LSU Finishes No. 1 in The Final AP Top 25 College Football Poll

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — LSU has finished No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for the third time in school history, with Clemson No. 2 and Ohio State No. 3. The Tigers beat Clemson 42-25 in the national championship game Monday night and then received all 62 first-place votes from the media panel. LSU was No. 1 for the final eight weeks of the season and set a record by beating seven teams ranked in the top 10 at the time of the game. Georgia was fourth and Pac-12 champion Oregon was fifth. Florida was sixth and Oklahoma, which made the playoff, was seventh.

	Record	Pts	Pv
1. LSU (62)	15-0	1550	1
2. Clemson	14-1	1487	3
3. Ohio St.	13-1	1426	2
4. Georgia	12-2	1336	5
5. Oregon	12-2	1249	7
6. Florida	11-2	1211	6
7. Oklahoma	12-2	1179	4
8. Alabama	11-2	1159	9
9. Penn St.	11-2	1038	13
10. Minnesota	11-2	952	16
11. Wisconsin	10-4	883	11
12. Notre Dame	11-2	879	14
13. Baylor	11-3	827	8
14. Auburn	9-4	726	9
15. Iowa	10-3	699	19
16. Utah	11-3	543	12
17. Memphis	12-2	528	15
18. Michigan	9-4	468	17
19. Appalachian St.	13-1	466	20
20. Navy	11-2	415	21
21. Cincinnati	11-3	343	23
22. Air Force	11-2	209	24
23. Boise St.	12-2	188	18
24. UCF	10-3	78	NR
25. Texas	8-5	69	NR

Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 54, FAU 46, Washington 39, Virginia 28, Southern Cal 16, San Diego St. 13, Arizona St. 12, SMU 10, Tennessee 8, California 6, Louisiana Tech 2, North Dakota St. 2, Kentucky 2, Kansas St. 2, Louisiana-Lafayette 2.

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