-2 129 RV 23 DNP
25 < NR UCF AAC 6-2 111 25 25 W 25-21 H #20 Cincinnati
RV < NR Texas Big 12 58 RV 24 DNP
RV < 19 Kentucky SEC 57 NR NR L 44-6 A #3 Tennessee
RV < NR Maryland Big Ten 36 RV NR DNP
RV < 20 Cincinnati AAC 32 RV NR L 25-21 A UCF
RV < NR Notre Dame Ind 24 RV NR W 41-24 A #16 Syracuse
RV < NR Washington Pac-12 12 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 11 RV NR W 41-27 A Auburn
RV < NR Baylor Big 12 9 RV NR W 45-17 A Texas Tech
RV < NR Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 8 RV NR W 24-13 A Marshall
RV < NR Florida State ACC 8 NR NR W 41-16 H Georgia Tech
RV < NR Troy Sun Belt 7 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 5 RV NR DNP
RV < NR Boise State MWC 4 RV NR W 49-10 H Colorado State
RV < 25 South Carolina SEC 2 RV NR L 23-10 H Missouri
RV < NR East Carolina AAC 2 NR NR W 27-24 A BYU
RV < NR Louisville ACC 1 RV NR W 48-21 H #10 Wake Forest
RV < NR UTSA CUSA 1 RV NR DNP

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 5 7.0 5870
Pac-12 5 12.6 4129
ACC 5 17.0 2732
Big Ten 4 9.0 4260
Big 12 3 12.7 2505
AAC 2 22.0 566
Ind 1 23.0 136

Milestones

Last Appearances

  • Liberty makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2020 poll (25 polls).
  • Oregon State makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 2013 preseason poll (156 polls).
  • UCF makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/27/2020 poll (38 polls).

Weekly Streaks

  • Clemson's Top 5 and Top 10 streaks reach 10
  • Kentucky's Top 25 streak ends at 12
  • Ohio State's Top 10 streak reaches 10, Top 25 streak reaches 40
  • USC's Top 25 streak reaches 10

Total Appearances

  • Alabama ties Notre Dame for #4
  • Liberty ties three others for #120
  • Ohio State reaches 960 appearances (#1)
  • Syracuse reaches 210 appearances (#42)
  • Tulane ties Fresno State for #74
  • Wake Forest ties Rice for #71

Miscellaneous

  • Illinois' highest rank since #14 in the 12/2/2007 poll (239 polls).
  • Kansas State's highest rank since #11 in the 12/7/2014 poll (124 polls).
  • LSU's highest rank since #6 in the 9/20/2020 poll (39 polls).
  • North Carolina's highest rank since #10 in the 2021 preseason poll (24 polls).
  • Tennessee's highest rank since #2 in the 12/2/2001 poll (339 polls).
  • Last time the Pac-12 had three teams in the Top 10 was the 11/27/2016 poll (93 polls): #4 Washington, #9 Colorado, #10 USC.
  • Last time UCLA and USC were both ranked in the Top 10 was the 9/13/2015 poll (120 polls): #6 USC, #10 UCLA.
  • Last time there was a tie at #2 was the 11/14/2004 poll (Auburn and Oklahoma).
  • Last time there was a tie in the Top 5 was at #3 in the 10/6/2019 poll (Georgia and Ohio State).

Trending

  • Illinois +12 last 4 weeks (from NR; 4 straight weeks with jumps)
  • North Carolina +9 last 3 weeks (from NR; 3 straight weeks with jumps)
  • Utah +8 last 3 weeks (3 straight weeks with jumps)
  • Tulane +7 last 3 weeks (from NR; 3 straight weeks with jumps)
  • Syracuse -12 last 2 weeks

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.