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.
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.
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:
- Georgia (63)
- TCU
- Michigan
- Ohio State
- Alabama
- Tennessee
- Penn State
- Washington
- Tulane
- Utah
- Florida State
- USC
- Clemson
- Kansas State
- Oregon
- LSU
- Oregon State
- Notre Dame
- Troy
- Mississippi State
- UCLA
- Pittsburgh
- South Carolina
- Fresno State
- Texas
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