Clemson vaults up final AP Top 25 rankings |
| - Tuesday, January 11, 2022, 8:33 AM |
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
