College football rankings: Associated Press Top 25 (2024)

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HOUSTON (AP) — Michigan was voted a unanimous No. 1 in the final Associated Press Top 25 college football poll of the season after the Wolverines beat Washington in the College Football Playoff championship game Monday night to win their first national title in 26 years.

The poll is released every Monday, around 1:00 p.m. EST. Unlike college football, where the AP Poll no longer has relevance in the four-team postseason field, that is not the case in college basketball.

Bowl season and the entire college football 2023 season is officially in the books, which means it's time to look back and rank all 133 teams in the nation. Michigan takes the top spot after winning the national championship, with Washington, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida State up next.

Sayin chose the Tide over other big-name programs like Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Ohio State, Notre Dame and others. Current quarterback Jalen Milroe recently announced that he would be returning for the 2024 season, which means he will remain at the helm of the Alabama offense for Sayin's freshman season.

The 1965 team finished the regular season 10–0 and ranked first in the country, but was upset by UCLA in the 1966 Rose Bowl, 14–12.

Now the Wolverines enter bowl season on top of both the AP poll and, for the first time ever, the playoff rankings, released Sunday. Michigan will face 4 seed Alabama in the Rose Bowl. The last time the Wolverines were No. 1 in the AP poll was during their national championship season in 1997.

Michigan went undefeated in 1997. Overall, the Michigan defense only allowed 9.5 points per game and ended the season ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll, giving Michigan its first national championship since 1948 with a victory in the 1998 Rose Bowl.

The football poll is released Sundays at 2 pm Eastern time during the season, unless ranked teams have not finished their games.

Will Alabama make the playoffs? ›

Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama make the 2023 College Football Playoff. The 2023 College Football Playoff committee revealed its top four teams. The four playoff teams are No. 1 Michigan, No.

According to Hanco*ck, Florida State was ranked at No. 5 — and out of a playoff spot for two key reasons: injuries and strength of schedule. The letter explained the selection committee uses a protocol that requires injuries to be taken into consideration.

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The UConn Huskies and the Purdue Boilermakers. After playing 66 games, we've gone from 68 teams to two teams that stood out as the best in the country for the balance of the 2023-24 men's college basketball season.

Alabama early top 25 rankings for 2024

4 among industry leaders, and has a top ranking nod from Yahoo Sports. Alabama has a consensus ranking of No. 2 overall.

The Aggies landed at No. 19 in the Class of 2024 ranking, per 247Sports, but that slots them just ninth in the SEC with the newly-arrived Texas and Oklahoma ahead of them.

The University of Alabama's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, #170.

Before the 2023-24 College Football Playoff concludes the season, we get six weekly playoff rankings shows to give a look at where things stand. These rankings started on Tuesday, Oct. 31 and continued through the sixth and final reveal on Sunday, Dec. 3 (Selection Day).