Ralph D. Russo | The Associated Press | January 8, 2019

College football rankings: Clemson finishes No. 1 in final AP poll after winning College Football Playoff

Clemson rolls Alabama for the CFP national title

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Clemson finished No. 1 in The Associated Press poll for the third time after routing Alabama in the national championship game.

The Tigers received all 61 first-place votes. The Crimson Tide, which was trying to become just the third team to go wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team in the country, finished second. Clemson beat Alabama 44-16 in the College Football Playoff national championship Monday night. Clemson also finished No. 1 in 2016 and 1981.

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Ohio State finished third. Oklahoma, which lost to Alabama in the Orange Bowl semifinal, was fourth. Notre Dame, which lost to Clemson in the Cotton Bowl semifinal, was fifth.

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LSU was sixth and Southeastern Conference rivals Florida and Georgia were tied for seventh.

View the final AP Top 25 poll below:

RANK	school	record	points	previous
1	Clemson (61)	15-0	1,525	2
2	Alabama	14-1	1,462	1
3	Ohio State	13-1	1,364	5
4	Oklahoma	12-2	1,356	4
5	Notre Dame	12-1	1,286	3
6	LSU	10-3	1,119	11
T-7	Georgia	11-3	1,103	6
T-7	Florida	10-3	1,103	10
9	Texas	10-4	1,076	14
10	Washington State	11-2	959	12
11	UCF	12-1	898	7
12	Kentucky	10-3	820	16
13	Washington	10-4	806	9
14	Michigan	10-3	745	8
15	Syracuse	10-3	683	17
16	Texas A&M	9-4	552	21
17	Penn State	9-4	492	13
18	Fresno State	12-2	466	19
19	Army	11-2	418	22
20	West Virginia	8-4	296	15
21	Northwestern	9-5	284	NR
22	Utah State	11-2	188	NR
23	Boise State	10-3	184	23
24	Cincinnati	11-2	171	NR
25	Iowa	9-4	120	NR

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