There’s no surprise at the top of the final AP college football top 25 rankings. The AP decided to stick with the BCS champion (Alabama) as its No. 1 team, which it has done every year the BCS has existed except for 2003, when USC took the top spot in the AP poll despite LSU winning the BCS Championship Game.
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The surprise comes a bit lower in the rankings this year. Undefeated Boise State finishes ranked fourth, behind one-loss Texas and Florida. It’s true that Texas and Florida’s only losses were to Alabama, but to rank an undefeated team fourth just seems ... odd. Boise State beat previously-undefeated TCU in the Fiesta Bowl and easily took care of Rose Bowl participant Oregon earlier in the season, so it’s not like they played a cupcake schedule.
Speaking of TCU, they fell to sixth, behind Ohio State, who didn’t have one marquee non-conference win (edit: in the regular season). But Ohio State did win their bowl, which of course is all that matters ... unless you’re Boise State.
Here are the complete rankings:
- Alabama
- Texas
- Florida
- Boise State
- Ohio State
- TCU
- Iowa
- Cincinnati
- Penn State
- Virginia Tech
- Oregon
- BYU
- Georgia Tech
- Nebraska
- Pittsburgh
- Wisconsin
- LSU
- Utah
- Miami (FL)
- Mississippi
- Texas Tech
- USC
- Central Michigan
- Clemson
- West Virginia
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