Who is ready for 2022?
Various national publications have published Way Too Early’s 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 options and will likely be the top contenders for the 2022-23 college football tie.
Who else could make a career? Sporting News published their Top 25 too early, but we also took a look at other posts. We compile a composite list using classifications of ESPN, CBS Sports, Illustrated Sports, the athletic, yahoo sports, 247Sports, Action network Y Athlon.
We use a reverse grading method (awarding 25 points to the No. 1 selection, 24 to the No. 2 selection, up to one point to the No. 25 selection) to determine the highest possible score for each school.
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Here’s what those ratings looked like:
Composite Ranking of the Top 25 in Preseason College Football
| RANK | COLLEGE | VOTES | HIGH | UNDER |
| one | Alabama | 225 | one | one |
| two | Ohio State | 213 | two | 3 |
| 3 | Georgia | 210 | two | 3 |
| 4 | Texas A&M | 188 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Clemson | 179 | 4 | eleven |
| 6 | Our lady | 170 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Utah | 164 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Michigan | 157 | 5 | twenty |
| 9 | Baylor | 135 | 6 | sixteen |
| 10 | Forest stele | 125 | 8 | 17 |
| eleven | Oklahoma | 119 | 4 | 25 |
| 12 | Michigan state | 110 | 9 | NO |
| 13 | State of oklahoma | 108 | 8 | 25 |
| 14 | Oregon | 104 | 9 | twenty |
| fifteen | Arkansas | 94 | 10 | twenty |
| sixteen | State of North Carolina | 69 | 8 | NO |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 64 | 6 | NO |
| 18 | Iowa | 59 | eleven | NO |
| 19 | Tennessee | 48 | 13 | NO |
| twenty | USC | 44 | 13 | NO |
| twenty-one | Kentucky | 42.5 | 12 | NO |
| 22 | Cincinnati | 40 | 14 | NO |
| 23 | houston | 39 | 9 | NO |
| 24 | BYU | 38 | 14 | NO |
| 25 | miami | 30 | eleven | NO |
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 ranking of top 25 by site
| COLLEGE | serial number | ESPN | CBS | Y | ATHLETIC | 247 | ATLON | YAHOO | ACTION |
| Alabama | one | one | one | one | one | one | one | one | one |
| Ohio State | two | two | two | two | two | two | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Georgia | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | two | two | two |
| Clemson | 4 | eleven | 9 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Our lady | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 12 |
| Texas A&M | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Michigan | 7 | 5 | eleven | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | twenty |
| Baylor | 8 | sixteen | 6 | 12 | 12 | 10 | eleven | eleven | 13 |
| Oregon | 9 | 12 | 18 | twenty | sixteen | 13 | 14 | 12 | sixteen |
| Utah | 10 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
| Forest stele | eleven | 14 | 17 | 8 | fifteen | eleven | fifteen | 9 | 9 |
| Kentucky | 12 | twenty-one | NO | twenty-one | twenty-one | twenty | 22 | 24 | 23 |
| Arkansas | 13 | twenty | 10 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | sixteen | fifteen |
| Cincinnati | 14 | 19 | 23 | 23 | twenty | NO | twenty | 23 | NO |
| Michigan state | fifteen | 10 | twenty | eleven | 10 | 9 | 10 | 13 | NO |
| Oklahoma | sixteen | 17 | 4 | fifteen | 25 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| Iowa | 17 | fifteen | NO | 22 | 23 | eleven | 17 | 18 | twenty-one |
| State of oklahoma | 18 | 9 | 25 | 10 | 14 | fifteen | 13 | 14 | 8 |
| be miss | 19 | 23 | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| Texas | twenty | NO | sixteen | NO | NO | 19 | NO | twenty | NO |
| USC | twenty-one | 22 | 14 | 13 | NO | 23 | NO | 19 | NO |
| Florida | 22 | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| LSU | 23 | NO | 8 | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | 18 |
| piton | 24 | NO | NO | NO | eleven | NO | 19 | 22 | NO |
| Coastal Carolina | 25 | NO | NO | 25 | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| State of North Carolina | NO | 8 | NO | 19 | 9 | 18 | sixteen | 17 | NO |
| houston | NO | 13 | NO | 18 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 9 |
| BYU | NO | 18 | twenty-one | NO | NO | 14 | 24 | fifteen | NO |
| Wisconsin | NO | 24 | 19 | 17 | 19 | NO | 12 | twenty-one | 6 |
| South Carolina | NO | 25 | 22 | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| Miami Florida | NO | NO | 12 | NO | NO | 25 | NO | NO | eleven |
| Tennessee | NO | NO | fifteen | sixteen | 13 | 24 | 23 | NO | 17 |
| Pennsylvania State | NO | NO | 24 | NO | NO | twenty | twenty-one | NO | 14 |
| Purdue | NO | NO | NO | 24 | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| Minnesota | NO | NO | NO | NO | 18 | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| State of kansas | NO | NO | NO | NO | 24 | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| Fresno State | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | 22 |
| Air Force | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | 24 |
| Nebraska | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | 25 |
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Eddie is an Australian news reporter with over 9 years in the industry and has published on Forbes and tech crunch.