College Football Playoff Selection Committee Set for 2022-23 Season

The 2023 College Football Playoff (CFP) Selection Committee is set for the upcoming season.

The CFP selection committee selects the top four teams in the playoff and assigns them to semifinal games, as well as ranking the other top 25 teams. The committee meets in-person beginning late in the football season and produces a ranking of the top 25 teams each week leading up to its final selections.

The selection committee members are: Mitch Barnhart (athletics director, University of Kentucky); Tom Burman (athletics director, University of Wyoming); Boo Corrigan (chair) (athletics director, North Carolina State University), Rick George (athletics director, University of Colorado); Chet Gladchuk (athletics director at the U.S. Naval Academy); Jim Grobe (former head coach at Ohio University, Wake Forest and Baylor); Warde Manuel (athletics director at the University of Michigan); Will Shields (former All-American offensive lineman, University of Nebraska); Gene Taylor (athletics director, Kansas State University); Joe Taylor (Vice President for Athletics and Community Wellness, Virginia Union University); John Urschel (Harvard Junior Fellow and former All-American offensive lineman, Penn State University); Rod West (group president Entergy Corporation and former linebacker at the University of Notre Dame); and Kelly Whiteside (associate professor in Sports Media and Journalism at Montclair State University and a longtime sportswriter for USA Today, Sports Illustrated and Newsday).

This season's 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship will be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on Monday, January 9, 2023.

The 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship will be played in NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, on Monday, January 8, 2024.

The 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship will be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday, January 6, 2025.

The 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship will be played at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Monday, January 5, 2026.

This year, the selection committee will announce six Top 25 rankings, on November 1, November 8, November 15, November 22, November 29, and on December 4, which is known as Selection Sunday.

On Selection Sunday, the committee will announce the rankings and the matchups of the top four teams for the 2023 Playoff Semifinals at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, in Glendale, Arizona. Both of those games will be played on December 31.

The committee also will announce the pairings for the Capital One Orange Bowl (December 30), Allstate Sugar Bowl (December 31), Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (January 2, 2023) and Rose Bowl Game (January 2, 2023).

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Associated Press 2022 Preseason Football Bowl Subdivision Top 25 Poll Includes Two Big 12 Teams, One Big 12 Traitor

The 2022 Associated Press Preseason Football Bowl Subdivision Top 25 Poll includes two Big 12 teams, Baylor (#10) and Oklahoma State (#12), and one Big 12 traitor, Oklahoma (#9). 

Big 12 team Kansas State is listed among "others receiving votes," in 37th place (14 points).

Access the preseason poll: here

This season marks the 87th edition of the AP rankings.

The Associated Press began its college football poll on October 19, 1936. It is the longest-running poll of those that award national titles at the end of the season. The preseason poll was started in 1950. A panel of 63 sports writers and broadcasters from around the country votes on the poll weekly.

The AP Top 25 is determined by a simple points system based on how each voter ranks the teams. A team receives 25 points for each first- place vote, 24 for second place and so on through to the 25th team, which receives one point. The rankings are set by listing the point totals from highest to lowest. 

Here is the 2022 Preseason AP College Football Top 25 poll (first-place votes in parenthesis):

1) Alabama (54) (1,566)
2) Ohio State (6) (1,506)
3) Georgia (3) (1,455)
4) Clemson (1,292)
5) Notre Dame (1,242)
6) Texas A&M (1,212)
7) Utah (1,209)
8) Michigan (1,203)
9) Oklahoma (956)
10) Baylor (884)
11) Oregon (831)
12) Oklahoma State (814)
13) North Carolina State (752)
14) USC (711)
15) Michigan State (631)
16) Miami (Florida) (476)
17) Pittsburgh (383)
18) Wisconsin (365)
19) Arkansas (348)
20) Kentucky (332)
21) Ole Miss (324)
22) Wake Forest (303)
23) Cincinnati (265)
24) Houston (263)
25) BYU (234)

Others receiving votes: Tennessee 180, Texas 164, Iowa 163, Penn State 160, LSU 55, Fresno State 32, Minnesota 31, UCF 27, Purdue 17, Mississippi State 15, Auburn 15, Kansas State 14, Florida 14, North Carolina 9, Boise State 5, Air Force 4, Appalachian State 4, UCLA 2, San Diego State 2, South Carolina 2, Utah State 2, Nebraska 1.

