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.