The 2015 college football regular season is over, and with it comes the final regular-season Coaches Top 25 Poll.
To no surprise, the Clemson Tigers retained their top spot while the Alabama Crimson Tide did get some first-place votes. Both teams were victorious on Conference Championship Saturday, though the Tide were far more impressive in their 29-15 romp of the Florida Gators.
The Michigan State Spartans are also back in the top four following their Big Ten Championship win over the Iowa Hawkeyes. It's been quite a run for MSU after their gut-wrenching loss to 5-7 Nebraska as the Spartans have reeled off wins over Ohio State and Iowa since then to get back into the national title hunt.
Here is the final regular-season Top 25 Coaches Poll:
TOP 25 TEAMS, WEEK 15
RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1ST PLACE VOTES | PREV | CHANGE | HI/LOW |
1 | Clemson | 13-0 | 1493 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 1/12 |
2 | Alabama | 12-1 | 1438 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2/13 |
3 | Oklahoma | 11-1 | 1363 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4/19 |
4 | Michigan State | 12-1 | 1341 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2/14 |
5 | Ohio State | 11-1 | 1205 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1/8 |
6 | Stanford | 11-2 | 1202 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7/NR |
7 | Iowa | 12-1 | 1184 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3/NR |
8 | Florida State | 10-2 | 1025 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6/18 |
9 | Notre Dame | 10-2 | 1016 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4/15 |
10 | Texas Christian | 10-2 | 927 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2/16 |
11 | North Carolina | 11-2 | 914 | 0 | 8 | -3 | 8/NR |
12 | Northwestern | 10-2 | 775 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 13/NR |
13 | Oklahoma State | 10-2 | 764 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4/NR |
14 | Oregon | 9-3 | 655 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5/NR |
15 | Mississippi | 9-3 | 627 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 5/NR |
16 | Houston | 12-1 | 626 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 14/NR |
17 | Michigan | 9-3 | 533 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 12/NR |
18 | Florida | 10-3 | 502 | 0 | 15 | -3 | 8/NR |
19 | Baylor | 9-3 | 485 | 0 | 12 | -7 | 2/12 |
20 | Utah | 9-3 | 362 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 7/25 |
21 | Louisiana State | 8-3 | 261 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 4/NR |
22 | Navy | 9-2 | 251 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 15/NR |
23 | Wisconsin | 9-3 | 177 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 18/NR |
24 | Temple | 10-3 | 72 | 0 | 21 | -3 | 21/NR |
25 | Georgia | 9-3 | 68 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6/NR |
And here are the latest ESPN Power Rankings:
RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | TREND |
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1 |
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13-0 | 321 | — |
2 |
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12-1 | 314 | — |
3 |
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11-1 | 293 | — |
4 |
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12-1 | 293 | 1 |
5 |
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11-2 | 266 | 2 |
6 |
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12-1 | 262 | 1 |
7 |
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11-1 | 252 | 1 |
8 |
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10-2 | 230 | 1 |
9 |
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10-2 | 206 | 1 |
10 |
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11-2 | 203 | 2 |
11 |
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10-2 | 194 | — |
12 |
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9-3 | 172 | 2 |
13 |
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9-3 | 162 | — |
14 |
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10-2 | 154 | 1 |
15 |
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9-3 | 142 | 2 |
16 |
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10-2 | 135 | — |
17 |
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12-1 | 127 | 1 |
18 |
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9-3 | 104 | 6 |
19 |
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10-3 | 81 | — |
20 |
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8-3 | 60 | 3 |
21 |
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9-3 | 56 | 1 |
22 |
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9-2 | 52 | 2 |
23 |
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8-5 | 42 | 2 |
24 |
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10-3 | 32 | 4 |
25 |
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9-3 | 26 | — |