The Buckeyes were a unanimous selection with 59 first-place votes.

TCU finished third behind runner-up Oregon. The Horned Frogs were not selected to participate in the College Football Playoff. 

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Alabama finished fourth with Michigan State and Florida State tied for fifth.

Six SEC teams finished in the Top 25.

The final AP Top 25:

  1. Ohio State (59)

  2. Oregon

  3. TCU

  4. Alabama 

T-5. Michigan State

T-5. Florida State

  1. Baylor

  2. Georgia Tech

  3. Georgia

  4. UCLA

  5. Mississippi State

  6. Arizona State

  7. Wisconsin

  8. Missouri

  9. Clemson

  10. Boise State

  11. Ole Miss

  12. Kansas State

  13. Arizona

  14. USC

  15. Utah

  16. Auburn

  17. Marshall

  18. Louisville

  19. Memphis

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