AP College Football Poll 2022: Week 13 Rankings Unveiled for Top 25 Teams

The top teams in college football talked about survival.

Two teams needed last-second field goals to win their games. The final score doesn't tell the whole story of how close the Buckeyes were to losing to Maryland. USC's 48-45 win over UCLA was kept alive by a Korey Foreman pick-six.

Tennessee was the outlier. South Carolina dropped 63 points on the Volunteers as Spencer Rattler threw for 437 yards and six touchdown

The voters reacted accordingly.

The Associated Press top 25 poll was released this week.

1. Georgia 
2. Ohio State 
3. Michigan 
4. TCU 
5. USC 
6. LSU 
7. Clemson 
8. Alabama 
9. Tennessee 
10. Oregon 
11. Penn State 
12. Washington 
13. Notre Dame 
14. Utah 
15. Kansas State 
16. Florida State 
17. UCLA 
18. North Carolina 
19. Tulane 
20. Ole Miss 
21. Cincinnati 
22. Oregon State 
23. Coastal Carolina 
24. Texas 
25. UCF

The stakes couldn't be higher for the next Michigan and Ohio State game.

The two teams were both sitting at 11-0 going into their season finales. The "Game of the Century" resulted in a 42-39 OSU victory and a spot in the national championship game.

Regardless of what happens in the Big Ten title game, whoever wins in Columbus will have one foot in the playoffs.

The College Football Playoff has made filling out the four-team field very easy. The committee will have to make a difficult decision this year if the status quo is maintained in Week 13.

The top three will be made up of Georgia, Ohio State and Michigan if they stay perfect. Tennessee's loss to South Carolina made the battle harder.

LSU was ahead of USC in the last rankings. The decision to make the Tigers the first team to qualify for theCFP would be unpopular.

USC could possibly catapult LSU into the next committee ranking on the heels of a win over crosstown rivals who were ranked 16th.

Next, the USC plays Notre Dame and then the conference title game. If they are sitting at 12-1, then they have a good chance of making the playoffs.

USC winning the Pac-12 and LSU winning the SEC crown could be bad news for the committee. There is an 11-2 record and victories over Ole Miss, Alabama and Georgia.

The main event in Week 13 is the Michigan vs Ohio State game. The Fighting Irish look completely different after a 3-3 start. Texas A&M and Iowa State could be a problem for LSU and TCU since they don't have anything to play for.