Since 2000, the Georgia Bulldogs have been a consistent figure in the preseason USA TODAY Coaches Poll. More recently – since 2018 – UGA has been ranked inside the top-five to start the season for four consecutive years.
As for the 2022 preseason rankings, Georgia is a lock to be ranked inside the top-three, joined by Alabama and Ohio State, which will extend that streak to five years.
Here’s how the Coaches Poll is conducted:
The USA TODAY Sports AFCA football coaches poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of 65 head coaches at Football Bowl Subdivision schools. The panel is chosen by random draw, conference by conference plus independents, from a pool of coaches who have indicated to the American Football Coaches Association their willingness to participate. Each coach submits a Top 25 with a first-place vote worth 25 points, second place 24, and so on down to one point for 25th.
We looked at where the Dawgs have started and ended the season in USA TODAY’s Coaches Poll every year since the turn of the century:
