Clemson's final Coaches Poll ranking released |
Clemson dropped only one spot in the final Coaches Poll.
The Tigers were ranked No. 12 in the final poll. Florida State paced the ACC at No. 10. Georgia led a top-4 with TCU next, then Michigan and Ohio State. Pittsburgh rounded out the ACC reps at No. 22. The Tigers fell in a bowl game for only the second time since 2018 and a third time since 2012 with the 31-14 loss to Tennessee in the Orange Bowl. Clemson extended out its run of double-digit win seasons that goes back to 2011, which is only topped by Alabama among active streaks (15 from 2008-present). The Tigers captured top-25 wins over Wake Forest (51-45 in double OT on the road), NC State (30-20), Syracuse (27-21) and UNC (39-10 in Charlotte’s ACC Championship Game) but fell in the three marquee non-conference games, giving up at least 31 points in each and losing as a favorite in all three and by double digits twice (35-14 at Notre Dame; 31-14 against Tennessee). The AP Poll ranked Clemson 13th, also trailing division foe Florida State (No. 11). Clemson started the season ranked No. 4 and was ranked seventh in the final Playoff rankings. Final 2022 Coaches Poll Rank Team Record Points 1st votes Prev Chg Hi/lo 1 Georgia 15-0 1575 63 1 — 1/3 2 Texas Christian 13-2 1482 0 4 2 2/NR 3 Michigan 13-1 1423 0 2 -1 2/6 4 Ohio State 11-2 1404 0 3 -1 2/5 5 Alabama 11-2 1329 0 5 — 1/11 6 Tennessee 11-2 1273 0 6 — 3/NR 7 Penn State 11-2 1199 0 7 — 7/NR 8 Washington 11-2 1091 0 12 4 8/NR 9 Tulane 12-2 981 0 17 8 9/NR 10 Florida State 10-3 926 0 13 3 10/NR 11 Utah 10-4 878 0 10 -1 8/19 12 Clemson 11-3 839 0 11 -1 4/12 13 Southern California 11-3 829 0 8 -5 4/15 14 Kansas State 10-4 769 0 9 -5 9/NR 15 Louisiana State 10-4 766 0 15 — 6/NR 16 Oregon 10-3 708 0 14 -2 6/24 17 Oregon State 10-3 690 0 16 -1 16/NR 18 Notre Dame 9-4 498 0 20 2 5/NR 19 Mississippi State 9-4 364 0 23 4 17/NR 20 Troy 12-2 314 0 24 4 20/NR 21 UCLA 9-4 238 0 18 -3 10/NR 22 Pittsburgh 9-4 193 0 NR 8 14/NR 23 South Carolina 8-5 164 0 19 -4 19/NR 24 Fresno State 10-4 134 0 NR 5 24/NR 25 Texas 8-5 69 0 21 -4 18/NR
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