Final AP Poll: Ohio State Ranked No. 4; Four Big Ten Teams Finish in Top-12

By Eric Seger on January 12, 2016 at 8:25 am
Ohio State is ranked No. 4 in the final AP Poll of the 2015 season.
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Urban Meyer spent Monday night in Arizona at the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, but instead behind an ESPN television desk as an analyst and not on the sideline coaching.

Meyer was stuck watching—along with the rest of his 2015 Ohio State team—the game they played in one year ago. After a 44-28 victory against Notre Dame on the same field 11 days earlier, however, the Buckeyes jumped three spots in the final AP Poll of the 2015 season to finished at No. 4. Ohio State is one of four Big Ten teams ranked in the top 12, leading the way above No. 6 Michigan State, No. 9 Iowa and No. 12 Michigan. It's the 10th final AP Poll in the last 14 years that Ohio State garnered a top-5 finish.

Alabama beat Clemson, 45-40, Monday to claim its fourth national title in seven seasons so the Crimson Tide finish No. 1. The Tigers are No. 2 and Stanford jumped two spots to No. 5 after its resounding 45-16 victory against Iowa in the Rose Bowl.

Other Big Ten teams include Wisconsin at No. 21 and Northwestern at No. 23. The six Big Ten schools are the most of any conference in the final rankings.

AP TOP 25
Rank Team 1st Votes POINTS RECORD CHANGe CONFERENCE
1 ALABAMA 61 1,525 14-1 +1 SEC
2 CLEMSON   1,464 14-1 -1 ACC
3 STANFORD   1,360 12-2 +2 PAC-12
4 OHIO STATE   1,342 12-1 +3 BIG TEN
5 OKLAHOMA   1,270 11-2 -1 B1G 12
6 MICHIGAN STATE   1,227 12-2 -3 BIG TEN
7 TCU   1,098 11-2 +4 BIG 12
8 HOUSTON   1,050 13-1 +6 AAC
9 IOWA   981 12-2 -3 BIG TEN
10 MISSISSIPPI   975 10-3 +6 SEC
11 NOTRE DAME   953 10-3 -3 INDEPENDENT
12 MICHIGAN   911 10-3 +5 BIG TEN
13 BAYLOR   820 10-3 +5 BIG 12
14 FLORIDA STATE   630 10-3 -5 ACC
15 NORTH CAROLINA   563 11-3 -5 ACC
16 LSU   546 9-3 +6 SEC
17 UTAH   499 10-3 +3 PAC-12
18 NAVY   465 11-2 +3 AAC
19 OREGON   391 9-4 -4 PAC-12
20 OKLAHOMA STATE   372 10-3 -7 BIG 12
21 WISCONSIN   332 10-3 +2 BIG TEN
22 TENNESSEE   260 9-4 +7 SEC
23 NORTHWESTERN   203 10-3 -11 BIG TEN
24 WESTERN KENTUCKY   128 12-2 +1 C-USA
25 FLORIDA   126 10-4 -6 SEC
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