Final AP College Football Rankings: Mountain West Has Three Teams Ranked
Utah State, Fresno State, and Boise State are ranked.
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Mountain West shows its strength
The college football season is officially in the books after Clemson boat raced Alabama in Santa Clara, and with that comes the final rankings of the year from the Associated Press.
The Mountain West is well represented with three teams earning an end of season ranking. Fresno State is 18th after topping Arizona State in the Las Vegas Bowl, Utah State is 22nd after its win vs. North Texas in the New Mexico Bowl and Boise State is 23rd but its bowl game against Boston College was canceled.
Having three teams ranked in the final AP top 25 has only happened two other times in Mountain West history. The other two years came in the consecutive years of 2008 and 2009.
In 2008, Utah was No. 2, TCU was No. 7 and BYU came in at No. 25. The following year saw TCU at No. 6, BYU 12th and Utah was 18th.
Final AP Poll
25. Iowa Hawkeyes 9-4 (NR)
24. Cincinnati Bearcats 11-2 (NR)
23. Boise State Broncos 10-3 (19)
22. Utah State Aggies 11-2 (NR)
21. Northwestern Wildcats 9-5 (NR)
20. West Virginia Mountaineers 8-4 (15)
19. Army Black Knights 11-2 (22)
18. Fresno State Bulldogs 12-2 (19)
17. Penn State Nittany Lions 9-4 (13)
16. Texas A&M Aggies 9-4 (21)
15. Syracuse Orange 10-3 (17)
14. Michigan Wolverines 10-3 (8)
13. Washington Huskies 10-4 (9)
12. Kentucky Wildcats 10-3 (16)
11. UCF Knights 12-1 (7)
10. Washington State Cougars 11-2 (12)
9. Texas Longhorns 10-4 (14)
T7. Georgia Bulldogs 11-3 (6)
T7. Florida Gators 10-3 (10)
6. LSU Tigers 10-3 (11)
5. Notre Dame Fighting Irish 12-1 (3)
4. Oklahoma Sooners 12-2 (4)
3. Ohio State Buckeyes 13-1 (5)
2. Alabama Crimson Tide 14-1 (1)
1. Clemson Tigers 15-0 (2)
Also Receiving Votes: Appalachian State 96, Stanford 52, Mississippi State 45, Utah 43, UAB 32, Iowa State 26, Auburn 15, Oregon 11, Missouri 10, Troy 6, Georgia Southern 6, Oklahoma State 3, NC State 2, Wisconsin 2
