Ohio State has officially finished the year with the same ranking it entered the College Football Playoff with.
After ending the year with a painfully close 42-41 loss to Georgia in the College Football Playoff semifinals, Ohio State is ranked fourth in the final AP Top 25 of 2022, which was released shortly after the season concluded with Georgia’s win over TCU in Monday night’s national championship game.
The Buckeyes are ranked behind only Georgia, TCU and Michigan, the three other teams who made this year’s CFP. Despite its 65-7 loss to Georgia, TCU jumped Michigan in the final rankings, moving up from No.