Key additions: DE Mario Eugenio, CB Oliver Bridges, DT Derrick Shepard, QB J.Q. That's where Brian Kelly comes in, who holds the fifth-best record against nationally-ranked competition (14-14) among coaches who currently rank inside the 10 highest-paid for 2022. The Hawkeyes need much more out of their passing game. Lanning inherits a defense that loses Thibodeaux, potentially the No. At Notre Dame, Kelly had the luxury of playing a couple "tough" games annually, but now, he'll face such matchups weekly in the SEC. 1 overall pick in draft, Nick Saban explains why Bama added Tyler Buchner, The Bulldogs finished a dominant season with a, Michigan got a fight from Purdue in the first half but went on to, The Horned Frogs overcame a late deficit again against Kansas State but. USA TODAY Sports, Nov. 12, 2022; Conway, South Carolina; Coastal Carolina Chanticleers quarterback Jarrett Guest (7) sets for a pass in the fourth quarter against the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles at Brooks Stadium. This would be UGA's fifth consecutive season starting in the top 5. Georgia will lose several leading contributors to the NFL, but the cupboard is stocked in Athens and those who will be first-year starters should flourish. Outside of that, Tennessee went down in shocking manner and is likely out of the picture for the CFP. Predicting the Week 10 college football rankings. Arkansas. QB Spencer Sanders should help get the offense going if it takes time for a new start to emerge at running back or receiver. It's time. The offensive guru and elite quarterback developer at the college level should bring excitement back to the Trojans and at least give the Pac-12 another nationally-relevant team not named Oregon or Utah in 2022. Please check your email for a confirmation. Key starters expected to leave: OT Kenyon Green, DT DeMarvin Leal, RB Isaiah Spiller, TE Jalen Wydermyer, DL Jayden Peevy, DB Leon O'Neal Jr., DE Tyree Johnson, LB Aaron Hansford, DE Micheal Clemons Oregon opens with Georgia, then takes on BYU in Week 3 prior to the Pac-12 opener at Washington State. Michigan State (11-2, beat Pitt in the Peach Bowl). 2023 NCAA | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Key starters expected to leave: RB ZaQuandre White, RB Kevin Harris, FS Jaylan Foster, LB Damani Staley, DE Kingsley Enagbare, DT Jabari Ellis, PK Parker White New defensive coordinator Alex Grinch will have to rebuild the linebacker corps and secondary. Robinson and top pass-rusher Williams are big losses on defense, but as many as six starters might be returning on that side of the ball. As a result, these rankings will be updated several times throughout the offseason. Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports, Head coach Brian Kelly of the LSU Tigers talks to the officials in the first half of a game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium on Nov. 12, 2022, in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Now, Texas A&M's defense, its strength this past season, will have to be rebuilt. Follow Phil Harrisonon Twitter. With arguably the nation's two best players returning to lead in Anderson and Young, it's hard to imagine the Crimson Tide falling short of preseason goals in their quest to return to the promised land. Replacing Allgeier, who ran for 1,606 yards and led FBS players with 23 rushing touchdowns, won't be easy. The 2022 college football season has reached the finish line with Championship Weekend giving us all the clarity we needed to project the College Football Playoff, New Year's Six bowl games and the final CFP Rankings of the year. Outlook: It might have taken Sam Pittman decades to finally get a chance to be a head coach, but he's making the most of it now. There are plenty of pieces coming back on offense, including quarterback Clayton Tune, RB Alton McCaskill and receiver Nathaniel Dell. Now, Kiffin will have to replace many of the difference-makers on offense, including Corral, leading rusher Ealy and top receivers Drummond and Sanders. Hartman will miss Roberson, who had 71 catches for 1,078 yards with eight touchdowns, but A.T. Perry is just as good. Kansas is still likely going to be near the bottom, but it's better. Key additions: WR Matthew Golden, WR Brice Johnson, OL Demetrius Hunter, CB Moses Alexander, DE Nadame Tucker, DT Amipeleasi Lange. (The first was 2018, also under coach Mark Stoops.) 2021 record: 11-2 (8-1 Big Ten) 2. Redshirt freshman Evan Prater, who was named Ohio's Mr. Football in 2019, will be the favorite to take over in 2022. The season ended with a flop, a 34-11 loss to Georgia in the Capital One Orange Bowl, but that won't take away from a breakout campaign. Three bad losses dumped the Hogs from the rankings, but two straight wins - and scoring a combined 93 points against BYU and Auburn . Starters expected to return: 4 offense, 4 defense, 1 special teams ESPN computer predicts Big Ten rankings for 2022 college football season. Sorry, Cincinnati. 