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ESPN’s updated Way-Too-Early 2022 Top 25 features 4 B1G teams, 3 in top 10
By Andrew Olson
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As the college football offseason inches toward summer, preseason rankings have started. ESPN updated its Way-Too-Early Top 25 on Thursday.
The update from ESPN’s Mark Schlabach wasn’t too kind to the Big Ten. Ohio State remains No. 2 and Michigan State moved up from No. 10 to No. 8. Michigan, though, dropped from No. 5 to No. 9. Iowa plummeted from No. 15 to No. 25. Wisconsin was one of 2 teams to completely drop out of the Top 25.
Overall, it’s a top-heavy B1G group as 3 of the 4 teams are in the top 10. Here’s the complete ESPN Way-Too-Early Top 25 for 2022:
- Alabama
- Ohio State
- Georgia
- Utah
- Texas A&M
- Notre Dame
- NC State
- Michigan State
- Michigan
- Oklahoma State
- Clemson
- USC
- Houston
- Oklahoma
- Pittsburgh
- Oregon
- Wake Forest
- Baylor
- BYU
- Arkansas
- Ole Miss
- Kentucky
- Cincinnati
- Tennessee
- Iowa
Schlabach’s analysis for each Top 25 team’s current Way-Too-Early ranking can be found here. The college football offseason never fails to generate debate, especially preseason rankings. We’ll see how other rankings compare to ESPN’s.
A former Florida beat reporter, Andrew writes for the Saturday Tradition News Desk.