College Football Playoff Rankings 2022: Penultimate Rankings Of Season

Athens, GA USA - January 15 2022: A man waves a college football national championship flag at UGA's victory parade on January 15, 2022 in Athens, GA.

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The penultimate College Football Playoff rankings of the 2022 season were released on Tuesday, November 29, so we are seeing how things have shaped up as we prepare for Conference Championship Weekend.

This season’s Playoff Semifinals will take place Saturday, December 31, 2022, at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, while the College Football Playoff National Championship will be Monday, January 9, 2023, at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California.

The defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs continue to sit atop the rankings, followed by the Michigan Wolverines and TCU Horned Frogs. As things currently stand, the USC Trojans occupy the fourth spot. All four teams control their own destinies when they take the field this weekend.

The Ohio State Buckeyes, Alabama Crimson Tide, and Tennessee Volunteers are on the outside looking in.

Where did your favorite team check in when the selection committee announced the latest College Football Playoff rankings?

A full look at the rankings for games played through November 26 can be seen below.


College Football Playoff Rankings

  1. Georgia
  2. Michigan
  3. TCU
  4. USC
  5. Ohio State
  6. Alabama
  7. Tennessee
  8. Penn State
  9. Clemson
  10. Kansas State
  11. Utah
  12. Washington
  13. Florida State
  14. LSU
  15. Oregon State
  16. Oregon
  17. UCLA
  18. Tulane
  19. South Carolina
  20. Texas
  21. Notre Dame
  22. UCF
  23. North Carolina
  24. Mississippi State
  25. NC State

About the College Football Playoff: The College Football Playoff matches the No. 1 ranked team vs. No. 4, and No. 2 vs. No. 3 in semifinal games that rotate annually among six bowl games – the Goodyear Cotton Bowl, Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Capital One Orange Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl Game. This season’s Playoff Semifinals will take place Saturday, December 31, 2022 at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. The Los Angeles region will host the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, January 9, 2023, at SoFi Stadium.

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