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Preseason AP Top-25 released for 2022 college football season

The preseason AP Top 25 has been released ahead of the 2022 college football season.

The Georgia Bulldogs, fresh off their first national championship in 41 years, will start the season at No. 3 as they look to repeat.

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Unsurprisingly, the Alabama Crimson Tide occupy the top spot in the rankings followed by the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Alabama received 54 first-place votes, Ohio State received six and Georgia received three.

Georgia’s Week 1 opponent, Oregon, opens the season ranked No. 11 in the AP Top 25. The Ducks rank No. 12 in the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll.

SEC teams in the rankings are Alabama (1), Georgia (3), Texas A&M (6), Arkansas (19), Kentucky (20) and Ole Miss (21).

One big surprise: Texas is unranked in the AP Top 25. The Longhorns ranked No. 18 in the Coaches Poll and received a first-place vote.

Tennessee is unranked in the AP Top 25 as well, but received the most votes of teams that did not make the cut.

Below is the Top 25:

25
BYU

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: Unranked

Points: 234

24
Houston

Matt Pendleton-USA TODAY Sports

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 25

Points: 263

23
Cincinnati

Dylan Buell/Getty Images

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 22

Points: 265

22
Wake Forest

William Howard-USA TODAY Sports

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 19

Points: 303

21
Ole Miss

Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 24

Points: 324

20
Kentucky

Jordan Prather-USA TODAY Sports

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 21

Points: 332

19
Arkansas

Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 23

Points: 348

18
Wisconsin

Syndication: Detroit Free Press

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 20

Points: 365

17
Pitt

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 16

Points: 383

16
Miami

Jaylynn Nash-USA TODAY Sports

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 17

Points: 476

15
Michigan State

Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 14

Points: 631

14
USC

Michael Urakami/Getty Images

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 15

Points: 711

13
NC State

William Howard-USA TODAY Sports

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 13

Points: 752

12
Oklahoma State

Brett Rojo-USA TODAY Sports

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 11

Points: 814

11
Oregon

Syndication: The Register Guard

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 12

Points: 831

10
Baylor

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 10

Points: 884

9
Oklahoma

Brian Bahr/Getty Images

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 9

Points: 956

8
Michigan

Dylan Widger-USA TODAY Sports

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 6

Points: 1,203

7
Utah

Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 8

Points: 1,209

6
Texas A&M

Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 7

Points: 1,212

5
Notre Dame

Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 5

Points: 1,242

4
Clemson

Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 4

Points: 1,292

3
Georgia

Carmen Mandato/Getty Images

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 3

Points: 1,455 (3 first-place votes)

2
Ohio State

Syndication: The Columbus Dispatch

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 2

Points: 1,506 (6 first-place votes)

1
Alabama

Gary Cosby Jr.-USA TODAY Sports

Where they ranked in Coaches Poll: 1

Points: 1,566 (54 first-place votes)

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