But there’s one more point of order before the season reaches its final zenith: awarding the nation’s best players, coaches and positional groups for their on-field accomplishments.
Chief among those awards is the Heisman Trophy, which has the distinction of being the most prestigious individual award in collegiate sports. But there are other awards that must be taken care of, including the Biletnikoff (top receiver), Doak Walker (top running back) and more.
Apart from positional awards are various national player of the year awards, including those from The Sporting News: a fitting, final acknowledgment of another fantastic season of college football.
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The Sporting News is tracking all awards this season, including finalists, categories and more:
College football awards winners 2022
Awards and finalists listed alphabetically
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College football awards 2022
AP Player of the Year
Winner: Caleb Williams, QB, USC
Biletnikoff Award
Finalists
Marvin Harrison Jr. , Ohio State Xavier Hutchinson, Iowa State Jalin Hyatt, Tennessee
Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Finalists
Will Anderson Jr. , LB, Alabama Calijah Kancey, DT, Pitt Chris Smith, FS, Georgia Tuli Tuipulotu, DE, USC
Broyles Award
Finalists
Alex Golesh, OC/TE coach, Tennessee Jesse Minter, DC, Michigan Todd Monken, OC, Georgia Garrett Riley, OC/QB coach, TCU Ryan Walters, DC, Illinois
Burlsworth Trophy
Finalists
Stetson Bennett, QB, Georgia Carlton Martial, LB, Troy Aidan O’Connell, QB, Purdue
Butkus Award
Finalists
Jack Campbell, Iowa Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Georgia Daiyan Henley, Washington State Ivan Pace Jr. , Cincinnati Drew Sanders, Arkansas
Chuck Bednarik Award
Finalists
Will Anderson Jr. , Alabama Ivan Pace Jr. , Cincinnati Tuli Tuipulotu, DE, USC
Davey O’Brien Award
Finalists
Max Duggan, TCU C. J. Stroud, Ohio State Caleb Williams, USC
Doak Walker Award
Finalists
Chase Brown, Illinois Blake Corum, Michigan Bijan Robinson, Texas
Eddie Robinson Award
Finalists
Sonny Dykes, TCU Mike Elko, Duke Willie Fritz, Tulane Jim Harbaugh, Michigan Lincoln Riley, USC Kirby Smart, Georgia John Sumrall, Troy Jeff Traylor, UTSA
George Munger Award
Heisman Trophy
Finalists
Stetson Bennett, Georgia Max Duggan, TCU C. J. Stroud, Ohio State Caleb Williams, USC
Jim Thorpe Award
Finalists
Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, TCU Clark Phillips III, Utah Devon Witherspoon, Illinois
Joe Moore Award
Finalists
Georgia Michigan
John Mackey Award
Finalists
Brock Bowers, Georgia Sam LaPorta, Iowa Michael Mayer, Notre Dame
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
Finalists
Stetson Bennett, Georgia Max Duggan, TCU Hendon Hooker, Tennessee Bo Nix, Oregon C. J. Stroud, Ohio State
Winner: Max Duggan, TCU
Lombardi Award
Finalists
Will Anderson Jr. , LB, Alabama Brock Bowers, TE, Georgia Jalen Carter, TE, Georgia Tuli Tuipulotu, DE, USC
Lott IMPACT Trophy
Finalists
Will Anderson Jr. , LB, Alabama Felix Anudike-Uzomah, DE, Kansas State Tommy Eichenberg, LB, Ohio State Tuli Tuipulotu, DE, USC
Lou Groza Award
Finalists
Christopher Dunn, N. C. State Joshua Karty, Stanford Jake Moody, Michigan
Maxwell Award
Finalists
Hendon Hooker, QB, Tennessee C. J. Stroud, QB, Ohio State Caleb Williams, QB, USC
Outland Trophy
Finalists
Calijah Kancey, DT, Pitt Olusegun Oluwatimi, C, Michigan Peter Skoronski, OT, Northwestern
Paul Hornung Award
Finalists
Jack Colletto, LB, Oregon State Emeka Egbuka, WR, Ohio State Jahmyr Gibbs, RB, Alabama Will Shipley, RB, Clemson
Ray Guy Award
Finalists
Bryce Baringer, Michigan State Mason Fletcher, Cincinnati Adam Korsak, Rutgers
Rimington Trophy
Finalists
Brett Neilon, USC Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan John Michael Schmitz, Minnesota
Sporting News Coach of the Year
Sporting News Player of the Year
Ted Hendricks Award
Finalists
Felix Anudike-Uzomah, Kansas State Isaiah Foskey, Notre Dame Caleb Murphy, Ferris State Jose Ramirez, Eastern Michigan Tuli Tuipulotu, USC
Walter Camp Award
Finalists
Blake Corum, RB, Michigan Max Duggan, QB, TCU Hendon Hooker, QB, Tennessee C. J. Stroud, QB, USC Caleb Williams, QB, USC
William V. Campbell Trophy
Finalists
Jack Campbell, LB, Iowa Anders Carlson, PK, Auburn Jake Chisholm, RB, Dayton Nicholas D’Ambrose, RB, Chicago Ryan Greenhagen, LB, Fordham Oso Ifesinachukwu, DL, Yale Ahofitu Maka, OL, UTSA Adrian Martinez, QB, Kansas State Peter Oliver, RB, Holy Cross Walter Rouse, OT, Stanford Austin Stidham, OL, Troy Julius Wilkerson, LB, Wayne State (Minn. ) Austin Williams, WR, Mississippi State JR Woods, OL, Johns Hopkins (Md. ) Michael Wozniak, DL, Saint John’s
Wuerffel Trophy
Finalists
Patrick Fields, DB, Stanford Dillan Gibbons, OL, Florida State Tanner Morgan, QB, Minnesota