Final AP Poll Rankings (1/10/2023)

[chuck0303]

Ohio State should be # 2. It's really indefensible for them not to be.

Not an OSU fan at all, but I agree. They're the only one that gave GA a game.

 

[Undercs]

who cares? means absolutely nothing

 

[macrovol]

This is a farce.

 

[Brave Volunteer]

Top 5 should be...

Georgia
Ohio State
Michigan
Tennessee
Alabama

TCU should be 6th. No damn way should they be top 5 after that.

 

[ShowMeVol]

Ohio State should be # 2. It's really indefensible for them not to be.

They lost their last 2 games. No team who loses last 2 games of season should finish in the runner up spot!

 

[kptvol1]

Getting blown out by 58 or losing to a team that just got blown out by 58 shouldn't keep you in the top 4 . Don't care if it's playoffs or not.

Not that the final ranking means much, but TCU has lost 2 of the last 3 and climbed from 4 to 2…

 

[hUTch2002]

No to be realistic - -
Ga.
OSU
Bama
Mich.
Tenn.
TCU
and everyone else

Why Michigan behind Ohio State when Michigan has 1 less loss and took Ohio State to the woodshed at Ohio State? I know Ohio State played UGA better than anyone but still.

 

[Orange931]

Why Michigan behind Ohio State when Michigan has 1 less loss and took Ohio State to the woodshed at Ohio State? I know Ohio State played UGA better than anyone but still.

Michigan got beat by the team that just got obliterated in the biggest game of the year. It’s pretty much a wash.

 

[hUTch2002]

Michigan got beat by the team that just got obliterated in the biggest game of the year. It’s pretty much a wash.

In no way is transitive property a wash with a head to head result.

 

[troj89]

This is closer to sensible, but Michigan should not be above Ohio State.

Michigan should be above Ohio St for the exact same reason Tennessee should be above Alabama.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

They lost their last 2 games. No team who loses last 2 games of season should finish in the runner up spot!

Yeah, but they took UGA to the wire which is more than can be said for other contenders. UGA also beat both teams that beat Bama pretty handily.

 

[zaqhhh]

Just shows how ridiculous this all is. I mean that is a totally unjustifiable top 6.

 

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

There is no way you can rank TCU ahead of Ohio State. That's ridiculous. Does anyone honestly think TCU is the 2nd best team in the country ?

I don't think they're Top 5

 

[JoeMiltonsAgent]

A team gets rolled 65-7 and blow their conference championship against a team outside the top 10 and they still think they are #2 in the country?

Alrighty then.

 

[WillisWG]

NCAA College Football Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports

Top 6 same

 

[Godfatha]

Rece Davis voted us at 4 above Alabama, was kind of shocked at his vote.

Rece is generally pretty fair

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Lol sure the team whose biggest win was Notre dame

They played Georgia better than other contenders for the spot. And Georgia beat both teams that beat Bama pretty handily.

 

[Jdw2920]

Since the playoffs started? No.

Oregon finished #2 after the 2014-2015 season.
Clemson finished #2 after the 2015-2016 season.
Alabama finished #2 after the 2016-2017 season.
Georgia finished #2 after the 2017-2018 season.
Alabama finished #2 after the 2018-2019 season.
Clemson finished #2 after the 2019-2020 season.
Ohio State finished #2 after the 2020-2021 season.
Alabama finished #2 after the 2021-2022 season.
TCU finished #2 after the 2022-2023 season.

None got the crap kicked out of them like tcu.

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

If TCU is the number 2 team I am a rocket scientist! The AP poll deserves to be laughed at and mocked. It’s a bad joke and a reflection of its voters. I would ashamed if I voted for that final 5. GBO

 

[KoachKrab127]

What a joke. How can a team lose two of their last three including losing their championship game and absolutely get destroyed in the national title game and not only do they not drop a spot on either loss, but move up one spot. That's really absurd and obviously biased.

How can UT get no respect at all?
Have the best QB season minus one game, not get invite to Heisman.
Beat Alabama and blow out LSU the other team that beat Alabama. Both recent National Champs. Cream Clemson the ACC champ and another recent National Champ. Doesn't matter, Alabama still ranked higher.

Hilariously dumb.

