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2014 Final AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts CP Last Week
1 < 5 Ohio State (59) Big Ten 14-1 1475 *1 W 42-20 N #3 Oregon (CFP Final)
2 < 3 Oregon Pac-12 13-2 1402 2 L 42-20 N #5 Ohio State (CFP Final)
3 < 6 TCU Big 12 12-1 1349 3 W 42-3 N #9 Mississippi (Peach)
4 < 1 Alabama SEC 12-2 1297 4 L 42-35 N #5 Ohio State (CFP Semi/Sugar)
5 < 2 Florida State ACC 13-1 1212 6 L 59-20 N #3 Oregon (CFP Semi/Rose)
5 < 7 Michigan State Big Ten 11-2 1212 5 W 42-41 N #4 Baylor (Cotton)
7 < 4 Baylor Big 12 11-2 1098 8 L 42-41 N #7 Michigan State (Cotton)
8 < 10 Georgia Tech ACC 11-3 1071 7 W 49-34 N #8 Mississippi State (Orange)
9 < 13 Georgia SEC 10-3 925 9 W 37-14 N #20 Louisville (Belk)
10 < 14 UCLA Pac-12 10-3 908 10 W 40-35 N #11 Kansas State (Alamo)
11 < 8 Mississippi State SEC 10-3 767 12 L 49-34 N #10 Georgia Tech (Orange)
12 < 15 Arizona State Pac-12 10-3 756 14 W 36-31 N Duke (Sun)
13 < 17 Wisconsin Big Ten 11-3 724 13 W 34-31 (1OT) N #19 Auburn (Outback)
14 < 16 Missouri SEC 11-3 710 11 W 33-17 N Minnesota (Citrus)
15 < 18 Clemson ACC 10-3 683 15 W 40-6 N Oklahoma (Russell Athletic)
16 < 21 Boise State MWC 12-2 653 16 W 38-30 N #12 Arizona (Fiesta)
17 < 9 Mississippi SEC 9-4 543 19 L 42-3 N #6 TCU (Peach)
18 < 11 Kansas State Big 12 9-4 509 18 L 40-35 N #14 UCLA (Alamo)
19 < 12 Arizona Pac-12 10-4 499 17 L 38-30 N #21 Boise State (Fiesta)
20 < 24 USC Pac-12 9-4 315 21 W 45-42 N #25 Nebraska (Holiday)
21 < 23 Utah Pac-12 9-4 302 20 W 45-10 N Colorado State (Las Vegas)
22 < 19 Auburn SEC 8-5 216 23 L 34-31 (1OT) N #17 Wisconsin (Outback)
23 < NR Marshall CUSA 13-1 161 22 W 52-23 N Northern Illinois (Boca Raton)
24 < 20 Louisville ACC 9-4 116 24 L 37-14 N #13 Georgia (Belk)
25 < NR Memphis AAC 10-3 94 25 W 55-48 (2OT) N BYU (Miami Beach)
RV < NR Notre Dame Ind 8-5 28 RV W 31-28 N #22 LSU (Music City)
RV < NR Stanford Pac-12 8-5 27 RV W 45-21 N Maryland (Foster Farms)
RV < 25 Nebraska Big Ten 9-4 22 RV L 45-42 N #24 USC (Holiday)
RV < NR Air Force MWC 10-3 21 RV W 38-24 N Western Michigan (Idaho Potato)
RV < NR Duke ACC 9-4 18 RV L 36-31 N #15 Arizona State (Sun)
RV < 22 LSU SEC 8-5 12 RV L 31-28 N Notre Dame (Music City)
RV < NR Utah State MWC 10-4 11 RV W 21-6 N UTEP (New Mexico)
RV < NR Arkansas SEC 7-6 10 RV W 31-7 N Texas (Texas)
RV < NR Minnesota Big Ten 8-5 9 RV L 33-17 N #16 Missouri (Citrus)
RV < NR Oklahoma Big 12 8-5 7 RV L 40-6 N #18 Clemson (Russell Athletic)
RV < NR Texas A&M SEC 8-5 7 RV L 45-21 N Stanford (Foster Farms)
RV < NR Northern Illinois MAC 11-3 4 RV L 52-23 N Marshall (Boca Raton)
RV < NR Colorado State MWC 10-3 2 NR L 45-10 N #23 Utah (Las Vegas)
NR < NR Louisiana Tech CUSA 9-5 0 RV W 35-18 N Illinois (Heart of Dallas)
NR < NR Navy Ind 8-5 0 RV W 17-16 N San Diego State (Poinsettia)
NR < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 7-6 0 RV W 30-22 N Washington (Cactus)
NR < NR Rutgers Big Ten 8-5 0 RV W 40-21 N North Carolina (Quick Lane)
NR < NR Washington Pac-12 8-6 0 RV L 30-22 N Oklahoma State (Cactus)

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 6 12.8 4458
Pac-12 6 14.0 4182
ACC 4 13.0 3082
Big Ten 3 6.3 3411
Big 12 3 9.3 2956
MWC 1 16.0 653
CUSA 1 23.0 161
AAC 1 25.0 94

Milestones

Last Appearances:
- Memphis makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/12/2004 poll (175 polls)
- Michigan State makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the final 2013 poll (16 polls)
- Ohio State makes first appearance at #1 since the 10/10/2010 poll (74 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Florida State's Top 5 streak ends at 26
- Mississippi State's Top 10 streak ends at 10
- Ohio State's Top 25 streak reaches 50
- Oregon's Top 10 streak reaches 10

Season Streaks:
- Florida State's final poll streak reaches 5
- LSU's final poll streak ends at 5
- Oklahoma's final poll streak ends at 4
- South Carolina's final poll streak ends at 4
- Stanford's final poll streak ends at 4
- Texas' season streak ends at 20

Total Appearances:
- Marshall ties Princeton for #91
- Memphis ties several others for #141
- Mississippi State ties Houston for #46

Ohio State:
- now holds the lowest rank for each month by an AP National Champion
- allowed the seventh and ninth most points in a game by an AP National Champion
- is first team to jump from #5 to #1 in the final AP poll since Miami in 1983
- is first AP National Champion to come from outside the top 2 in the final regular season poll since 1996 (#3 Florida)
- is first AP National Champion to lose to an unranked team since Florida in 2008
- coach Urban Meyer is the eighth coach to win three or more AP National Championships, and the only one to do it at more than one school

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
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  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.