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2022 Final Power Rankings

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  The following rankings reflect power ratings. The ratings are updated every week to reflect each team's performance against both its on-field opponent and the betting spread, or line. FINAL Ranking Team Prev. Ranking 1 Georgia 1 2 Ohio State 2 3 Alabama 3 4 Michigan 4 5 Tennessee 5 6 Penn State 10 7 USC 6 8 Utah 7 9 Clemson 8 10 TCU 9 11 Washington 19 12 Florida State 12 13 LSU 13 14 Oregon 14 15 Kansas State 11 16 Texas 15 17 Kentucky 16 18 Mississippi State 17 19 Oregon State 21 20 Oklahoma 20 21 Tulane 25 22 Ole Miss 18 23 Illinois 22 24 Notre Dame 23 25 Baylor 26 26 Arkansas 24 27 Iowa 33 28 Wisconsin 28 29 Texas Tech 35 30 UCLA 29 31 Florida 27 32 Wake Forest 31 33 South Carolina 30 34 Purdue 34 35 Duke 47 36 Minnesota 38 37 Maryland 37 38 Louisville 39 39 Cincinnati 41 40 Iowa State 36 41 North Carolina 44 42 Pittsburgh 42 43 Fresno State 48 44 Air Force 58 45 Texas A&M 45 46 Oklahoma State 43 47 Central Florida 32 48 Washington State 40 49 Auburn 46 50 West Virginia 49

2022 Sun Belt Grades

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 2022 Sun Belt Conference Grades Appalachian State Preseason Rating: 69.5  Final Rating: 65.5 Standards are perhaps no higher at any G5 school than they are at Appalachian State. The Mountaineers win nearly every year and are a constant presence atop the Sun Belt Conference standings. Coaches come and go, but wins continue accumulating in Boone. A solid bet over ever since joining FBS, lines often reflect an impression that App State is even better than they probably truly are. This season, Appalachian State was again predicted to be neck and neck with Coastal Carolina in the SBC East division. A wild shootout loss at home to North Carolina was disappointing but bolstered belief in this year’s Mountaineers. Upsetting Texas A&M on the road, while the Aggies were still considered top notch, and a dramatic hail mary win over Troy the following game seemed to indicate all systems go. However, first year FBS member James Madison pulled off the upset to set App State back to only 2-2.