Clemson vaults up final AP Top 25 rankings |
Clemson moved up five spots in the final Associated Press Top 25 rankings after a 10-3 finish.
The Tigers were ranked No. 14 in the final AP Top 25 early Tuesday morning. Clemson’s last finish outside of the top-10 was in 2014, where it also went 10-3 and ranked No. 15 in both the final AP and Coaches polls. The Tigers have finished inside the top-15 now each season since 2012 after not posting a top-15 final AP ranking since 1990 previously. Clemson won eight out of nine down the stretch, and after dropping to 4-3 at Pitt, the Tigers went on to win six in a row – capped by the 20-13 victory over Iowa State in the Cheez-It Bowl. Clemson returned to the AP rankings down the stretch after a school-best 107-straight appearances in the poll were snapped in early October. With Georgia's win Monday night over Alabama, Clemson has now either faced the eventual national champion or won it all in all but one season since 2015 (2020 Alabama). Pittsburgh paced the ACC with a No. 13 ranking, with Wake Forest (15) and NC State (20) also in the final poll. Final AP Top 25 RANK TEAM PV RANK POINTS 1 Georgia (14-1) 3 1,525 (61) 2 Alabama (13-2) 1 1,464 3 Michigan (12-2) 2 1,361 4 Cincinnati (13-1) 4 1,349 5 Baylor (12-2) 6 1,259 6 Ohio State (11-2) 7 1,247 7 Oklahoma State (12-2) 9 1,177 8 Notre Dame (11-2) 5 1,039 9 Michigan State (11-2) 11 1,026 10 Oklahoma (11-2) 14 966 11 Ole Miss (10-3) 8 926 12 Utah (10-4) 10 851 13 Pittsburgh (11-3) 13 741 14 Clemson (10-3) 19 538 15 Wake Forest (11-3) 20 533 16 Louisiana-Lafayette (13-1) 16 517 17 Houston (12-2) 21 513 18 Kentucky (10-3) 25 446 19 Brigham Young (10-3) 12 435 20 North Carolina State (9-3) 18 382 21 Arkansas (9-4) 22 371 22 Oregon (10-4) 15 364 23 Iowa (10-4) 17 171 24 Utah State (11-3) 163 25 San Diego State (12-2) 137 Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 115, Wisconsin 97, Minnesota 47, Purdue 44, UTSA 9, Army 6, Fresno State 2, Coastal Carolina 2, Air Force 1, UAB 1
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