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National runner-up and defending SEC Champion Alabama dominated the preseason poll with 42 of 52 first place votes. This is Alabama's 59th appearance as the No. 1 team in this poll since 2014. The Crimson Tide leads all schools for appearances at No. 1 and is the only team to appear in each of the 105 weekly rankings since 2014.
Ohio State was second in the poll voting with six first place votes and 56 points behind Alabama with defending national champion Georgia at No. 3 with four first place votes, respectively.
No. 4 Clemson is in the poll for the first time since September 19, 2021, followed by Michigan, Notre Dame, Utah, Texas A&M, Oklahoma and Baylor. Seven of the top 10 teams appeared in New Year's Six bowl games last season. NC State is No. 14 and in the poll for the first time since October 15, 2018.
In the 2022 preseason poll, the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC had three teams each, Independents-one. All Power-Five conferences had equal representation for the first time in the history of the poll which started in 2014.
The eventual national champion has been ranked in the top six of the preseason poll six times since 2015. Alabama in 2017 is the only national champion to start the season ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll.
A panel of 52 FWAA writers and College Football Hall of Famers vote in the poll. Voters were selected to create a balanced geographical perspective and include CollegeFootballPoll.com's Dave Congrove.
Congrove put Ohio State at the top with Alabama 2nd, Georgia 3rd and Baylor at No. 4 while placing Clemson at No. 5. The rest of his ballot looked was 6) Michigan, 7) Notre Dame, 8) NC State, 9) Oklahoma State, 10) Oregon, 11) Pittsburgh, 12) Utah, 13) Michigan State, 14) Oklahoma, 15) Air Force, 16) Cincinnati.
| Team | Points | 1st | LW | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Alabama (0-0) | 822 | 42 | -- |
| 2. | Ohio State (0-0) | 766 | 6 | -- |
| 3. | Gorgia (0-0) | 728 | 4 | -- |
| 4. | Clemson (0-0) | 622 | -- | -- |
| 5. | Michigan (0-0) | 530 | -- | -- |
| 6. | Notre Dame (0-0) | 513 | -- | -- |
| 7. | Utah (0-0) | 482 | -- | -- |
| 8. | Texas A&M (0-0) | 457 | -- | -- |
| 9. | Oklahoma (0-0) | 408 | -- | -- |
| 10. | Baylor (0-0) | 319 | -- | -- |
| 11. | Oklahoma State (0-0) | 228 | -- | -- |
| 12. | Oregon (0-0) | 219 | -- | -- |
| 13. | Southern California (0-0) | 204 | -- | -- |
| 14. | North Carolina State (0-0) | 202 | -- | -- |
| 15. | Michigan State (0-0) | 127 | -- | -- |
| 16. | Miami (FLA) (0-0) | 109 | -- | -- |
Pittsburgh (55), Arkansas (48), Ole Miss (36), Wisconsin (34), BYU (31), Texas (26), Cincinnati (20), Penn State (17), Florida (14), Houston (12), LSU (9), Kentucky (7), Tennessee (4), Wake Forest (4), South Carolina (4), UCF (3), Mississippi State (3), Nebraska (2), Kansas State (2), Air Force (2), West Virginia (1), Iowa (1), North Carolina (1).
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