The Associated Press released its annual preseason Top 25 rankings on Monday, and once again Alabama was ranked at the No. 1 spot heading into the 2022 season. It is the seventh time the Crimson Tide has come in at No. 1 in the preseason rankings in the Nick Saban era.
Alabama received 54 0f the possible 63 first-place votes and 1,566 points overall in the Top 25. Coming in behind the Crimson Tide is Ohio State who received six first-place votes (1,506), the defending national champion Georgia was third with three first-place votes and Clemson rounded out the top four at No.