Ohio State Finishes No. 4 In Final AP Top 25 Poll Of 2022 Season

The Buckeyes have now finished in the top six of every AP poll of the College Football Playoff era.

Despite a one-point loss to top-ranked Georgia in the Peach Bowl, Ohio State finished fourth in the final Associated Press Top 25 Poll of the 2022 season, which was released early Tuesday morning.

National champion Georgia tops the final AP Top 25 of the season, TCU, Michigan, Ohio State and Alabama round out the top five.

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The Bulldogs – who captured their second straight national championship with a 65-7 win over TCU on Monday night – naturally finished atop the poll, while the Horned Frogs came in second as the national runners-up despite the blowout loss.

Michigan dropped one spot to No. 3 after falling to TCU, 51-45, in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl, with most voters giving the Wolverines the nod over the Buckeyes due to their 45-23 victory in Columbus on Nov. 26.

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Ohio State, which went 11-1 overall and 8-1 in the Big Ten, has now finished in the top six of every AP poll of the playoff era, spanning nine seasons. Alabama, which came in fifth, has the second-longest streak with three straight finishes inside the top six.

That said, the full Associated Press Top 25 poll can be found below, with first-place votes in parenthesis:

1. Georgia (63)
2. TCU
3. Michigan
4. Ohio State
5. Alabama
6. Tennessee
7. Penn State
8. Washington
9. Tulane
10. Utah
11. Florida State
12. USC
13. Clemson
14. Kansas State
15. Oregon
16. LSU
17. Oregon State
18. Notre Dame
19. Troy
20. Mississippi State
21. UCLA
22. Pittsburgh
23. South Carolina
24. Fresno State
25. Texas

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