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October 2, 2022 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP Last Week
1 < 2 Alabama (25) SEC 5-0 1523 *1 W 49-26 A #20 Arkansas
2 < 1 Georgia (28) SEC 5-0 1521 *2 W 26-22 A Missouri
3 < 3 Ohio State (10) Big Ten 5-0 1488 *3 W 49-10 H Rutgers
4 < 4 Michigan Big Ten 5-0 1348 4 W 27-14 A Iowa
5 < 5 Clemson ACC 5-0 1345 5 W 30-20 H #10 NC State
6 < 6 USC Pac-12 5-0 1233 6 W 42-25 H Arizona State
7 < 9 Oklahoma State Big 12 4-0 1182 7 W 36-25 A #16 Baylor
8 < 8 Tennessee SEC 4-0 1129 8 DNP
9 < 14 Mississippi SEC 5-0 1068 9 W 22-19 H #7 Kentucky
10 < 11 Penn State Big Ten 5-0 959 10 W 17-7 H Northwestern
11 < 12 Utah Pac-12 4-1 884 11 W 42-16 H Oregon State
12 < 13 Oregon Pac-12 4-1 872 12 W 45-27 H Stanford
13 < 7 Kentucky SEC 4-1 832 13 L 22-19 A #14 Mississippi
14 < 10 NC State ACC 4-1 691 14 L 30-20 A #5 Clemson
15 < 22 Wake Forest ACC 4-1 627 15 W 31-21 A #23 Florida State
16 < 19 BYU Ind 4-1 604 16 W 38-26 H Utah State
17 < NR TCU Big 12 4-0 514 18 W 55-24 H #18 Oklahoma
18 < NR UCLA Pac-12 5-0 510 19 W 40-32 H #15 Washington
19 < NR Kansas Big 12 5-0 476 17 W 14-11 H Iowa State
20 < 25 Kansas State Big 12 4-1 417 20 W 37-28 H Texas Tech
21 < 15 Washington Pac-12 4-1 180 24 L 40-32 A UCLA
22 < NR Syracuse ACC 5-0 173 21 W 59-0 H Wagner
23 < NR Mississippi State SEC 4-1 164 23 W 42-24 H #17 Texas A&M
24 < NR Cincinnati AAC 4-1 134 RV W 31-21 A Tulsa
25 < NR LSU SEC 4-1 108 RV W 21-17 A Auburn
RV < NR Washington State Pac-12 91 RV W 28-9 H California
RV < 16 Baylor Big 12 88 22 L 36-25 H #9 Oklahoma State
RV < 23 Florida State ACC 78 RV L 31-21 H #22 Wake Forest
RV < 20 Arkansas SEC 76 25 L 49-26 H #2 Alabama
RV < NR James Madison Sun Belt 39 RV W 40-13 H Texas State
RV < NR Florida SEC 37 RV W 52-17 H Eastern Washington
RV < NR Maryland Big Ten 25 RV W 27-13 H Michigan State
RV < NR Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 17 RV W 34-30 H Georgia Southern
RV < 21 Minnesota Big Ten 14 RV L 20-10 H Purdue
RV < NR Tulane AAC 9 RV W 27-24 (1OT) A Houston
RV < NR Illinois Big Ten 6 RV W 34-10 A Wisconsin
RV < NR North Carolina ACC 5 RV W 41-10 H Virginia Tech
RV < 17 Texas A&M SEC 4 RV L 42-24 A Mississippi State
RV < 18 Oklahoma Big 12 2 RV L 55-24 A TCU
RV < NR Purdue Big Ten 2 RV W 20-10 A #21 Minnesota
NR < 24 Pittsburgh ACC 0 RV L 26-21 H Georgia Tech
NR < NR Air Force MWC 0 RV W 13-10 H Navy
NR < NR Duke ACC 0 RV W 38-17 H Virginia
NR < NR Notre Dame Ind 0 RV DNP
NR < NR Texas Big 12 0 RV W 38-20 H West Virginia
NR < NR UCF AAC 0 RV DNP

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 7 11.6 6345
Pac-12 5 13.6 3679
ACC 4 14.0 2836
Big 12 4 15.8 2589
Big Ten 3 5.7 3795
Ind 1 16.0 604
AAC 1 24.0 134

Milestones

Last Appearances

  • Kansas makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/18/2009 poll (209 polls) and reaches its highest rank since #17 in the 10/11/2009 poll (210 polls).
  • LSU makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 2021 preseason poll (20 polls)
  • Mississippi State makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/27/2020 poll (34 polls)
  • Penn State makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 10/17/2021 poll (13 polls)
  • TCU makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/15/2019 poll (51 polls) and reaches its highest rank since #17 in the 9/16/2018 poll (67 polls).
  • Syracuse makes first appearance in the Top 25 and reaches highest rank since #21 in the 9/3/2019 poll (53 polls).
  • UCLA makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/26/2021 poll (16 polls) and reaches its highest rank since #13 in the 9/12/2021 poll (18 polls).

Weekly Streaks

  • Arkansas' Top 25 streak ends at 10
  • Baylor's Top 25 streak ends at 14
  • Michigan's Top 25 streak reaches 20
  • Oklahoma's Top 25 streak ends at 31
  • Pittsburgh's Top 25 streak ends at 11

Total Appearances

  • Kansas reaches 110 appearances (#64)
  • Kansas State reaches 220 appearances (#41)
  • Mississippi reaches 310 appearances (#28)
  • Oregon reaches 310 appearances (#25)
  • NC State reaches 180 appearances and ties SMU for #50

Miscellaneous

  • The last time the #2 team had more FPV than #1 was in the 11/3/2019 poll (#1 LSU had 17, #2 Alabama 21).
  • Kansas and Kansas State are ranked for the first time since the 10/14/2007 poll. It is the 19th time they have both been ranked, all since 1995. By comparison, Ohio State and Michigan have been ranked in the same poll 731 times.
  • Mississippi and Mississippi State are ranked in the same poll for the first time since the 11/22/2015 poll (106 polls).
  • Ten Top 25 teams lost, the most in the regular season since 11/3/2018 (week of 10/29).
  • Seven new teams is the most in a non-2020 regular season poll since 10/28/2018 (also seven; 61 polls). The 9/13/2020 poll had 10, but that was after Big Ten/Pac-12 teams were removed.

Trending

  • Penn State +16 (from NR) since Week 1 (4 straight weeks with jumps)
  • Oregon +14 (from NR) since Week 1 (4 straight weeks with jumps)
  • Mississippi +13 since Week 1 (4 straight weeks with jumps)

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)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.