Voters in the AP poll rewarded Georgia, Ohio State and Clemson for their strong wins Saturday and penalized Alabama for a narrow home win over Texas A&M despite having to play a backup quarterback. Georgia replaced Alabama atop the poll with Ohio State moving up one spot to second and Alabama dropping two places to third. And Clemon moved up one place to fourth while bumping Michigan to fifth. The Wolverines won at Indiana 31-10 Saturday.
Georgia received 32 votes with Ohio State getting 20 first place votes and Alabama the final 11. Clemson’s point total increased by three points over last week.
Following the top five are Tennessee, Southern Cal, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss and Penn State. UCLA and Mississippi State were the week’s biggest gainers, each moving up seven spots to 11th and 16th respectively. The biggest losers were Utah and Kentucky, each falling nine spots to 20th and 22nd respectively.
AP Top 25
Through Games OCT. 9, 2022
| RANK | SCHOOL | POINTS | PREVIOUS | RECORD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia (32) | 1535 | 2 | 6-0 |
| 2 | Ohio State (20) | 1507 | 3 | 6-0 |
| 3 | Alabama (11) | 1489 | 1 | 6-0 |
| 4 | Clemson | 1348 | 5 | 6-0 |
| 5 | Michigan | 1319 | 4 | 6-0 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 1232 | 8 | 5-0 |
| 7 | Southern California | 1214 | 6 | 6-0 |
| 8 | Oklahoma State | 1150 | 7 | 5-0 |
| 9 | Ole Miss | 1061 | 9 | 6-0 |
| 10 | Penn State | 974 | 10 | 5-0 |
| 11 | UCLA | 907 | 18 | 6-0 |
| 12 | Oregon | 893 | 12 | 5-1 |
| 13 | TCU | 819 | 17 | 5-0 |
| 14 | Wake Forest | 748 | 15 | 5-1 |
| 15 | NC State | 746 | 14 | 5-1 |
| 16 | Mississippi State | 589 | 23 | 5-1 |
| 17 | Kansas State | 559 | 20 | 5-1 |
| 18 | Syracuse | 393 | 22 | 5-0 |
| 19 | Kansas | 330 | 19 | 5-1 |
| 20 | Utah | 328 | 11 | 4-2 |
| 21 | Cincinnati | 257 | 24 | 5-1 |
| T-22 | Texas | 150 | NR | 4-2 |
| T-22 | Kentucky | 150 | 13 | 4-2 |
| 24 | Illinois | 117 | NR | 5-1 |
| 25 | James Madison | 105 | NR | 5-0 |
Coaches Top 25
| 1 | Alabama | 6-0 | 1540 | 35 | 1 | — | 1/2 |
| 2 | Georgia | 6-0 | 1516 | 18 | 2 | — | 1/3 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 6-0 | 1477 | 10 | 3 | — | 2/3 |
| 4 | Michigan | 6-0 | 1354 | 0 | 4 | — | 4/6 |
| 5 | Clemson | 6-0 | 1328 | 0 | 5 | — | 4/5 |
| 6 | Southern California | 6-0 | 1219 | 0 | 6 | — | 6/15 |
| 7 | Oklahoma State | 5-0 | 1197 | 0 | 7 | — | 7/11 |
| 8 | Tennessee | 5-0 | 1168 | 0 | 8 | — | 8/NR |
| 9 | Mississippi | 6-0 | 1075 | 0 | 9 | — | 9/24 |
| 10 | Penn State | 5-0 | 992 | 0 | 10 | — | 10/NR |
| 11 | Oregon | 5-1 | 885 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 11/24 |
| 12 | UCLA | 6-0 | 815 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 12/NR |
| 13 | NC State | 5-1 | 808 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 10/14 |
| 14 | Wake Forest | 5-1 | 776 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 14/21 |
| 15 | Texas Christian | 5-0 | 765 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 15/NR |
| 16 | Kansas State | 5-1 | 539 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 16/NR |
| 17 | Mississippi State | 5-1 | 533 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 17/NR |
| 18 | Syracuse | 5-0 | 424 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 18/NR |
| 19 | Utah | 4-2 | 364 | 0 | 11 | -8 | 8/19 |
| 20 | Kansas | 5-1 | 290 | 0 | 17 | -3 | 17/NR |
| 21 | Cincinnati | 5-1 | 248 | 0 | NR | 5 | 21/NR |
| 22 | Kentucky | 4-2 | 219 | 0 | 13 | -9 | 8/22 |
| 23 | Baylor | 3-2 | 210 | 0 | 22 | -1 | 8/23 |
| 24 | Texas | 4-2 | 155 | 0 | NR | 10 | 18/NR |
| 25 | North Carolina | 5-1 | 99 | 0 | NR | 15 | 25/NR |
