Where Clemson ranks in final AP Top 25 Poll
The final AP Poll of the season was released Tuesday morning, and Clemson finishes the year at No. 4 after losing to Alabama in the Sugar Bowl.
The Crimson Tide are ranked No. 1 after defeating Georgia in Monday night’s national championship game.
The Bulldogs are No. 2, followed by No. 3 Oklahoma.
Ohio State is ranked No. 5 after earning a 24-7 win over Southern Cal in the Cotton Bowl, while UCF, the only undefeated team in the country, is ranked No. 6 after defeating Auburn in the Peach Bowl.
The rest of the top 10 includes No. 7 Wisconsin, followed by Penn State, TCU and Auburn.
This marks the seventh consecutive season that Clemson has finished the year at least as high as its preseason ranking. The Tigers entered the year ranked No. 5.
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press final college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
Record | Pts | Pv | |
1. Alabama (57) | 13-1 | 1521 | 4 |
2. Georgia | 13-2 | 1454 | 3 |
3. Oklahoma | 12-2 | 1374 | 2 |
4. Clemson | 12-2 | 1292 | 1 |
5. Ohio St. | 12-2 | 1286 | 5 |
6. UCF (4) | 13-0 | 1248 | 10 |
7. Wisconsin | 13-1 | 1194 | 6 |
8. Penn St. | 11-2 | 1120 | 9 |
9. TCU | 11-3 | 974 | 13 |
10. Auburn | 10-4 | 917 | 7 |
11. Notre Dame | 10-3 | 857 | 14 |
12. Southern Cal | 11-3 | 839 | 8 |
13. Miami | 10-3 | 769 | 11 |
14. Oklahoma St. | 10-3 | 758 | 17 |
15. Michigan St. | 10-3 | 705 | 18 |
16. Washington | 10-3 | 668 | 12 |
17. Northwestern | 10-3 | 528 | 20 |
18. LSU | 9-4 | 368 | 16 |
19. Mississippi St. | 9-4 | 359 | 24 |
20. Stanford | 9-5 | 336 | 15 |
21. South Florida | 10-2 | 267 | 23 |
22. Boise St. | 11-3 | 251 | 25 |
23. NC State | 9-4 | 232 | NR |
24. Virginia Tech | 9-4 | 126 | 22 |
25. Memphis | 10-3 | 119 | 19 |
Others receiving votes: Washington St. 84, South Carolina 46, Iowa St. 36, Army 33, FAU 32, Troy 14, Fresno St. 13, San Diego St. 3, Iowa 2.
This story was originally published January 9, 2018 at 10:28 AM with the headline "Where Clemson ranks in final AP Top 25 Poll."