Alabama Finishes No. 2 in Final Major Polls

Crimson Tide helps give the Southeastern Conference a 1-2 finish for the third time since 2011.

The Final AP Top 25 and coaches' poll rankings are already out and to no one's surprise Georgia was at No. 1, with Alabama second.

The Bulldogs avenged their loss in the SEC Championship Game with a 33-18 victory against the Crimson Tide in the national title game Monday night in Indianapolis.  

The Bulldogs received all 61 first-place votes to be a unanimous No. 1 for the ninth time this season in the AP poll. 

Georgia’s only other time finishing No. 1 was 1980.

The Crimson Tide finishing No. 2 gave the Southeastern Conference the top two teams in the rankings for the third time since 2011.

The other two College Football Playoff teams rounded out the top four, with Michigan dropping from second to third after losing to Georgia in the Orange Bowl. 

No. 4 Cincinnati, which became the first team from outside the Power Five conferences to reach the playoff, finished with its best final ranking.

AP Top 25 

Rank (First-place), Record, Points, Last

1. Georgia (61) 14-1 1525,  3
2. Alabama 13-2 1464, 1 
3. Michigan 12-2 1361, 2
4. Cincinnati 13-1 1349, 4 
5. Baylor 12-2 1259, 6 
6. Ohio State 11-2 1247, 7 
7. Oklahoma State 12-2 1177, 9 
8. Notre Dame 11-2 1039, 5
9. Michigan State 11-2 1026, 11 
10. Oklahoma 11-2 966, 14
11. Ole Miss 10-3 926, 8 
12. Utah 10-4 851, 10  
13. Pittsburgh 11-3 741, 13 
14. Clemson 10-3 538, 19 
15. Wake Forest 11-3 533, 20  
16. Louisiana 13-1 517, 16
17. Houston 12-2 513, 21 
18. Kentucky 10-3 446, 25 
19. BYU 10-3 435, 13  
20. North Carolina State 9-3 382, 18  
21. Arkansas 9-4 371, 22 
22. Oregon 10-4 364, 15 
23. Iowa 10-4 171, 17  
24. Utah State 11-3 163, NR 
25. San Diego State 12-2 137, NR 

Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 115, Wisconsin 97, Minnesota 47, Purdue 44, UTSA 9, Army 6, Coastal Carolina 2, Fresno State 2, Air Force 1, UAB 1

Dropped out: Texas A&M 23, UTSA 24

Coaches Poll 

Rank (First-place), Record, Points, Last

1. Georgia (62) 14-1 1550, 3
2. Alabama 13-2 1488, 1
3. Michigan 12-2 1398, 2
4. Cincinnati 13-1 1346, 4
5. Ohio State 11-2 1279, 7
6. Baylor 12-2 1275, 6
7. Oklahoma State 12-2 1197, 9
8. Michigan State 11-2 1066, 10
9. Notre Dame 11-2 1028, 5
10. Oklahoma 11-2 966, 13
11. Ole Miss 10-3 909, 8
12. Utah 10-4 877, 11
13. Pittsburgh 11-3 742, 12
14. Wake Forest 11-3 609, 19
15. Kentucky 10-3 592, 20
16. Clemson 10-3 528, 22
17. Houston 12-2 510, 21
18. Louisiana 13-1 502, 17
19. North Carolina State 9-3 453, 18
20. Arkansas 9-4 354, 24
21. Oregon 10-4 336, 15
22. BYU 10-3 284, 14
23. Iowa 10-4 276, 16
24. Utah State 11-3 142, NR
25. Texas A&M 8-4 133, 23

Dropped out: No. 25 Texas-San Antonio

Also receiving votes: San Diego State 114; Wisconsin 75; Air Force 42; Minnesota 23; Texas-San Antonio 11; Coastal Carolina 7; Purdue 6; Fresno State 3; Army 1.