The 2022 college football season ended with a bang, not a whimper, during conference championship weekend.
A week after top-10 teams Ohio State, LSU and Clemson fell, two more teams — No. 3 TCU and No. 4 USC — lost in the Big 12 and Pac-12 championship games, respectively. Those defeats opened the door even wider for chaos to reign amid the final AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll rankings.
The biggest question, of course, is whether those polls will match the final top 25 from the College Football Playoff committee. At present, it seems as if three of the top four will be, in some order, Georgia, Michigan and Ohio State. Whether TCU or Alabama is the fourth team in remains to be seen.
Either way, the pollsters and the committee have no more games left to consider. The only thing left to do for everyone else is wait and see.
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The Sporting News looks at the final AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll of the regular season:
College football rankings for Week 15
AP Top 25
| Rank | Team | Record | Points (No. 1 votes) |
| 1 | Georgia | 13-0 | 1,574 (62) |
| 2 | Michigan | 13-0 | 1,513 (1) |
| 3 | TCU | 12-1 | 1,430 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 11-1 | 1,398 |
| 5 | Alabama | 10-2 | 1,285 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 10-2 | 1,233 |
| 7 | Utah | 10-3 | 1,110 |
| 8 | USC | 11-2 | 1,068 |
| 9 | Penn State | 10-2 | 1,063 |
| 10 | Clemson | 11-2 | 1,042 |
| 11 | Kansas State | 10-3 | 1,032 |
| 12 | Washington | 10-2 | 933 |
| 13 | Florida State | 9-3 | 708 |
| 14 | Tulane | 11-2 | 681 |
| 15 | Oregon | 9-3 | 670 |
| 16 | LSU | 9-4 | 660 |
| 17 | Oregon State | 9-3 | 644 |
| 18 | UCLA | 9-3 | 570 |
| 19 | Notre Dame | 8-4 | 394 |
| 20 | South Carolina | 8-4 | 382 |
| 21 | Texas | 8-4 | 305 |
| 22 | UTSA | 11-2 | 227 |
| 23 | Troy | 11-2 | 158 |
| 24 | Mississippi State | 8-4 | 119 |
| 25 | N.C. State | 8-4 | 59 |
Others receiving votes: North Carolina 39; UCF 36; Cincinnati 32; Ole Miss 27; Fresno State 25; Purdue 17; South Alabama 17; Illinois 11; Boise State 6; Pitt 4; Minnesota 2; James Madison 1
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Coaches Poll
| Rank | Team | Record | Points (No. 1 votes) |
| 1 | Georgia | 13-0 | 1,523 (59) |
| 2 | Michigan | 13-0 | 1,466 (2) |
| 3 | Ohio State | 11-1 | 1,359 |
| 4 | TCU | 12-1 | 1,353 |
| 5 | Alabama | 10-2 | 1,282 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 10-2 | 1,116 |
| 7 | Penn State | 10-2 | 1,074 |
| 8 | USC | 11-2 | 1,054 |
| 9 | Kansas State | 10-3 | 1,050 |
| 10 | Utah | 10-3 | 1,044 |
| 11 | Clemson | 11-2 | 1,003 |
| 12 | Washington | 10-2 | 864 |
| 13 | Florida State | 9-3 | 741 |
| 14 | Oregon | 9-3 | 661 |
| 15 | LSU | 9-4 | 635 |
| 16 | Oregon State | 9-3 | 629 |
| 17 | Tulane | 11-2 | 591 |
| 18 | UCLA | 9-3 | 541 |
| 19 | South Carolina | 8-4 | 354 |
| 20 | Notre Dame | 8-4 | 323 |
| 21 | Texas | 8-4 | 300 |
| 22 | UTSA | 11-2 | 206 |
| 23 | Mississippi State | 8-4 | 139 |
| 24 | Troy | 11-2 | 132 |
| 25 | North Carolina | 9-4 | 95 |
Others receiving votes: N.C. State 60; Ole Miss 44; UCF 43; Fresno State 37; Pitt 28; Air Force 17; South Alabama 14; Purdue 12; Cincinnati 10; Minnesota 7; Duke 6; Coastal Carolina 5; Illinois 4; Boise State 3.