With the 2022 college football season reaching its midway point, our panel of college football experts faced plenty of tough decisions when assembled to select the 2022 CBS Sports Midseason All-America team. Overall, six CBS Sports Preseason All-America first-team selections are reprising their roles after seven weeks, while four second-teamers have jumped up a level.
Alabama linebacker Will Anderson Jr., the CBS Sports Preseason Player of the Year, is again a unanimous selection for midseason honors (the only such player with that distinction). Ohio State leads all programs with four picks, including quarterback C.J. Stroud, wide receivers Emeka Egbuka and Marvin Harrison Jr., and offensive lineman Paris Johnson.
A total of 20 programs are represented across the 27 selections. Alabama, Georgia, Iowa and USC each have two players on the team. The Big Ten leads the way with 11 picks overall followed by the SEC (seven), ACC and Pac-12 (three each), Sun Belt (two) and Big 12 (one).
In an effort to modernize our All-America team and make it more representative of the current game, CBS Sports adjusted the defensive back positions, adding an additional defensive back slot starting this preseason. Additionally, any EDGE rushers voted into the team were categorized by position listed on official team rosters.
2022 CBS Sports Midseason All-America
* unanimous selection | class listed according to official team lists
