2022 college football: FBS preseason strength of schedule top-100 rankings
The 2022 college football season will kick off Aug. 27 with Week 0.
Week 1 is set to kick off Sept. 1.
The Vols will host Ball State at Neyland Stadium in Week 1. Tennessee announced its season opener will be played Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. EDT. SEC Network will televise the season-opening matchup at Neyland Stadium.
Josh Heupel enters his second season as the Vols’ head coach in 2022. Heupel guided Tennessee to a 7-6 record and an appearance in the Music City Bowl during the 2021 season.
Ahead of the 2022 season, ESPN’s College Football Power Index ranks every FBS team’s strength of schedule. Auburn has the No. 1 ranked strength of schedule, while Tennessee is fifth.
The top-100 2022 FBS strength of schedule rankings are listed below. Rankings 101-131 can be viewed here.
Auburn
Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
Mississippi State
Bryan Lynn-USA TODAY Sports
Vanderbilt
Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire
Georgia Tech
Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
Tennessee
Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire
Texas A&M
Thomas B. Shea-USA TODAY Sports
Alabama
Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire
South Carolina
Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports
Indiana
Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports
LSU
John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Rutgers
Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports
Arkansas
Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
Notre Dame
Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports
Florida
Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire
Ole Miss
Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire
Iowa
Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports
Maryland
Scott Taetsch-USA TODAY Sports
Texas
Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports
Wisconsin
Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Michigan State
Mike Carter-USA TODAY Sports
Penn State
Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports
Missouri
Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire
Georgia
Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire
Louisville
AP Photo/Winslow Townson
Northwestern
Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Syracuse
Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports
West Virginia
Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports
Florida State
Melina Vastola-USA TODAY Sports
Michigan
Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports
Miami
Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports
Kentucky
Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
Boston College
Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports
Baylor
Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Texas Tech
Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports
Ohio State
Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Kansas
Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports
Louisiana-Monroe
Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports
Stanford
Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports
Oregon
Troy Babbitt-USA TODAY Sports
Kansas State
Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports
Oklahoma
Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports
Iowa State
Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports
Clemson
John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Kent State
Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports
North Carolina State
Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports
TCU
Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports
Utah State
Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
North Carolina
Craig Jones /Allsport
Oklahoma State
Rob Ferguson-USA TODAY Sports
Illinois
Michael Allio-USA TODAY Sports
Nebraska
Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Wake Forest
Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports
Minnesota
Greg Bartram-USA TODAY Sports
Pittsburgh
Jacob Kupferman/CSM (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
California
Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images
Arkansas State
Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports
Purdue
Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports
Colorado
James Snook-USA TODAY Sports
Arizona
Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Navy
Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images
BYU
Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Duke
William Howard-USA TODAY Sports
Virginia Tech
Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports
Utah
Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images
Washington State
James Snook-USA TODAY Sports
Toledo
Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports
USC
Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
Oregon State
Scott Olmos-USA TODAY Sports
Arizona State
Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports
South Florida
Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports
Louisiana Tech
Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
Connecticut
Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images
Washington
James Snook-USA TODAY Sports
SMU
Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Virginia
Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports
UCLA
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Hawaii
Troy Babbitt-USA TODAY Sports
East Carolina
Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports
Tulane
Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images
Tulsa
Mike Carter-USA TODAY Sports
Colorado State
Troy Babbitt-USA TODAY Sports
UNLV
Troy Babbitt-USA TODAY Sports
UTSA
John Gutierrez-USA TODAY Sports
Cincinnati
Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports
Central Michigan
Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports
Memphis
Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Temple
Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports
Western Kentucky
Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports
Marshall
Shanna Lockwood-USA TODAY Sports
UTEP
Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
New Mexico State
James Snook-USA TODAY Sports
Appalachian State
Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports
UCF
Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports
Akron
Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
Troy
Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports
Georgia State
Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
UAB
Photo by Brett Davis/Getty Images
San Diego State
Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports
Rice
Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports
Southern Miss
Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports
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