This is why polls matter very little. I’d take the win over Bama and be ranked 1 spot under them than lose that game and be ranked higher. Bama fans can brag about winning an arbitrary popularity contest all they want. I’ll take the win.

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

Bama didnt lay a turd against a divisional opponent. We did.

Also, we didn't "beat that ass" as much as we won on a last second field goal.

We beat them and also beat the team (LSU) handily that beat them as well. So how do we rectify that with losing to SC, who is ranked 23rd in the end of year poll?

 

[UTFanHades]

And we have Tennessee fans who wanted Georgia to win because they thought we'd finish higher . Georgia winning did absolutely nothing for us, except give them a bigger edge in recruiting. Hopefully some people see this now.

At least the VolDawgs got a nice win in during that scrimmage last night

 

[UTFanHades]

Vols finish #6

NCAA College Football Rankings: AP Top 25 Football Poll | AP News

RK - TEAM- (1st Place Votes) - REC- PTS

1. Georgia (63) 15-0 1575
2. TCU 13-2 1484
3. Michigan 13-1 1438
4. Ohio State 11-2 1394
5. Alabama 11-2 1303
6. Tennessee 11-2 1294
7. Penn State 11-2 1200
8. Washington 11-2 1097
9. Tulane 12-2 1025
10. Utah 10-4 876
11. Florida State 10-3 814
12. USC 11-3 795
13. Clemson 11-3 791
14. Kansas State 10-4 784
15. Oregon 10-3 758
16. LSU 10-4 757
17. Oregon State 10-3 742
18. Notre Dame 9-4 535
19. Troy 12-2 322
20. Mississippi State 9-4 320
21. UCLA 9-4 243
22. Pittsburgh 9-4 233
23. South Carolina 8-5 180
24. Fresno State 10-4 164
25. Texas 8-5 95

Others receiving votes: Duke 49, UTSA 45, Air Force 40, Boise State 38, Minnesota 35, Texas Tech 19, North Carolina 8, NC State 6, Iowa 4, Purdue 3, Louisville 3, Marshall 2, Maryland 2, Cincinnati 1, Illinois 1

Dropped from rankings: UTSA 22, NC State 25

This is stupidity across seven continents. Keep driving fans to other sports with this garbage.

 

[TennMan101]

Not sure the reasoning for that. If I were to venture a guess, I would presume a typo on AP.com’s part with regard to the first 2 teams, having overlooked that they didn’t update the records. The top right part of the section in the screenshot you posted does note a date of January 10, however.

I had to copy the rankings from the ESPN App’s rankings section to actually be able to align and arrange the information cleanly using my phone (there’s a lot of extra mess and formatting to sift through that copying and pasting straight from AP.com brought ).

If preferable, I can provide a link for ESPN if desired. Meanwhile, here’s an image of the rankings from ESPN’s mobile app:

I can't believe there's a 4 loss team in the top 10.

 

[Vol423]

Vols finish #6

NCAA College Football Rankings: AP Top 25 Football Poll | AP News

RK - TEAM- (1st Place Votes) - REC- PTS

1. Georgia (63) 15-0 1575
2. TCU 13-2 1484
3. Michigan 13-1 1438
4. Ohio State 11-2 1394
5. Alabama 11-2 1303
6. Tennessee 11-2 1294
7. Penn State 11-2 1200
8. Washington 11-2 1097
9. Tulane 12-2 1025
10. Utah 10-4 876
11. Florida State 10-3 814
12. USC 11-3 795
13. Clemson 11-3 791
14. Kansas State 10-4 784
15. Oregon 10-3 758
16. LSU 10-4 757
17. Oregon State 10-3 742
18. Notre Dame 9-4 535
19. Troy 12-2 322
20. Mississippi State 9-4 320
21. UCLA 9-4 243
22. Pittsburgh 9-4 233
23. South Carolina 8-5 180
24. Fresno State 10-4 164
25. Texas 8-5 95

Others receiving votes: Duke 49, UTSA 45, Air Force 40, Boise State 38, Minnesota 35, Texas Tech 19, North Carolina 8, NC State 6, Iowa 4, Purdue 3, Louisville 3, Marshall 2, Maryland 2, Cincinnati 1, Illinois 1

Dropped from rankings: UTSA 22, NC State 25

Why don't they just go ahead and issue the final polls results for the 2023 season too since the results of games obviously don't mean anything?