AP Top 25 College Football Poll: Alabama Remains No. 5; Troy No. 19
The final AP College Football Poll of the 2022 season has Alabama holding steady despite its Sugar Bowl victory and Troy moving up after winning the Cure Bowl.
The final AP College Football Poll of the 2022 season has Alabama holding steady despite its Sugar Bowl victory and Troy moving up after winning the Cure Bowl.
The Georgia Bulldogs are the first repeat national champions in major college football since Alabama went back-to-back a decade ago.
Alabama kicker Will Reichard is sticking around after all.
Alabama quarterback Bryce Young and linebacker Will Anderson, Jr. are heading to the NFL, where both could contend for the top draft spot. Tailback Jahmyr Gibbs has also declared for the draft.
After the best semifinal day in the nine-year history of the College Football Playoff, the title game will match the defending national champion against the closest thing the sport has had in years to a Cinderella team.
No. 5 Alabama responded to an early two-score deficit with 35 straight points to defeat AP 11th-ranked Kansas State 45-20 in the Sugar Bowl on Saturday.
Players for fifth-ranked Alabama say they aim to prove their Sugar Bowl matchup with Kansas State is meaningful to them, even if it isn’t part of the College Football Playoff.
Fifth-ranked Alabama will seek its 10th Sugar Bowl trophy when the Crimson Tide plays 9th ranked Kansas State for the first time.
Troy closes out the 2022 football season with a 12-2 record following the Trojans’ 18-12 victory over Texas-San Antonio in the Cure Bowl.
No. 23 Troy and No. 22 Texas-San Antonio help kick off the college bowl season, meeting in the Cure Bowl Friday afternoon in Orlando.