Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State topped the final Associated Press college football poll of the regular season Sunday, with No. 4 Notre Dame comfortably ahead of No. 5 Texas A&M.
Before the College Football Playoff selection committee revealed its selections for the final, AP Top 25 voters released their final rankings. The Fighting Irish were a comfortable 41-point margin ahead of the Aggies.
First-place votes in parentheses:
1. Alabama (62)
2. Clemson
3. Ohio State
4. Notre Dame
5. Texas A&M
6. Cincinnati
7. Indiana
8. Oklahoma
9. Coastal Carolina
10. Florida
11. Georgia
12. Iowa State
13. BYU
14. North Carolina
15. Northwestern
16. Louisiana-Lafayette
17. Iowa
18. Miami
19. San Jose State
20. Texas
21. USC
22. Tulsa
23. Liberty
24. NC State
25. Oregon
College Football Playoff Rankings
| RK |
TEAM
|
REC |
TREND
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 |
11-0 |
–
|
|
| 2 |
 |
10-1 |
1
|
|
| 3 |
 |
6-0 |
1
|
|
| 4 |
 |
10-1 |
2
|
|
| 5 |
 |
8-1 |
–
|
|
| 6 |
 |
8-2 |
4
|
|
| 7 |
 |
8-3 |
–
|
|
| 8 |
 |
9-0 |
1
|
|
| 9 |
 |
7-2 |
1
|
|
| 10 |
 |
8-3 |
4
|
|
| 11 |
 |
6-1 |
–
|
|
| 12 |
 |
11-0 |
–
|
|
| 13 |
 |
8-3 |
2
|
|
| 14 |
 |
6-2 |
–
|
|
| 15 |
 |
6-2 |
1
|
|
| 16 |
 |
10-1 |
1
|
|
| 17 |
 |
5-1 |
4
|
|
| 18 |
 |
8-2 |
–
|
|
| 19 |
 |
9-1 |
–
|
|
| 20 |
 |
6-3 |
–
|
|
| 21 |
 |
7-3 |
–
|
|
| 22 |
 |
7-0 |
2
|
|
| 23 |
 |
8-3 |
1
|
|
| 24 |
 |
6-2 |
1
|
|
| 25 |
 |
4-2 |
NR
|
Dropped from rankings: Colorado 25
AP Top 25
| RK |
TEAM
|
REC | PTS |
TREND
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
(62) |
11-0 | 1550 |
–
|
| 2 |
|
10-1 | 1482 |
2
|
| 3 |
|
6-0 | 1424 |
–
|
| 4 |
|
10-1 | 1338 |
2
|
| 5 |
|
8-1 | 1297 |
–
|
| 6 |
|
9-0 | 1262 |
–
|
| 7 |
|
6-1 | 1123 |
–
|
| 8 |
|
8-2 | 1088 |
4
|
| 9 |
|
11-0 | 1024 |
–
|
| 10 |
|
8-3 | 1001 |
1
|
| 11 |
|
7-2 | 959 |
1
|
| 12 |
|
8-3 | 845 |
4
|
| 13 |
|
10-1 | 779 |
1
|
| 14 |
|
8-3 | 685 |
2
|
| 15 |
|
6-2 | 666 |
–
|
| 16 |
|
9-1 | 642 |
1
|
| 17 |
|
6-2 | 556 |
1
|
| 18 |
|
8-2 | 475 |
1
|
| 19 |
|
7-0 | 372 |
6
|
| 20 |
|
6-3 | 291 |
1
|
| 21 |
|
5-1 | 276 |
8
|
| 22 |
|
6-2 | 274 |
2
|
| 23 |
 |
9-1 | 207 |
1
|
| 24 |
|
8-3 | 181 |
–
|
| 25 |
|
4-2 | 126 |
NR
|
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 115, Army 36, Buffalo 15, UCF 14, Marshall 13, Ball State 11, Washington 7, UAB 5, North Dakota State 4, TCU 4, Memphis 2, Colorado 1
Dropped from rankings: Buffalo 23
Coaches Poll
| RK |
TEAM
|
REC | PTS |
TREND
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
(61) |
11-0 | 1525 |
–
|
| 2 |
|
10-1 | 1456 |
1
|
| 3 |
|
6-0 | 1379 |
1
|
| 4 |
|
10-1 | 1317 |
2
|
| 5 |
|
8-1 | 1297 |
–
|
| 6 |
|
9-0 | 1204 |
–
|
| 7 |
|
8-2 | 1104 |
3
|
| 8 |
|
6-1 | 1056 |
1
|
| 9 |
|
7-2 | 1021 |
–
|
| 10 |
|
8-3 | 981 |
1
|
| 11 |
|
11-0 | 911 |
1
|
| 12 |
|
8-3 | 838 |
4
|
| 13 |
|
6-2 | 724 |
1
|
| 14 |
|
8-3 | 699 |
1
|
| 15 |
|
10-1 | 657 |
1
|
| 16 |
|
6-2 | 583 |
1
|
| 17 |
|
9-1 | 556 |
1
|
| 18 |
|
8-2 | 471 |
1
|
| 19 |
|
5-1 | 388 |
6
|
| 20 |
|
7-0 | 360 |
5
|
| 21 |
|
7-3 | 211 |
1
|
| 22 |
|
8-3 | 207 |
1
|
| 23 |
|
9-1 | 206 |
2
|
| 24 |
|
6-3 | 198 |
–
|
| 25 |
|
6-2 | 191 |
5
|
Others receiving votes: Oregon 115, Army 61, Auburn 27, Colorado 16, Ball State 13, Washington 11, Wisconsin 10, SMU 10, Buffalo 9, UAB 5, Boise State 4, Utah 2, Nevada 2
Unbeaten Cincinnati was No. 6. Indiana, Oklahoma, Coastal Carolina and Florida completed the top 10.
The only team to fall out of the rankings this week was Buffalo, which lost the Mid-American Conference title game.
Oregon’s upset of Southern California in the Pac-12 title game pushed the Ducks back into the rankings at No. 25. USC dropped nine spots from 13 to 22 after its first loss of the season.
San Jose State made the biggest jump in the rankings this week. The unbeaten Spartans moved up six spots to from No. 25 to 19th after winning the Mountain West championship against Boise State.
Alabama ran its streak of weekly appearances in the poll to 212, breaking a tie with Florida State and moving into sole possession of second-place on the all-time list to Nebraska’s streak of 348 from 1981-2002.
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