The final Associated Press top 25 of the college football season has been published, with No. 1 Alabama claiming all 61 first-place votes following its College Football Playoff national championship victory over No. 2 Clemson. The Crimson Tide and Tigers swapped spots atop the poll, the first since conference championship weekend in early December.
The final poll saw Pac-12 champion Stanford move up to No. 3 thanks to a dominating showing in the Rose Bowl against No. 9 Iowa. No. 4 Ohio State climbed up three spots with a win over No. 11 Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl. The next spots were filled by the other two participants in the College Football Playoff, with No. 5 Oklahoma and No. 6 Michigan State each falling in the polls. The top 10 also included No. 7 TCU, No. 8 Houston and No. 10 Ole Miss.
The Big Ten placed six teams in the final AP Top 25 poll of the season, one more than the SEC’s five. Ohio State, Michigan State, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin and Northwestern all finished in the final poll with a combined record of 66-14. The Big Ten also had three teams finish in the top 10, although both Michigan State and Iowa suffered two of the worst bowl losses by any team during the bowl season. the Big 12 finished with four teams in the final top 25, and the ACC and Pac-12 each placed three in the final ranking. The American Athletic Conference was represented by Houston and Navy and Western Kentucky carried the Conference USA banner in the final poll.
Final AP Top 25 Teams By Conference
- Big Ten - 6
- SEC - 5
- Big 12 - 4
- ACC - 3
Pac-12 - 3 - AAC - 2
- C-USA - 1
Final AP Top 25 Poll of the 2015 Season
- Alabama (61 first-place votes)
- Clemson
- Stanford
- Ohio State
- Oklahoma
- Michigan State
- TCU
- Houston
- Iowa
- Ole Miss
- Notre Dame
- Michigan
- Baylor
- Florida State
- North Carolina
- LSU
- Utah
- Navy
- Oregon
- Oklahoma State
- Wisconsin
- Tennessee
- Northwestern
- Western Kentucky
- Florida