2 but were out-gained on the season and scored only 34 points in four losses. The rankings they use are the prior week's CFP Rankings. Notice that "game control" is not listed in the criteria. The Bearcats won't duplicate their historic 2021 that included a CFP appearance, but a veteran offensive line will help growing pains there. After there was mounting pressure to fire Harbaugh following the 2020 season, he shook up his coaching staff, and the changes paid off. The receiver corps is in good hands with Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Key additions: QB Max Johnson, QB Conner Weigman, DT Walter Nolen, DT Gabe Brownlow-Dindy, WR Evan Stewart. Despite substantial coaching staff losses, there's one guarantee for the Tigers under Dabo Swinney during his 15th season as coach Clemson will win 10 or more games for the 12th consecutive year. All Rights Reserved. With Coan departing, Drew Pyne and Tyler Buchner will battle for the quarterback job this spring. Well, just when we think we have this thing figured out, the game of college football spits out a whole bucket of curveballs to keep us flailing at the plate. Key starters expected to leave: WR Garrett Wilson, WR Chris Olave, G Thayer Munford, OT Nicholas Petit-Frere, DT Haskell Garrett, DE Tyreke Smith, CB Marcus Williamson, PK Noah Ruggles Beamer addressed his quarterback issues by bringing in former Oklahoma starter Rattler and signing three high school passers. Get the latest College Football rankings for the 2022 season. OU could be the Big 12's highest-ranked team to start. Will that be enough for TCU to get in? Here are Klatt's picks for his preseason top 10. 6. The Demon Deacons may not peak in the top 10 again, plus star QB Sam Hartman is out indefinitely with a non-football-related medical condition. Jim Harbaugh's bunch finally beat Ohio State, rallying from a loss to rival Michigan State in October to win the Big Ten and make the CFP. Key starters expected to leave: DE Aidan Hutchinson, OLB David Ojabo, RB Hassan Haskins, LB Josh Ross, SS Brad Hawkins, CB Vincent Gray, S Daxton Hill, C Andrew Vastardis, OT Andrew Stueber, DT Christopher Hinton Alabama Crimson Tide. Where Oregon was: 10-4 (7-2 Pac-12), lost Alamo Bowl to Oklahoma. 2021 record: 11-2 (7-2 Big Ten) CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. (Photo: Calvin Mattheis, Knoxville News Sentinel), (Photo: Shotgun Spratling | USCfootball.com, Getty), (Photo: Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire, Getty), (Photo: Ken Ruinard / USA TODAY NETWORK, USA TODAY Sports), Chip Kelly signed athiring with the Bruins expires after 2022 and a, (Photo: Courtesy of the Capital One Orange Bowl, USA TODAY Sports), (Photo: Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire, Getty). Hardaway, QB Luther Richesson. Outlook: The Utes' inspiring season ended with a disappointing 48-45 loss to Ohio State in the Rose Bowl. Ohio State was humbled a bit in 2021 with the loss to Michigan nullifying an opportunity near the top of the polls and rarely does this program get a chance to play "hungry" with something to prove. Durkin to replace Elko. Outlook: The Badgers recovered from a 1-3 start to produce a nine-win campaign, which ended with a 20-13 victory against Arizona State in the Las Vegas Bowl. But Michigan should be elite again and safely in the top 25. It wouldn't be a surprise, however, if Kiffin adds a more experienced passer through the transfer portal. 6-keys: media/spln/collegefootball/reg/free/stories, at As if playing in the rugged SEC West wasn't enough, the Hogs will play nonconference games against Cincinnati, BYU and Liberty in 2022. For starters, how the Gators fare against Utah in the season opener may have little to no bearing on the SEC opener the following weekend against Kentucky. Three starting offensive linemen are expected to exit, along with Nailor, the team's second-leading receiver. The big picture: 29% of the five-star recruits drafted between 2015-2022 were first-round picks . Aranda might once again look for replacements through the transfer portal. The 2021 college football season has just ended, with Georgia beating Alabama 33-18 in Monday night's national title game, but it's already time to look ahead to the 2022 season. Georgia will undergo a massive facelift on defense, starting at the top with coordinator Dan Lanning leaving to become Oregon's new coach. The offense has the veterans to be a whole lot better. If Arkansas is able to beat Cincinnati at home in the opener, you're looking at a team whose expectations shoot through the roof nationally inside the top 15. Ohio State outlasted Maryland on the road. As always, the SEC is going to be loaded with talent, full of teams in the College Football Playoff chase, and there's a shot at least 12 of the 14 teams end up going bowling. Last season saw a Big Ten team make the College Football Playoff again as Michigan returned to . 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Grading big trades during the NFL draft: Who won the D'Andre Swift deal? 2021 record: 9-4 (4-4 SEC) Then, after beating USF in Week 3, the road trip to Tennessee is quite worrisome. That does not mean that the CFP Selection Committee has an easy job ahead if it, though; it's just that many of them are cut and dried. Identifying Haskins' replacement and settling a quarterback battle between Cade McNamara and J.J. McCarthy will be priorities this spring. Oklahoma (11-2, beat Oregon in the Alamo Bowl). 