 

 

USA TODAY Sports AFCA 2022 Preseason Football Bowl Subdivision Top 25 Poll Includes Two Big 12 Teams, Two Big 12 Traitors

Below is the USA TODAY Sports AFCA 2022 Football Bowl Subdivision Top 25 Preseason Poll, which includes in the top 25 two Big 12 teams, Baylor (#10) and Oklahoma State (#11), and two Big 12 traitors, Oklahoma (#9) and Texas (#118).

Big 12 teams Kansas State and Iowa State are listed among "others receiving votes." Kansas State is in 45th place. Iowa State is tied for 46th.

The poll will be conducted weekly throughout the regular collegiate football season using a panel of head coaches at FBS 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.

Teams are shown with first-place votes and total points.

Access the poll online: here

1) Alabama (54 first-place votes) (1634 total points)
2) Ohio State (5) (1564)
3) Georgia (6) (1542)
4) Clemson (0) (1356)
5) Notre Dame (0) (1284)
6) Michigan (0) (1232)
7) Texas A&M (0) (1219)
8) Utah (0) (1134)
9) Oklahoma (0) (1027)
10) Baylor (0) (891)
11) Oklahoma State (0) (859)
12) Oregon (0) (734)
13) NC State (0) (726)
14) Michigan State (0) (711)
15) Southern California (0) (602)
16) Pittsburgh (0) (450)
17) Miami (0) (433)
18) Texas (1) 383)
19) Wake Forest (0) (381)
20) Wisconsin (0) (369)
21) Kentucky (0) (353)
22) Cincinnati (0) (339)
23) Arkansas (0) (334)
24) Mississippi (0) (327)
25) Houston (0) (257)

Others receiving votes: Iowa 248; Penn State 246; Tennessee 163; Brigham Young 152; Louisiana State 143; Auburn 98; Central Florida 55; North Carolina 34; San Diego State 25; Fresno State 21; Mississippi State 19; Florida 17; Utah State 12; Air Force 12; UCLA 10; Boise State 10; Appalachian State 10; Minnesota 6; South Carolina 5; Kansas State 4; Iowa State 3; Army 3; UL Lafayette 2; Southern Methodist 2; Purdue 2; Oregon State 2; Coastal Carolina 2; Texas-San Antonio 1; Louisville 1; Florida State 1.

Voters: The USA TODAY Sports AFCA Board of Coaches is 66 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2022 season: Tom Albin, Ohio; Tom Allen, Indiana; Blake Anderson,Utah State; Marcus Arroyo, UNLV; Dino Babers, Syracuse; Mike Bloomgren, Rice; Brent Brennan, San Jose State; Neal Brown, West Virginia; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jamey Chadwell, Coastal Carolina; Paul Chryst, Wisconsin; Dave Clawson, Wake Forest; Sonny Cumbie, Louisiana Tech; Kalen DeBoer, Washington; Jake Dickert, Washington State; Dana Dimel, Texas-El Paso; Dave Doeren, North Carolina State; Stan Drayton, Temple; Sonny Dykes, TCU; Herm Edwards, Arizona State; Mike Elko, Duke; Luke Fickell, Cincinnati; Jedd Fisch, Arizona; Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern; James Franklin, Penn State; Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame; Hugh Freeze, Liberty; Willie Fritz, Tulane; Scott Frost, Nebraska; Danny Gonzales, New Mexico; Jeff Hafley, Boston College; Will Hall, Southern Mississippi; Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Brady Hoke, San Diego State; Dana Holgorsen; Houston; Butch Jones, Arkansas State; Chris Klieman, Kansas State; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Tim Lester, Western Michigan; Sean Lewis, Kent State; Mike Locksley, Maryland; Mike MacIntyre, Florida International; Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio); Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Jeff Monken, Army; Joe Moorhead, Akron; Jim Mora, Connecticut; Billy Napier, Florida; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Ken Niumatalolo, Navy; Sam Pittman, Arkansas; Brent Pry, Virginia Tech; Nick Saban, Alabama; Scott Satterfield, Louisville; Greg Schiano, Rutgers; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Jake Spavital, Texas State; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Jon Sumrall, Troy; Jeff Tedford, Fresno State; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio; Mel Tucker, Michigan State; Kyle Whittingham, Utah, Ken Wilson, Nevada.