Power Rankings 1-3-23

Welcome Back!

These are my final Power Rankings for the 2022 season. Obviously, whoever wins the National Championship Game will finish 1st, and the loser is far enough ahead where they will finish 2nd, regardless of the outcome. As I've stated before, these are far from perfect, but they have gotten better and better each year, and I'm already thinking about how to improve them for next year. The challenge is to keep them simple enough that I can continue to do them by hand, and that they don't take an inordinate amount of time to do. I do use my computer to add up the totals after I input each week's results, and to sort the teams from high to low.

One of the oddities about these final rankings is that 2 teams end up directly behind a team they beat. Utah is one spot behind USC despite defeating them, not once, but twice. This is because USC lost their bowl game by 1, and Utah lost by 14. In addition, Iowa is 1 spot behind Kentucky, despite beating them by 21 in their bowl game. However, you should know that UK dropped 11 spots, and the Hawkeyes jumped up 14. In both cases, the point totals are very close. There may be other examples, but those were 2 that really stood out to me.

I hope you have enjoyed reading these Power Rankings as much as I have enjoyed making them!

Here are my rankings from 1 to 131, including my pre-bowl rankings. 

Rank	Team	Previous
1	Georgia	1
2	TCU	3
3	Tennessee	5
4	Michigan	2
5	Alabama	6
6	Ohio State	4
7	Penn State	9
8	Kansas State	7
9	Clemson	8
10	FSU	12
11	Washington	15
12	Tulane	14
13	USC	11
14	Utah	10
15	Texas	13
16	Troy	17
17	Oregon State	16
18	LSU	19
19	Oregon	18
20	Notre Dame	22
21	Texas Tech	23
22	Mississippi State	24
23	Arkansas	27
24	South Carolina	21
25	UTSA	25
26	South Alabama	20
27	Louisville	32
28	Illinois	26
29	Ole Miss	28
30	Wake Forest	40
31	Minnesota	38
32	UCLA	29
33	Pittsburgh	42
34	Baylor	T30
35	James Madison	35
36	BYU	41
37	Fresno State	53
38	Kansas	33
39	Washington State	T30
40	Maryland	47
41	Duke	T48
42	Missouri	34
43	North Carolina	39
44	Air Force	54
45	Cincinnati	36
46	Marshall	50
47	Ohio	52
48	Kentucky	37
49	Iowa	63
50	WKU	68
51	Boise State	55
52	Texas A&M	T48
53	NC State	44
54	Florida	45
55	UCF	43
56	Syracuse	51
57	Purdue	46
58	Auburn	56
59	East Carolina	67
60	Vanderbilt	58
61	Toledo	64
62	Wisconsin	70
63	Arizona	60
64	West Virginia	62
65	Eastern Michigan	71
66	Oklahoma	65
67	Oklahoma State	57
68	Memphis	75
69	Coastal Carolina	59
70	SMU	66
71	Michigan State	69
72	Army	73
73	Georgia Tech	74
74	Southern Miss	78
75	Georgia Southern	61
76	Middle Tenn	87
77	Iowa State	80
78	San Diego State	72
79	UConn	77
80	UAB	85
81	San Jose State	76
82	Indiana	84
83	Nebraska	86
84	Liberty	79
85	Wyoming	81
86	Houston	T93
87	Kent State	88
88	New Mexico State	95
89	North Texas	82
90	Buffalo	100
91	Navy	89
92	Miami, Fl	90
93	Georgia State	92
94	ULM	T93
95	Bowling Green	83
96	California	97
97	Tulsa	98
98	Stanford	99
99	UTEP	101
100	Rutgers	102
101	Appalachian State	103
102	Louisiana	91
103	Virginia Tech	104
104	Boston College	105
105	Arizona State	106
106	Utah State	96
107	ODU	108
108	Ball State	109
109	FAU	111
110	Texas State	112
111	Rice	107
112	UNLV	113
113	Virginia	114
114	Miami, OH	110
115	Western Michigan	115
116	Central Michigan	116
117	Colorado State	117
118	Colorado	118
119	La Tech	119
120	Charlotte	120
121	Northwestern	121
122	Arkansas State	122
123	Temple	123
124	FIU	124
125	USF	125
126	Northern Illinois	126
127	Hawai'i	127
128	Akron	128
129	New Mexico	129
130	Nevada	130
131	UMass	131

Feel free to leave a comment. Come back tomorrow for my Conference Call, where I will give final results from inter-conference play! 

Until next time, may you and your loved ones be blessed!