Ohio State Ranked Second in 2022 AP Preseason Poll

By Chase Brown on August 15, 2022 at 12:05 pm
Ohio State is No. 2 in the first AP Poll of 2022.
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The Associated Press believes Ohio State is the nation's second-best team ahead of the 2022 season.

Like the Coaches Poll released by USA TODAY last week, the Buckeyes are No. 2 behind Alabama and landed in front of Georgia, Clemson and Notre Dame. Ohio State's program-rival Michigan was No. 6 in the Coaches Poll but earned the eighth spot in the AP.

AP TOP 25 Poll
RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PREV CONFERENCE
1 ALABAMA 0–0 1,566 (54) 2 SEC
2 OHIO STATE 0–0 1,506 (6) 6 Big Ten
3 GEORGIA 0–0 1,455 (3) 1 SEC
4 CLEMSON 0–0 1,292 14 ACC
5 NOTRE DAME 0–0 1,242 8 IA Independents
6 TEXAS A&M 0–0 1,212 SEC
7 UTAH 0–0 1,209 12 Pac-12
8 MICHIGAN 0–0 1,203 3 Big Ten
9 OKLAHOMA 0–0 956 10 Big 12
10 BAYLOR 0–0 884 5 Big 12
11 OREGON 0–0 831 22 Pac-12
12 OKLAHOMA STATE 0–0 814 7 Big 12
13 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 0–0 752 20 ACC
14 USC 0–0 711 Pac-12
15 MICHIGAN STATE 0–0 631 9 Big Ten
16 MIAMI (FL) 0–0 476 ACC
17 PITTSBURGH 0–0 383 13 ACC
18 WISCONSIN 0–0 365 Big Ten
19 ARKANSAS 0–0 348 21 SEC
20 KENTUCKY 0–0 332 18 SEC
21 OLE MISS 0–0 324 11 SEC
22 WAKE FOREST 0–0 303 15 ACC
23 CINCINNATI 0–0 265 4 American Athletic
24 HOUSTON 0–0 263 17 American Athletic
25 BYU 0–0 234 19 IA Independents

Ohio State will face Notre Dame on Sept. 3 in a top-five matchup for its home opener. The Buckeyes' regular-season schedule also includes three other teams ranked inside the top 25: Michigan (6th), Michigan State (15th) and Wisconsin (18th). Iowa and Penn State were two of the teams featured in the "Others Receiving Votes" category.

Last season, the Buckeyes started as the fourth-best team in the AP Poll. They fell as low as No. 11 in the Week 5 release after an early loss to Oregon, a sluggish performance against Tulsa and a blowout win over Akron. Their highest ranking was second in Week 13 before the program's first loss to Michigan in almost a decade, which sent them out of the top five. Ohio State ended the year by defeating Utah in the Rose Bowl and finished sixth in the poll.

Before Monday's rankings were released, Ohio State was No. 1 all-time for most weeks spent in the AP Poll with 950. The next closest program was Michigan with 887, followed by Oklahoma with 877, Notre Dame with 849 and Alabama with 841.

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