It’s week 8 so let’s analyze all 131 FBS college football teams and publish our data driven college football power rankings. In addition, we give you our Heisman Trophy and College Football Playoff Rankings.
College Football Playoff Rankings – Week 8
If the College Football Playoff were to happen this week, this would be the Final Four:
- Ohio State (Big Ten Champ) vs. 3. Clemson (ACC Champ)
- Tennessee (SEC Champ) vs. 4. TCU (Big 12 Champ)
If we were at the 12 team college football playoff for the 2022 season, this is how we’d seed it:
8 vs. 9 – Syracuse vs. USC (winner faces #1 Ohio State)
7 vs. 10 – Alabama vs. Ole Miss (winner faces #2 Tennessee)
6 vs. 11 – Michigan vs. UCLA (winner faces #3 TCU)
5 vs. 12 – Georgia vs. UCF (winner faces #4 Clemson)
2022 Heisman Tropy Rankings – Week 8
I don’t have a Heisman ballot but if I did, my ballot this week would like like this:
- Hendon Hooker (QB – Tennessee)
- CJ Stroud (QB – Ohio State)
- Will Anderson Jr. (LB – Alabama)
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Week 8 College Football Rankings
| RANK | TEAM | CONFERENCE |
| 1 | Ohio State | Big Ten East |
| 2 | Tennessee | SEC East |
| 3 | Georgia | SEC East |
| 4 | Michigan | Big Ten East |
| 5 | TCU | Big 12 |
| 6 | Clemson | ACC Atlantic |
| 7 | Alabama | SEC West |
| 8 | Syracuse | ACC Atlantic |
| 9 | USC | Pac-12 South |
| 10 | Ole Miss | SEC West |
| 11 | UCLA | Pac-12 South |
| 12 | Penn State | Big Ten East |
| 13 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 |
| 14 | Illinois | Big Ten West |
| 15 | UCF | AAC |
| 16 | Texas | Big 12 |
| 17 | Kansas State | Big 12 |
| 18 | Wake Forest | ACC Atlantic |
| 19 | Tulane | AAC |
| 20 | Oregon | Pac-12 North |
| 21 | James Madison | Sun Belt East |
| 22 | Mississippi State | SEC West |
| 23 | Cincinnati | AAC |
| 24 | Utah | Pac-12 South |
| 25 | North Carolina | ACC Coastal |
| 26 | LSU | SEC West |
| 27 | South Alabama | Sun Belt West |
| 28 | Liberty | Independents |
| 29 | Maryland | Big Ten East |
| 30 | Minnesota | Big Ten West |
| 31 | Kentucky | SEC East |
| 32 | Washington | Pac-12 North |
| 33 | Kansas | Big 12 |
| 34 | NC State | ACC Atlantic |
| 35 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt East |
| 36 | Air Force | Mountain West – M |
| 37 | Pitt | ACC Coastal |
| 38 | Toledo | MAC West |
| 39 | Purdue | Big Ten West |
| 40 | San Jose State | Mountain West – W |
| 41 | South Carolina | SEC East |
| 42 | Oregon State | Pac-12 North |
| 43 | UTSA | Conference USA West |
| 44 | UAB | Conference USA West |
| 45 | Troy | Sun Belt West |
| 46 | Florida State | ACC Atlantic |
| 47 | Oklahoma | Big 12 |
| 48 | Western Michigan | MAC West |
| 49 | Boise State | Mountain West – M |
| 50 | Memphis | AAC |
| 51 | Washington State | Pac-12 North |
| 52 | Arkansas | SEC West |
| 53 | Duke | ACC Coastal |
| 54 | Louisville | ACC Atlantic |
| 55 | Baylor | Big 12 |
| 56 | BYU | Independents |
| 57 | East Carolina | AAC |
| 58 | Florida | SEC East |
| 59 | Iowa | Big Ten West |
| 60 | Notre Dame | Independents |
| 61 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt East |
| 62 | Texas A&M | SEC West |
| 63 | Buffalo | MAC East |
| 64 | Texas Tech | Big 12 |
| 65 | SMU | AAC |
| 66 | West Virginia | Big 12 |
| 67 | WKU | Conference USA East |
| 68 | Iowa State | Big 12 |
| 69 | Wyoming | Mountain West – M |
| 70 | Houston | AAC |
| 71 | Miami | ACC Coastal |
| 72 | Ohio | MAC East |
| 73 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt East |
| 74 | North Texas | Conference USA West |
| 75 | Appalachian State | Sun Belt East |
| 76 | UNLV | Mountain West – W |
| 77 | Louisiana | Sun Belt West |
| 78 | Michigan State | Big Ten East |
| 79 | Cal | Pac-12 North |
| 80 | Eastern Michigan | MAC West |
| 81 | Marshall | Sun Belt East |
| 82 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt West |
| 83 | Rice | Conference USA West |
| 84 | Ball State | MAC West |
| 85 | Georgia Tech | ACC Coastal |
| 86 | Auburn | SEC West |
| 87 | Rutgers | Big Ten East |
| 88 | Nebraska | Big Ten West |
| 89 | Indiana | Big Ten East |
| 90 | Florida Atlantic | Conference USA East |
| 91 | Arizona | Pac-12 South |
| 92 | Navy | AAC |
| 93 | Missouri | SEC East |
| 94 | Miami University | MAC East |
| 95 | Stanford | Pac-12 North |
| 96 | San Diego State | Mountain West – W |
| 97 | Vanderbilt | SEC East |
| 98 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA East |
| 99 | UTEP | Conference USA West |
| 100 | Texas State | Sun Belt West |
| 101 | Arizona State | Pac-12 South |
| 102 | Georgia State | Sun Belt East |
| 103 | Utah State | Mountain West – M |
| 104 | Virginia | ACC Coastal |
| 105 | Bowling Green | MAC East |
| 106 | Fresno State | Mountain West – W |
| 107 | Northern Illinois | MAC West |
| 108 | Tulsa | AAC |
| 109 | Virginia Tech | ACC Coastal |
| 110 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt West |
| 111 | Boston College | ACC Atlantic |
| 112 | UConn | Independents |
| 113 | Central Michigan | MAC West |
| 114 | Kent State | MAC East |
| 115 | Army | Independents |
| 116 | Nevada | Mountain West – W |
| 117 | Louisiana Tech | Conference USA West |
| 118 | Temple | AAC |
| 119 | Northwestern | Big Ten West |
| 120 | UL-Monroe | Sun Belt West |
| 121 | New Mexico | Mountain West – M |
| 122 | Wisconsin | Big Ten West |
| 123 | Florida International | Conference USA East |
| 124 | Colorado | Pac-12 South |
| 125 | South Florida | AAC |
| 126 | New Mexico State | Independents |
| 127 | Hawaii | Mountain West – W |
| 128 | Colorado State | Mountain West – M |
| 129 | Charlotte | Conference USA East |
| 130 | Akron | MAC East |
| 131 | UMass | Independents |
More Week 8 College Football:
- Data Driven College Football Predictions
- College Football Team Point Totals
- ATS Pick Contest
- Premium College Football ATS Picks
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