CFB media reacts to the final 2022 College Football Playoff rankings
The final 2022 College Football Playoff rankings were released on Sunday and CFB media had plenty to say about the Top 25 at the end of the season.
If everything went to plan on conference championship weekend, the drama for the reveal of the final 2022 College Football Playoff rankings wouldn’t have been present in the slightest. The Top 4 would’ve been set with Georgia, Michigan, TCU and USC locked in and ready to compete for a national championship.
Georgia and Michigan did their part, but not until after USC losing the Pac-12 Championship Game to Utah on Friday and the TCU falling just short in OT against Kansas State in the Big 12 title game threw everything on its head.
So that meant that the Bulldogs and Wolverines were all but locked in at No. 1 and 2 heading into Sunday’s reveal of the final CFP rankings. But what would happen behind them? Would it be Ohio State jumping into the Top 4? Would TCU stay in the Playoff? Could Alabama become the first two-loss team to ever make the Playoff?
We got our answers on Sunday with the reveal of the final College Football Playoff rankings.
College Football Playoff rankings: Final Top 25
- Georgia Bulldogs
- Michigan Wolverines
- TCU Horned Frogs
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- Tennessee Volunteers
- Clemson Tigers
- Utah Utes
- Kansas State Wildcats
- USC Trojans
- Penn State Nittany Lions
- Washington Huskies
- Florida State Seminoles
- Oregon State Beavers
- Oregon Ducks
- Tulane Green Wave
- LSU Tigers
- UCLA Bruins
- South Carolina Gamecocks
- Texas Longhorns
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Mississippi State Bulldogs
- NC State Wolfpack
- Troy Trojans
- UTSA Roadrunners
There were some people who were a bit surprised that Ohio State didn’t jump ahead of TCU to the No. 3 spot to set up a rematch with Michigan. But TCU was ultimately more deserving of being ahead of the Buckeyes after what they accomplished this season.
College football media reactions to final 2022 CFP rankings
After the reveal of the rankings, members of college football media were relieved that the committee seemed to get it right, or at least that was the predominant sentiment.
UGA #1, shocker!
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 4, 2022
We know 1 and 2 just stop there #BringBackTheBCS
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) December 4, 2022
How long is this show gonna be when it's 12 teams?
— Jack Crosby (@JCrosbyCBS) December 4, 2022
Georgia's reward for running the table and being the best team all season long is Ohio State in the semi final.
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) December 4, 2022
Ohio State vs. Georgia should be fine but preferred a Ohio State/Michigan semifinal but oh well.
— Antwan V. Staley (@antwanstaley) December 4, 2022
This was very easy for the committee, despite the fake drama yesterday:
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) December 4, 2022
Georgia vs Ohio State in the Peach
Michigan vs TCU in the Fiesta
HYPNOTOAD IN THE PLAYOFF! #TCU #CFBPlayoff pic.twitter.com/wWHnuQNG4E
— Scott Rogust (@ScottRogust) December 4, 2022
The Committee got it right. pic.twitter.com/yFw9KzKudn
— Kevin Negandhi (@KevinNegandhi) December 4, 2022
TCU lost one game. In overtime. To a top 10 team. That they already beat once.
— Justin Carter (@juscarts) December 4, 2022
The committee putting them third is the right call.
sometimes the College Football Playoff selection committee gets to earn a ton of Marriott points and eat good free food for simply sorting the college football standings by the loss column, it's a pretty sick deal
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) December 4, 2022
Now we wait. We’ll have bowl season starting on Dec. 16 to give us our college football fill, but we’ll now all be waiting anxiously for the College Football Playoff to get underway with the semifinal games on Dec. 31.
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