The final regular season AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank ended the way it began – with Alabama back on top.
Preseason No. 1 Alabama shocked Georgia 41-24 Saturday in the SEC Championship Game, snapping the Bulldogs’ 16-game winning streak in record-setting fashion. The win was the 10th all-time against an AP No. 1 for the Crimson Tide, another college football record.
Alabama wasn’t a unanimous choice. Michigan remained No. 2 and siphoned off votes at the top after winning the Big Ten in convincing fashion. Georgia slipped to third and Cincinnati was ranked fourth – the same order as the College Football Playoff selection committee.
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Poll Points
Alabama is No. 1 in the AP poll for the 137th time, the most in the history of the ranking, which dates to 1936.
Ohio State is second with 105 appearances at No. 1, and Oklahoma is third at 101.
In and Out
Just one team moved back into the Top 25 after championship weekend: UTSA is No. 24 after winning Conference USA.
San Diego State fell out of the ranking after it lost the Mountain West Conference championship game to Utah State.
Conference Call
- SEC — 6 (Nos. 1, 3, 8, 22, 23, 25).
- ACC — 4 (Nos. 13, 18, 19, 20).
- Big Ten — 4 (Nos. 2, 7, 11, 17).
- Big 12 — 3 (Nos. 6, 9, 14).
- American — 2 (Nos. 4, 21).
- Pac-12 — 2 (Nos. 10, 15).
- Conference USA — 1 (No. 24)
- Sun Belt — 1 (No. 16).
- Independents — 2 (Nos. 5, 12).
