Our preseason college football top-25
With college football just over one month away, we have released our preseason top-25 for the 2022 season.
Georgia finished the 2021 season ranked No. 1 after winning it all, but the Bulldogs had 15 players selected in the 2022 NFL draft that Kirby Smart will have to replace.
Still, Georgia is loaded with talent thanks to stellar recruiting since Smart’s arrival in Athens. Georgia will be just fine and should open the season ranked in the top three, joined by Alabama and Ohio State.
As for the rest of the nation, there’s plenty of teams that have an opportunity to make a run at the College Football Playoff this year. Clemson, Utah, USC and Oklahoma are all teams to keep an eye on.
Again, it’s the SEC that looks to be the best conference in America in 2022.
Here’s our top-25 for the 2022 season:
LSU
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Season Opener: Florida State (in New Orleans)
2021 Record: 6-7
Visit LSU Wire
Tennessee
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Season Opener: Ball State
2021 Record: 7-6
Visit Vols Wire
Penn State
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Season Opener: at Purdue
2021 Record: 7-6
Visit Nittany Lions Wire
Wisconsin
Syndication: Detroit Free Press
Season Opener: Illinois State
2021 Record: 9-4
Visit Badgers Wire
Arkansas
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Season Opener: Cincinnati
2021 Record: 9-4
Visit Razorbacks Wire
Pitt
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Season Opener: West Virginia
2021 Record: 11-3
Baylor
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Season Opener: Albany
2021 Record: 12-2
USC
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Season Opener: Rice
2021 Record: 4-8
Visit Trojans Wire
Kentucky
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Season Opener: Miami University
2021 Record: 10-3
Oklahoma
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Season Opener: UTEP
2021 Record: 11-2
Visit Sooners Wire
Miami
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Season Opener: Bethune-Cookman
2021 Record: 7-5
NC State
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Season Opener: at East Carolina
2021 Record: 9-3
Texas A&M
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Season Opener: Sam Houston State
2021 Record: 8-4
Visit Aggies Wire
Texas
Syndication: Austin American-Statesman
Season Opener: ULM
2021 Record: 5-7
Visit Longhorns Wire
Wake Forest
Syndication: Florida Times-Union
Season Opener: VMI
2021 Record: 11-3
Michigan State
Syndication: Detroit Free Press
Season Opener: Western Michigan
2021 Record: 11-2
Visit Spartans Wire
Oregon
Syndication: The Register Guard
Season Opener: Georgia (in Atlanta)
2021 Record: 10-4
Visit Ducks Wire
Oklahoma State
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Season Opener: Central Michigan
2021 Record: 12-2
Utah
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Season Opener: at Florida
2021 Record: 10-4
Michigan
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Season Opener: Colorado State
2021 Record: 12-2
Visit Wolverines Wire
Notre Dame
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Season Opener: at Ohio State
2021 Record: 11-2
Visit Fighting Irish Wire
Clemson
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Season Opener: Georgia Tech (in Atlanta)
2021 Record: 10-3
Visit Clemson Wire
Georgia
Syndication: The Indianapolis Star
Season Opener: Oregon (in Atlanta)
2021 Record: 14-1
Ohio State
Syndication: The Columbus Dispatch
Season Opener: Notre Dame
2021 Record: 11-2
Visit Buckeyes Wire
Alabama
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Season Opener: Utah State
2021 Record: 13-2
Visit Roll Tide Wire
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