BTN.com staff, BTN.com staff, January 13, 2015
To the surprise of absolutely nobody, national champion Ohio State (14-1) sits atop the final AP Poll, released Tuesday morning.
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The Buckeyes, who beat Oregon in the inaugural College Football Playoff Championship Game on Monday night, received all 59 first-place votes and moved up four spots. The Ducks finished No. 2.
TCU, Alabama, Michigan State (11-2) and Florida State, which tied with 1,212 votes, round out the top 5.
Wisconsin (11-3), the Big Ten's third and final ranked team, comes in at No. 13.
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| AP Rankings | |||
| Rankings as of 1/13/2015 | |||
| Rank | School | Votes | Prev |
| 1 | Ohio State (14-1) | 1475 (59) | 5 |
| 2 | Oregon (13-2) | 1402 | 3 |
| 3 | TCU (12-1) | 1349 | 6 |
| 4 | Alabama (12-2) | 1297 | 1 |
| 5 | Florida State (13-1) | 1212 | 2 |
| 5 | Michigan State (11-2) | 1212 | 7 |
| 7 | Baylor (11-2) | 1098 | 4 |
| 8 | Georgia Tech (11-3) | 1071 | 10 |
| 9 | Georgia (10-3) | 925 | 13 |
| 10 | UCLA (10-3) | 908 | 14 |
| 11 | Mississippi State (10-3) | 767 | 8 |
| 12 | Arizona State (10-3) | 756 | 15 |
| 13 | Wisconsin (11-3) | 724 | 17 |
| 14 | Missouri (11-3) | 710 | 16 |
| 15 | Clemson (10-3) | 683 | 18 |
| 16 | Boise State (12-2) | 653 | 21 |
| 17 | Ole Miss (9-4) | 543 | 9 |
| 18 | Kansas State (9-4) | 509 | 11 |
| 19 | Arizona (10-4) | 499 | 12 |
| 20 | USC (9-4) | 315 | 24 |
| 21 | Utah (9-4) | 302 | 23 |
| 22 | Auburn (8-5) | 216 | 19 |
| 23 | Marshall (13-1) | 161 | NR |
| 24 | Louisville (9-4) | 116 | 20 |
| 25 | Memphis (10-3) | 94 | NR |
Others: Notre Dame (28) , Stanford (27) , Nebraska (22) , Air Force (21) , Duke (18) , LSU (12) , Utah State (11) , Arkansas (10) , Minnesota (9) , Oklahoma (7) , Texas A&M (7) , Northern Illinois (4) , Colorado State (2)