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. But the Irish should have the talent to compete for a CFP spot, thanks to an experienced defense and an offensive line that will be one of the nation's best. There will be much work to do in the spring in rebuilding the front seven on defense. But after a 4-3 start (gasp) and even dropping out of the AP rankings (another gasp!) Prepare yourself, Gators fans, for a wild and unpredictable first month before things settle down just a bit. The CFP selection committee likes to unveil the new set of CFP rankings on Tuesdays during the season, and we do our best to go from whats been laid out as the groundwork the week prior, take into account what happened on the field, then throw caution to the wind and predict what you will see before it all happens later in the week. North Carolina. Its a lot to take in and the committee as always has its work cut out for it. The race to win the SEC for college football's 2022 season starts where the national championship ended. Starters expected to return: 8 offense, 6 defense, 1 special teams Starters expected to return: 6 offense, 6 defense, 2 special teams Wake Forest and not Clemson is the defending ACC Atlantic champion. Rank School Conference Rating W L Prev Chng Pwr Off Def; 1: Alabama 0-0 Pwr: 2 | Off: 2 . Day hired Jim Knowles, who revamped Oklahoma State's defense the past two seasons, and Knowles will have his work cut out for him. This season represented a concoction of perfect ingredients for Cincinnati and its playoff run and next year's slate begins with a loss at Arkansas in Week 1. 7. Outlook: The Bulldogs finally ended a 41-year national championship drought with a win over the Tide and will enter the 2022 season as the SEC East favorites. Kirk Ferentz will have Iowa competing for another Big Ten West championship. With Mel Tucker and James Franklin both signing gargantuan deals at Michigan State and Penn State, respectively, it's only right for the Big Ten's second-winningest coach since his tenure began to receive a sizable bump in salary to where he's paid somewhere near or around the top five in his profession. The Panthers weren't even ranked in the AP poll until getting to 5-1. With tailback Chris Rodriguez Jr. opting to come back, the Wildcats could be very explosive on offense next season. section: | slug: college-football-playoff-rankings-prediction-ohio-state-takes-no-4-kansas-state-utah-surge-in-final-top-25 | sport: collegefootball | route: article_single.us | You know it's coming for Jim Harbaugh after a memorable campaign with the Wolverines. It's almost like the Pac-12 took a year off to get ready for what's coming. The Aggies could end up being one of the top teams in the nation, but only second best in their division. 2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 62 102 Georgia Southern (6-7) Final Regular Season Ranking: 92 2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 117 Camellia Bowl: Buffalo 23, Georgia Southern 21 101 Georgia State (4-8) Final Regular Season Ranking: 94 2022 CFN Preseason Ranking: 95 CFN College Football Rankings: 2022 Final Top 100 100 Buffalo (7-6) Outlook: The Buckeyes just missed making the College Football Playoff for a third straight time under coach Ryan Day, with a humbling 42-27 loss at rival Michigan knocking them out of contention. Below is how we predict the AP Poll could look. Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports, Nov. 12, 2022; Starkville, Mississippi; Georgia Bulldogs tight end Brock Bowers (19) celebrates with running back Kendall Milton (2) after a touchdown against the Mississippi State Bulldogs during the first quarter at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field. Nothing has changed from last week to this week with the fifth and sixth-ranked teams but anything could happen come selections. Starters expected to return: 8 offense, 7 defense, 2 special teams 22. 2022: 130 2021: 56 2020: 57 2019: 74 2018: 48 College Football Rankings First Look: (2-10) Things can't - and won't - be worse after a disastrous 2022. Contact/Follow us@BuckeyesWireon Twitter, and like our page onFacebook to follow ongoing coverage of Ohio State news, notes, and opinion. Starters expected to return: 7 offense, 6 defense, 1 special teams The following has been assumed: Michigan wins the. Now, Aranda and his staff will carry a lot of momentum into 2022, with four starting offensive linemen electing to come back. Key additions: QB Bo Nix, LB Devon Jackson, ATH Jalil Tucker, DE Gracen Halton, S Trejon Williams, LB Harrison Taggart, DB Christian Gonzalez, DT Sam Taimani. Starters expected to return: 6 offense, 7 defense, 1 special teams Outlook: After winning 12 games for only the third time in school history, the Cougars will again be among the AAC favorites in 2022, if not the favorite. Oklahoma State (12-2, beat Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl). Rebecca Warren-USA TODAY Sports, Oct. 29, 2022; College Station, Texas; Mississippi Rebels running back Quinshon Judkins (4) celebrates with quarterback Jaxson Dart (2) after a touchdown run against the Texas A&M Aggies in the second half at Kyle Field. Much of the defense will return, but the Spartans need better pass-rushers, which is why they added Brule from Mississippi State and Windmon from UNLV.
